Holiday Caltrain rolls into Palo Alto
The Holiday Caltrain rolled into Palo Alto’s California Avenue station, on the evening of Dec. 7.
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Palo Alto Christmas tree lighting event brings holiday cheer
Local residents gathered at Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto Saturday night for the third-annual Holiday Tree Lighting.
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.
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.
Reddit plays global Secret Santa with strangers
Since 2009, users of the social news-sharing site Reddit.com have exchanged anonymous gifts with people they don’t know. What began with 4,000 participants has ballooned to nearly 40,000.
A tradition turns 100 — century-old teddy bear stays atop Santa Clara’s tree (PHOTOS)
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Santa Clara Civic Center on Friday night to sing “Happy Birthday” to the city’s 100-year-old mascot, which took its usual place atop the holiday tree.
Santa Clara County Christmas tree growers sell only 15% of trees they sold in 1990s
Many locals don’t realize Santa Clara County is home to about two dozen Christmas tree farms. But with the growing popularity of artificial, pre-lit trees, tree farmers’ sales drastically decreased in last 20 years.
Former tech entrepreneur tries her hand at lemon orchards and children’s books
Karen Morss, a self-proclaimed “Orchardess,” pilots airplanes, pens children’s books and is inventing an iPad application. Yet few things match her devotion to the Meyer lemon.