Cupertino cover band belts out Beach Boys hits
Forty-eight years after its founding, the band — known as Papa Doo Run Run — is still going strong, bringing its rendition of Beach Boys favorites to venues all over the world.
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Cupertino welcomes its new poet laureate
Cupertino recently welcomed its new poet laureate, Jennifer Swanton Brown. The poet laureate position creates public events that promote the literary arts in the community and inspire creativity in residents.
Cupertino becomes latest Bay Area city to crack down on plastic shopping bags
A new law makes it illegal for retail establishments to provide single-use plastic bags and allows the Cupertino stores to charge a dime for paper bags.
New Apple campus on verge of approval, two years after Steve Jobs made emotional pitch
At 2.8 million square feet, Apple’s new, spaceship-like campus in Cupertino would be nearly a million square feet larger than the 49ers’ football stadium in Santa Clara.
Cupertino’s Lehigh cement plant and quarry criticized for mercury emissions
A workplace shooting put Cupertino’s Lehigh Southwest cement plant in the national headlines in 2011. Now the plant is taking criticism for the harsh effects producing cement can have on the environment.
Amidst controversy over lead in the soil, Cupertino approves first off-leash dog park
Despite unusually elevated levels of lead and traces of other hazardous materials, Cupertino officials voted to build a dog park on Mary Avenue.
Cupertino celebrates the arts with its first poet laureate and citywide poetry contest [VIDEO]
Cupertino, a bastion of science and technology, has made an effort to celebrate the arts. Last fall, the city named its first poet laureate, and this week, he will announce winners of the first citywide poetry contest. View the video.
Conflicts on the Peninsula Report: Burning Man expansion, tree wars and UN Secretary General on Syria (PODCAST)
Peninsula Press reporters bring us stories of conflict: Burning Man seeks to expand globally through Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and Cupertino residents fight with the city over public trees. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives us a glimpse into conflicts around the world.
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.