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Inside this 30-year-old Mountain View distillery
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (444+ words) I was recently shocked to learn there's a distillery less than a mile from my apartment " and it's been around since before I was born. In my 25 years of living in the Bay Area, somehow I had been oblivious to…...
Stanford Shopping Center cafe faces eviction, lawsuit over unpaid rent
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (528+ words) Gregorys Coffee, a relatively new cafe in Stanford Shopping Center, is facing a potential eviction because the property manager claims the company has failed to pay rent for months, according to court records. The mall's property manager, SPG Center, LLC,…...
A "new way of thinking" boosted math proficiency in an East Palo Alto school
14+ hour, 44+ min ago (701+ words) Ravenswood Middle School math teacher Harriette Huang made a small change to her class warmup that made all the difference last school year, she said." Instead of silently completing a worksheet, Huang asked her students to label questions they didn't…...
After nearly a century, Los Altos' Maryknoll seminary sells for $43 M
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (319+ words) A century-old Catholic seminary overlooking Interstate 280 in Los Altos has sold for $43 million, marking a new chapter for one of the Peninsula's most distinctive hillside landmarks. Since 1926, Maryknoll's green-roofed bell tower, with its upturned eaves and rooflines inspired by traditional…...
Special Report: How Palo Alto learned to stop worrying and love the Mollie Stone's housing project
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1679+ words) Palo Alto officials took a victory lap in May when they announced a compromise with the developer behind a contentious, then-17-story housing proposal on California Avenue. The new project tops off at 14 stories tall instead, and the city managed…...
Channing House's resident 'tech squad' leads the charge on AI
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1095+ words) Bert Laurence was standing in the lobby when a retired doctor stopped him with a question: Had he been playing with AI? He had. That hallway chat, a year and a half ago, grew into a committee that now meets…...
New Palo Alto wellness center aims to close gaps in teen mental health care
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (661+ words) Editor's note: Resources for any person who is feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal are listed at the bottom of this article. Caminar, a Bay Area-based health care agency, recently opened a new teen wellness center in Palo Alto with the…...
Stanford: Reported sexual assault of jogger in March did not happen
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (337+ words) Several news outlets jumped to report on a young woman who said she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint while jogging near Stanford University's campus in March. Now, the university police department says the assault never happened. Stanford's Department of Public…...
Spinning Dough's ube pizza plants permanent Peninsula roots
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (360+ words) A Millbrae pizza shop is offering flavors that may be more divisive than pineapple: think blackberry, longanisa and even a vibrant purple ube pie. Modern Eats got a menu overhaul in April when Jeff Chin of Asian fusion pizza pop-up…...
California to share driver license data despite fears it could expose unauthorized immigrants
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (546+ words) The Department of Motor Vehicles is on track to share driver's license and identification data with an outside network despite concerns from immigrant advocates that the information could expose people to deportation." The California Legislature authorized that sharing in the…...