San Jose now lets accessory dwelling units be sold as condos. Here's how AB 1033 works, the first $530,000 sale, and what ...

MC Lars and Indigo Middle School students bring Poe’s The Raven to the stage at Stanford’s The Knoll, in a free showcase Oct.

From Palo Alto to San Jose, burger culture is booming, as local restaurateurs bring new energy to the classic American ...

Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers celebrate Tom Petty while marking 30 years of Bringing Down the Horse with a Mountain Winery ...

Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology column for the week of October 7-13, 2026.

PUMPKIN SEASON There are more glass pumpkin patches coming up in October in San Jose and Los Gatos. Courtesy of Daniel O’Donnell Irish and Scottish immigrants to the U.S. brought the tradition of ...

Cheetahs are the fastest land animals, but they can maintain top tempo for only about 20-30 seconds before overheating. When they’re hunting, they usually get just one speedy dash to catch their prey.

A friend told me about the creative writing class he took with renowned poet Brenda Hillman. “I recall being in class,” he says, “and having the thought, wow, this teacher works far harder at teaching ...

Steven Free's life 'crumbled' after his 2009 arrest, but he's putting it back together, and paying off thousands in resitution, with the very same artwork that landed him behind bars. Two years before ...

Anthropologist and author Clifford Geertz loved to use “thick description.” He wrote detailed reports that captured not just the surface level of what happened but the deeper levels of meaning. Here’s ...

NEW IN SUNNYVALE Valley Goat, which opened this year, took the gold for Best American Restaurant in Central Silicon Valley. PHOTO: Cole Keister Silicon Valley’s dining scene reflects the region’s ...

NOT JUST DESSERTS Though Holy Cannoli serves up many varieties of its namesake Italian pastry, there’s much more on the menu. In Northern California’s most populous county, shopping experiences abound ...