Long awaited, East Palo Alto’s first skate park due to open in November
Skateboarders in East Palo Alto have been practicing in the City Hall parking lot for years. But next month, East Palo Alto’s first skate park is scheduled to open.
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Cupertino’s 41-year-old band tourney plays on new turf thanks to bond measure
After a successful 2008 bond measure, field, track and stadium renovations are nearing completion at Fremont Union’s five district high schools, including Cupertino High, host of a 41-year-old band competition.
Crowds celebrate all things pumpkin at Half Moon Bay festival (PHOTOS)
Costumed crowds gather in the Peninsula this weekend for the 41st annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, which continues through Sunday.
Jobs memorial tributes continue, Sunday declared ‘Steve Jobs Day’ in California
The public outpouring of tributes to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs says as much about the public’s relationship with the technology he pioneered as it does about the man himself.
iThankYou — Steve Jobs mourners leave creative memorials (PHOTOS)
Steve Jobs mourners flocked to the company’s Cupertino headquarters and Apple stores around the Bay Area to pay tribute. View the creative and heartfelt messages.
Tributes to a Legend — Steve Jobs memorials spring up at Apple Stores, outside his home (PHOTOS)
View photo gallery and video of tributes to Steve Jobs.
Caroline Kennedy defends Jackie’s controversial interview tapes at Redwood City event
Speaking at Redwood City’s Fox Theatre Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy explained some of her mother’s surprising 1964 comments on world leaders, feminism and other politicians. Kennedy released her mother’s interview tapes last month.
Life has changed for Bay Area Muslims since 9/11
Today, as U.S. residents from coast to coast reflect on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Bay Area Muslim residents explain how their lives have also changed in the last decade.
New documentary starring Redwood City cystic fibrosis twins qualifies for Oscar
Twin sisters born with cystic fibrosis both received double lung transplants at Stanford and have become champions of organ donation in the U.S. and Japan. Their story is now an Oscar-qualifying documentary.