Santa comes to Santa Clara (PHOTOS)
Santa Clara flipped the switch on its Christmas tree at City Hall Friday. Police, firefighters, a jazz band and, of course, Santa were on hand for the night’s festivities. View photos.
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Tree lighting kicks off the season in Mountain View (PHOTOS)
Mountain View sparked the holiday season tonight with its annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration in downtown’s Civic Center Plaza.
Holiday Caltrain rolls through Bay Area (PHOTOS)
Caltrain kicked off the holiday season by decorating a train with more than 60,000 lights. View photos.
Volunteers create holiday wonderland at Waldorf School in Los Altos (PHOTOS)
Waldorf School of the Peninsula hosted it 27th annual Holiday Faire in Los Altos Saturday. View photos of the family fun.
Holiday Kickoff — Families flock to San Jose lighting, shoppers swarm Palo Alto (PHOTOS)
The holiday season is in full swing in the South Bay after a weekend full of shopping and festive events. View photo galleries.
Do-it-yourself gadgets, inventions come to life at San Jose’s TechShop (VIDEO)
San Jose’s TechShop gives engineers, artists and people with do-it-yourself projects the space and tools to build the gadgets they’ve dreamed up. View the video >>
After Veterans Day, the stories of student veterans endure (VIDEO)
Radio documentary tells the stories of six Stanford veterans who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Silicon Valley honors veterans (PHOTOS)
San Jose celebrated Veterans Day with a parade Sunday. Cupertino honored members of the military with a ceremony in Memorial Park.
Paddle out ceremony marks the beginning of Mavericks surf contest season (MULTIMEDIA)
Today in Half Moon Bay, an opening ceremony, known as the paddle out, marked the beginning of Mavericks Invitational surf contest season. View photos and video.