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SFGATE
1 month ago
SF real estate

Come for the Off-Grid Life, Stay for the Pikes Peak Views: Colorado Earthship Is Listed for $744K

An off-grid, eco-friendly Earthship home in Guffey, CO is for sale for $744,000.
The home offers a rare mountain view of Pikes Peak and is surrounded by serene surroundings.
East Bay (California)
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
East Bay (California)

Raw sewage in creeks? Sunnyvale and Mountain View argue in court the Clean Water Act should not apply to them

The cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain View are facing criticism for their tactics in a court case where their lawyers argued against protecting major Bay Area creeks from pollution under the Clean Water Act.
Environmentalists are disappointed and believe that the cities should be better stewards of the streams and creeks they are responsible for protecting.
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
East Bay (California)

Movement fitness, gym and rock climbing center leases South Bay site

Movement gym has leased a former supermarket building in Mountain View to expand its gym and rock-climbing center.
The rental transaction demonstrates that deals can still occur in the Bay Area commercial real estate market, depending on the tenant and the type of operation.
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
East Bay (California)

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Jayden Minor, Mountain View basketball

Jayden Minor is named the Bay Area News Group's boys athlete of the week.
Mountain View basketball team improves to 1-1 in league play with a victory over Wilcox.
www.mercurynews.com
3 months ago
East Bay (California)

Map: Where 6 affordable apartment complexes will be built in the South Bay

Vote approves funding for six affordable housing complexes in Santa Clara County.
Projects will provide 716 units of affordable housing and cost $47.4 million.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Yelp's Top 100 Burgers: 4 Bay Area restaurants land on the list

A Korean short rib burger.A burger encased in pastry.And two highly rated burgers from chain restaurants.Those Bay Area burgers scored spots on the just-released Yelp Top 100 Burgers an eclectic lineup that runs the gamut from classic burgers to vegan versions to beef-filled sushi creations.In fact, the burger winning top honors is the one at Atlanta's Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, and it's not a ground beef patty at all but rather chopped barbecue brisket topped with pepper bacon and pimento cheese and served on a brioche burger bun.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Canteen is first restaurant to open in Menlo Park's Springline

Chef Greg Kuzia-Carmel, who operates Camper in Menlo Park, recently opened Canteen at Springline, a 6.4-acre mixed-use development at 1300 El Camino Real.The first of several restaurants coming to Springline, Canteen will eventually be joined by Che Fico Italian restaurant and market, Burma Love, San Francisco's Andytown Coffee Roasters and others.
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NYC food
Eater NY
9 months ago
NYC food

Why Jersey Is the Diner Capital of the Country

New Jersey is the diner capital of the world.It boasts an estimated 400 diners spread out across the landscape, and there are several reasons for this.Much of the Garden State remains semi-rural or suburban where the food runs more traditional.Perhaps more important, running from the 1920s to the 1980s, the state was the site of at least a dozen factories that manufactured as many as one third of the nation's prefab diners, which could be shipped and set down any place.
Eater NY
9 months ago
NYC food

A Modern History of Old-School Diners

1. Diners have been a staple of NYC's neighborhoods since the late 19th century.
2. Diners have evolved over time, as chefs and restaurateurs have adapted them to the tastes of the neighborhoods they serve.
3. Diners are an important part of the NYC dining scene, providing an affordable, comfortable atmosphere for locals and tourists alike.
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San Francisco
www.7x7.com
9 months ago
San Francisco

34 Fun Things to Do This Week (6.12.23)

Beyond Bay-spanning Juneteenth celebrations and Pride parties, fill your calendar with the Black Food & Wine Experience, California State Parks Week, Diana Ross at Mountain Winery, the Alameda County Fair, Mendocino's Urchin Festival, John Legend at the Greek, the 67th Annual North Beach Festival, and a helluva lot more.
San Jose Inside
10 months ago
San Francisco

One in Three California Hospitals Gets Top Safety Rating in National Study

Nearly 34 percent of California hospitals received top grades in protecting patient safety, according to the spring 2023 hospital safety grades released Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit health care watchdog.The average risk of contracting deadly infections had spiked during the pandemic.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Chart: Where the wind gusts exceeded 70 mph in the Bay Area

Gusts above 80 mph were recorded in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon as a storm blew through.The highest speeds in the National Weather Service data as of 4 p.m. were 82 on Mount Umunhum and 81 on Mount Alison, in the Mission Peak preserve.Most of the peak gusts came between 1:30 and 2 p.m., although San Francisco International Airport's 62-mph reading was at 3:25.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Rainfall chart: Bay Area totals so far for the March atmospheric river

The first storm from an atmospheric river series brought 2 inches of rain to most Bay Area cities and more than 7 inches to some Santa Cruz Mountains locations.The chart shows the National Weather Service's precipitation totals from Thursday, March 9, until 8 a.m.Monday, March 13.The next round of rain is expected to arrive Monday night.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

California adds jobs in January but unemployment rate worsens

California produced sturdy job gains in January, a welcome increase that suggests the state has so far been able to withstand the effects of a dreary drumbeat of tech and biotech layoffs, a new report released Friday shows.Statewide, employers added 96,700 nonfarm payroll jobs in January, starting off 2023 on a promising note.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Fresh tech layoffs erase 400 more Bay Area jobs, overall total hits 20,000

PALO ALTO Tech companies have revealed plans to erase about 400 more jobs in the Bay Area, fresh waves of cutbacks that bring the current crop of tech and biotech layoffs in the region to a grim milestone of 20,000.SAP America, Twilio and ContextLogic are among the tech companies that have posted newly disclosed intentions to trim their workforces in a big way.
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Acm
9 months ago
Digital life

What Does AI-Powered Microsoft Bing Say?

1. AI-powered search engine Microsoft Bing is an effective tool for personalizing search results and helping users find relevant information.
2. Microsoft Bing’s AI-powered search capabilities are used to analyze user behavior and provide more targeted results.
3. Microsoft Bing’s AI-powered search features help to reduce bias in results, making them more accurate and fair for all users.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

Google's Plan to Delete Inactive Accounts Shows the Internet Isn't Forever

Image: Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty Images There is a common refrain that emerges in the field of technology and preservationoften, keeping users safe comes at the cost of something good about the internet that we once had.Example: Years ago, security experts began making the case that https should become standard on websites, with a strong nudge from Google.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google shows the AI evolution of its search engine: What to know

Google is rolling out more artificial intelligence for its core search product as it responds to Microsoft challenge.Google has unveiled plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial intelligence technology.The move comes three months after Microsoft's Bing search engine started to tap into tech similar to that which powers the artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT.
The Verge
10 months ago
Gadgets

Google I/O 2023: how to watch and what to expect

Google I/O is almost here, and that means the launch of the highly anticipated Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet is right around the corner.While the annual conference is largely geared toward developers, the company always holds a keynote revealing the latest and greatest things that'll wind up in consumers' hands.
GSMArena.com
10 months ago
Mobile UX

Google I/O 2023: What to expect

It's almost time for Google's biggest event of the year - the annual I/O developer conference.This year we're getting at least two smartphone announcements with the Pixel 7a and Pixel Fold alongside the official introduction of Android 14 as well as details on the Pixel Tablet and possibly some Pixel 8 series info.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | A.I. Could Actually Be a Boon to Education

Sal Khan is an uber-nerd, and that's why people love him.In early 2020, to demonstrate that Khan Academy, his platform for free online education, was a worthy cause, he didn't produce a brochure with smiling children and glowing testimonials.He made one of his teaching videos, with the usual black screen, colored pens and handwritten equations.
www.mercurynews.com
9 months ago
East Bay (California)

Largest-ever San Jose safe RV parking site could come to Berryessa neighborhood

San Jose's Berryessa neighborhood could end up serving as the city's largest-ever sanctioned parking site for RV dwellers, with up to 85 vehicles legally allowed to park in a highly industrialized spot along Coyote Creek as part of a larger strategy to reduce homelessness.The San Jose City Council is expected to vote in early June on whether to lease the 6.3-acre parcel of land at 1300 Berryessa Road from Terreno Realty, which bought it for $23 million in 2021.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
East Bay real estate

Santa Clara County sued for missing housing plan deadline - San Jose Spotlight

Housing advocates are taking Santa Clara County and several cities to court for their lackluster efforts in new housing amid an ongoing crisis.Californians for Homeownership, California Housing Defense Fund and YIMBY Law filed 12 lawsuits this week after numerous Bay Area cities and Santa Clara County failed to submit plans on how to achieve state mandated housing goals by Jan. 31.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Public health

COVID vaccine, testing sites set to close across Bay Area

COVID vaccination and testing sites that served millions of Bay Area residents are set to wind down their operations in the coming months, signifying an end to a key part of the region's massive mobilization of public health resources that ramped up three years ago in the first days of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
San Francisco

Will San Jose's homeless count be higher than last year? - San Jose Spotlight

Hundreds of volunteers are searching San Jose streets to get an updated count of its homeless population.Across Santa Clara County, roughly 300 volunteers, elected officials and unhoused people ventured out in 30-degree weather Tuesday morning to scour under bridges, along creeks and outside businesses to tally up homeless people living in the region.
sfist.com
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Video: President Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties, Announces More Relief Funds

President Joe Biden touched down in Santa Clara County just before noon, toured the wreckage in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Capitola, and announced more relief funds in a speech that's already posted online.We're now three weeks into what has become a parade of nine atmospheric river storms, and California has suffered at least 21 known deaths (plus the still-missing five-year-old boy believed to have been swept away in the Paso Robles floods).
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Two more Bay Area deaths linked to cold weather

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article.Two people died in San Jose of suspected exposure, increasing the recent cold-weather-related death toll in the Bay Area to at least four amid plunging temperatures that have prompted a freeze warning for Wednesday morning.
The Mercury News
10 months ago
Silicon Valley food

Yelp's Top 100 Burgers: 4 Bay Area restaurants land on the list

A Korean short rib "burger."A burger encased in pastry.And two highly rated burgers from chain restaurants.Those Bay Area burgers scored spots on the just-released Yelp Top 100 Burgers - an eclectic lineup that runs the gamut from classic burgers to vegan versions to beef-filled sushi creations.
The Mercury News
10 months ago
Silicon Valley food

Peninsula Restaurant Week runs May 19-27, with dozens of meal deals

Peninsula Restaurant Week runs from this Friday, May 19, through Saturday, May 27, with businesses all up and down the Peninsula enticing food lovers with the opportunity to save money while discovering new places and revisiting old favorites.About 90 restaurants are participating, according to the website, with more likely to join.
The Mercury News
10 months ago
Silicon Valley food

Local restaurants have Mother's Day offerings for foodie moms

Mother's Day is May 14, and foodie moms might appreciate a flight of mimosas, etouffé, sparkling wine, live jazz or crêpes in a spot that feels like a trip to Paris.In Los Gatos, Enoteca La Storia offers an Italian-inspired brunch from 11am to 4pm, with Eggs in Purgatory; asparagus and fontina or smoked salmon and mascarpone frittatas; Italian Benedict, and paninis with Sicilian tuna or truffled prosciutto cotto.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Bywater's weekend brunch features Manresa breads

The Bywater just launched weekend brunch, and that is something to celebrate.Don't miss the striking avocado toast on Manresa Bread levain with winter citrus, feta and pickled Cajun egg; the banana French toast with Manresa Bread brioche and bourbon honey; and the Bywater Benedict on Manresa Bread levain with andouille sausage and mushrooms in wine sauce, topped with a close to perfection Hollandaise.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Silicon Valley's highly anticipated new Spanish restaurant, Vida, is open

A stunning new Spanish tapas restaurant has made its debut in downtown Mountain View.One of the winter's most hotly anticipated openings, Vida opened Feb. 3 in the former Xanh restaurant space at 110 Castro St. in the city's business district.For this venture, co-owners Gianni Chiloiro and Angelo Sannino - the Italian duo behind Doppio Zero (Concord, Mountain View, San Francisco), which is known for making some of the world's best pizza - set their sights on the other side of the Mediterranean, with a focus on tapas, such as lamb meatballs, Spanish tortilla and Galician grilled octopus, and craft cocktails of the gin persuasion.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Walnut Creek's The Counter burger restaurant has closed after 14 years

The Counter, a longtime staple for customized gourmet burgers and milkshakes, has ended its 14-year run in Walnut Creek, just one of a slew of restaurants that said goodbye in 2022.The restaurant at 1699 N. California Ave. was part of the popular fine-casual chain offering seemingly endless customizations - via a paper-and-pencil-form - for your burger, from turkey, buffalo and meatless patties to the type of bun, sauce, cheese and other toppers.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

In Pictures: Tina Turner, queen of rock n' roll whose career spanned 60 years

Singer Tina Turner died at the age of 83 after a long illness and a lifetime as one of rock's most famous voices.The American-Swiss singer born Anna Mae Bullock had a career that spanned six decades and gave the world classic tracks such as River Deep Mountain High, Proud Mary, Nutbush City Limits and The Best.
Padailypost
10 months ago
Education

High school paper's adviser re-assigned, students fear retaliation from administration over article

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The principal at Mountain View High School has re-assigned the adviser of the student newspaper and canceled an introduction to journalism class after student reporters published an article detailing sexual harassment among students.Members of the Oracle said their program now faces an uncertain future, with an untenured advisor and no training ground for future writers.
Padailypost
10 months ago
Education

400 sign petition to bring back multivariable calculus

By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer
Parents and students aren't backing down in their fight to get an advanced math class reinstated at the Palo Alto Unified School District.Nearly 400 people have signed a petition calling for the district to offer multivariable calculus on campus next year.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Education

Los Gatos High students banned from Tuesday playoff game for storming court earlier this month

Los Gatos High students won't be allowed to watch their team host a Division I playoff game Tuesday night against Salinas.In an earlier win over Mountain View on Feb. 10, much of the student body rushed the court in celebration following a 37-35 win, violating Central Coast Section and Santa Clara Valley Athletic League rules.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Tech industry

If you haven't logged into your Google account in over 2 years, it will be deleted

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.Jeff Chiu/AP Google will delete accounts older than two years to help avoid security risks, the company announced Tuesday.The tech giant said neglected accounts are more likely to use old or repeated passwords and less likely to have two-step authentication enabled and to do security checks on the account.
Consequence
10 months ago
Music

Post Malone announces new album Austin, Summer 2023 tour

Post Malone has announced a new album titled after his actual first name: Austin.It'll be out on July 28th via Mercury Records/Republic Records, and feature his upcoming single, "Mourning," dropping this Friday, May 19th.Plus, he detailed a supporting North American tour for Summer 2023."I wanted to say that I love you guys so very fucking much," the artist born Austin Post said in an Instagram Reel.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Google moves into San Jose tech campus where it could employ thousands

Google tech campus at 175, 225, 255, and 285 West Tasman Drive in north San Jose.Google office buildings at the campus are shown with the search giant's logo.SAN JOSE Google has moved into another big San Jose campus, greatly widening its foothold in the Bay Area's largest city in a shift that shows how the search giant seeks ways to expand even as it reassesses its priorities.
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
East Bay (California)

Google moves into two big San Jose buildings within huge tech campus

A sign in a tech complex that Google has named its Brokaw Campus, located on Brokaw Road between North First Street and Bering Drive in north San Jose.SAN JOSE Google has moved into two San Jose buildings that are part of a huge tech campus where the search giant could eventually employ thousands if it fills all the buildings it has leased at that site.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Downtown Mountain View real estate deal hints at wobbly office market

MOUNTAIN VIEW An office building real estate deal in downtown Mountain View with a price that's below its prior purchase value hints at a wobbly office market amid widening layoffs in the tech sector.An affiliate that's linked to a unit of banking behemoth JPMorgan Chase has paid $36 million for an office building situated in a prime stretch of downtown Mountain View, according to documents filed on Feb. 15 at the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Nonprofit signs big lease in downtown Mountain View office tower

MOUNTAIN VIEW A high-profile nonprofit group has leased a big chunk of space in downtown Mountain View's only office tower, the property's owner said Monday.Silicon Valley Community Foundation has leased about 27,200 square feet in the highrise tower at 444 Castro Street at Mercy Street downtown, according to Swig Co.
San Francisco Chronicle
1 year ago
San Francisco

Meta lists massive 435,000-square-foot S.F. office for sublease after layoffs

Meta has listed its entire 435,000-square-foot office in San Francisco's 181 Fremont tower for sublease, the latest major tech downsizing to hit downtown.The Facebook and Instagram parent company, which laid off 11,000 workers in November, confirmed the listing on Thursday and said it would retain its larger 755,000-square-foot Transbay office at the nearby Park Tower at 250 Howard St.
Meta is seeking tenants for all 34 floors of office space in the 800-foot highrise, in one of the biggest sublease listings of the pandemic, with space for more than 2,000 workers.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

North San Jose buildings are bought by Bay Area real estate firm

SAN JOSE  Two big San Jose office buildings have been bought by a Bay Area real estate firm in a deal that shows investors still hunger for commercial properties in the region's tech hubs.The buildings, located on Orchard Parkway in north San Jose, were bought for $41.5 million, according to documents filed on Dec. 13 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office.
Padailypost
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Opinion: Hype about AI is overblown

Opinion
By Dave Price Daily Post Editor
I wonder whether the artificial intelligence craze, popularized by the new app ChatGPT, is just another gimmick that will fade away in the coming year.I'm not saying AI is unimportant, but it's been a part of computer science since the 1960s.In popular culture, AI was introduced to the public in the 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey."
San Jose Spotlight
10 months ago
Health

Silver Taube: OSHA's limits for toxic exposure cause preventable harm to Silicon Valley workers - San Jose Spotlight

Standards for exposure to toxic chemicals at work, known as permissible exposure limits or PELs, have long been and still are vastly and indefensibly weaker than standards for environmental exposure to these same toxics.This disparity puts not only workers, but also their offspring at risk-especially where women of child-bearing age are a sizable part of the workforce.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Tech industry

Google Builds on Tech's Latest Craze With Its Own A.I. Products

When the San Francisco start-up OpenAI released ChatGPT late last year, the A.I. chatbot looked like the first significant threat in decades to Google.One day, tech insiders thought, it could make Google's internet search engine look old and stodgy.Google executives vowed a fast response to protect the company's $162 billion franchise and said that artificial intelligence would be woven throughout its products, from the search engine to email.
Funcheap
1 year ago
Coffee

Free Fresh Roasted Coffee & Box of Chuck's Donuts (Mountain View)

Pop by your local fave, Dana St. Roasting, for freshly roasted coffee (roasted in-house and sourced organically).You will enjoy a complimentary coffee and box of Chuck's donuts when you sign up for Jingle, it's FREE!Plus receive 50% off your first coffee bean purchase from one of the best coffee roasters in Silicon Valley.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Apple leases big Sunnyvale building as tech titan widens footprint

SUNNYVALE Apple has leased a big office building in Sunnyvale, a rental deal that hints at a widening of the tech titan's Bay Area footprint.The iPhone maker rented an office building at the corner of West Maude Avenue and North Pastoria Avenue, according to a public document on file with Santa Clara County officials.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

The Owner of Italian Dining Favorite Doppio Zero Just Opened a Tapas Spot on the Peninsula

There's a new player in the Silicon Valley tapas game.Gianni Chiloiro, owner of San Francisco Italian restaurant Doppio Zero, opened a new restaurant Vida Tapas on February 3.The 5,300-square-foot space is dedicated to small bites, including standard Spanish fare such as Spanish tortillas and patatas bravas, grand entrees including three paellas and a 34-ounce tomahawk steak, and a robust cocktail menu focusing on mezcal and gin.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
Health

Sleeping will be one of the challenges for astronauts on Mars missions

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.Astronauts have been adjusting to the challenges of sleeping in space for years and the lessons learned from their zero gravity slumbers will ensure that one day the first crewed missions to Mars will have gotten enough rest before exploring the red planet.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Google I/O: Adobe integration will make AI art truly mainstream

As well as hardware news on the Pixel Fold and 7a, the Google I/O 2023 developer conference in Mountain View, California, saw a big focus on AI.From image generation in Bard to generative AI wallpapers and AI-enhanced text composition, Google aimed to show it was winning the AI race.One of the big announcements for art and design is the incorporation of Adobe's AI image generator Firefly into Google Bard (see our pick of the best AI art tutorials if you need to start brushing up).
Padailypost
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Tanaka suggests using artificial intelligence at City Hall to reduce labor costs

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Palo Alto Councilman Greg Tanaka said tonight (May 1) that he wants to look at laying off city employees and replacing them with artificial intelligence."I wonder, with AI and using ChatGPT, do we need as many people as we have?"Tanaka said during a discussion about the city budget.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google hopes Bard will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.Jeff Chiu (AP) Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with Bard, a conversational service aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft.Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of trusted testers before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Investing.com UK
1 year ago
Startup companies

Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge By Reuters

Stock Markets 3 hours ago (Jan 03, 2023 11:46)
© Reuters.FILE PHOTO: A Google employee rides a shared Google bike past building BV100, during a tour of Google's new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022.Picture taken May 16, 2022.REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Krystal Hu
(Reuters) - Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just two months after joining full-time, falling victim to a sweeping 13% reduction of its workforce as the advertising market cratered.
Ars Technica
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's top AI model, PaLM 2, hopes to upstage GPT-4 in generative mastery

On Wednesday, Google introduced PaLM 2, a family of foundational language models comparable to OpenAI's GPT-4.At its Google I/O event in Mountain View, Google revealed that it is already using PaLM 2 to power 25 different products, including its Bard conversational AI assistant.As a family of large language models (LLMs), PaLM 2 has been trained on an enormous volume of data and does next-word prediction, which outputs the most likely text after a prompt input by humans.
The Verge
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Live from Google I/O 2023

It's time for Google's annual developer conference - and this year, the company has a lot to prove.At Google I/O 2023, we're expecting to see Google's normal array of announcements: new features for Maps and Photos, design tweaks to the next version of Android, and a tease of future hardware.That includes some big news for the Pixel line, where we're expecting to see the Pixel 7A and the long-awaited Pixel Fold.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school softball: Thursday's Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings

(Vera Nieuwenhuis / Associated Press)

SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL
DIVISION 1
First round, Thursday unless noted
Norco 9, Gahr 5 (Friday)
Riverside Poly at Esperanza, MONDAY, 3:15 p.m.
Murrieta Mesa 9, South Hills 2 (Friday)
Huntington Beach 12, Torrance 1
Orange Lutheran 10, Eastvale Roosevelt 0 (Wednesday)
Oaks Christian 5, Chino Hills 1
Garden Grove Pacifica 6, La Mirada 5
Mission Viejo at #2 Los Alamitos, MONDAY, 3:15 p.m.
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
#1 Norco at Esperanza/Riverside Poly winner
Murrieta Mesa at #4 Huntington Beach
#3 Orange Lutheran at Oaks Christian
#2 Los Alamitos/Mission Viejo winner at Garden Grove Pacifica
DIVISION 2
First round, Thursday unless noted
Moorpark 6, El Segundo 0 (Friday)
Saugus 8, Redondo 5 (Friday)
Anaheim Canyon 4, Agoura 3 (Friday)
JSerra 8, Warren 0
Marina 14, Segerstrom 2 (Wednesday)
California 7, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 3 (Wednesday)
Great Oak 5, Arcadia 0 (Wednesday)
Ayala 6, St. Anthony 2
North Torrance 8, Hart 7
Vista Murrieta 11, Don Lugo 0 (Friday)
Tesoro 3, Valencia 1 (9) (Friday)
Glendora 1, Millikan 0
Valley View 4, Temple City 0 (Wednesday)
Grand Terrace 16, Yucaipa 14
Whittier Christian 8, West Torrance 4 (Wednesday)
Rio Mesa 5, Royal 2 (Wednesday)
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
#1 Moorpark at Saugus
JSerra at Anaheim Canyon
Marina at California
#4 Ayala at Great Oak
#3 North Torrance at Vista Murrieta
Tesoro at Glendora
Grand Terrace at Valley View
#2 Rio Mesa at Whittier Christian
DIVISION 3
First round, Thursday unless noted
Cypress 14, Hemet 13 (Friday)
Aquinas 10, Charter Oak 6 (Friday)
Etiwanda 3, La Quinta 2
Capistrano Valley 9, Louisville 8
Ramona 3, Sultana 0 (Wednesday)
La Palma Kennedy 10, Quartz Hill 2
Cerritos at Los Altos, SATURDAY, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school baseball and softball: Monday's scores

BASEBALL
Agoura 16, Oaks Christian 11
Alliance Smidt Tech 10, Camino Nuevo 0
Anza Hamilton 11, La Sierra Academy 1
Arcadia 10, Muir 1
Arroyo 10, South El Monte 6
Banning 11, Twentynine Palms 5
Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 15, Palm Valley 3
Capistrano Valley 5, Mission Viejo 4
Carpinteria 4, Channel Islands 2
Coachella Valley 6, Yucca Valley 4
Coast Union 6, Laton 0
Corona Centennial 3, Norco 2
Corona Santiago 8, Eastvale Roosevelt 5
Crean Lutheran 3, El Rancho 2
de Toledo 7, Academy for Careers and Exploration 2
Desert Hot Springs 5, Desert Mirage 4
Downey 7, Warren 6
Hillcrest 12, Norte Vista 0
Hollywood 6, Contreras 2
Huntington Beach 3, Laguna Beach 2 (9)
Indio 6, Cathedral City 4
La Mirada 9, Minden (Nev.)
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school baseball and softball: Saturday's scores

BASEBALL
Aliso Niguel 6, Newport Harbor 4
Ayala 13, Colony 1
Beckman 6-0, Irvine University 3-1
Bloomington 7, Cornerstone Christian 0
Bonita 6, Alta Loma 1
Buena 6, Ventura 5
Buena Park 17, Western 0
Burbank Providence 5, San Fernando 4
Cajon 1, Rancho Cucamonga 0
Campbell Hall 10, Viewpoint 0
Capistrano Valley Christian 8, Canyon Springs 1
Carlsbad 7, Great Oak 1
Cerritos 8, Cerritos Valley Christian 0
Chaparral 11, Sparks (Nev.)
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school baseball and softball: Friday's scores

BASEBALL
Academy for Careers and Exploration 18, Lucerne Valley 0
Adelanto 6, Victor Valley 2
Alemany 7, Chaminade 6
Alhambra 10, Bell Gardens 2
Animo Leadership 8, Shalhevet 7
Anza Hamilton 8, Borrego Springs 0
Arlington 8, Patriot 0
Baldwin Park 5, Montclair 3
Birmingham 7, Cleveland 2
Bloomington 9, San Gorgonio 1
Bonita 2, Alta Loma 0
Buena 2, Ventura 1
Burbank 4, Pasadena 0
Calabasas 4, Camarillo 0
Capistrano Valley 7, Ocean View 6
Capistrano Valley Christian 14, Katella 1
Carter 6, Colton 2
Chaparral 6, Great Oak 2
Cobalt 16, Victor Valley Christian 0
Corona del Mar 3, Edison 2
Crespi 13, Loyola 2
Cypress 4, Tustin 0
de Toledo 10, Buckley 2
Diamond Bar 9, Colony 6
Don Lugo 7, Chaffey 3
Dos Pueblos 3, San Marcos 2
El Dorado 12, El Modena 6
El Rancho 11, California 7
El Toro 3, San Juan Hills 2
Estancia 8, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 3
Fontana 15 , Eisenhower 5
Foothill Tech 12, Cate 0
Fullerton 16, Minden (Nev.)
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school baseball and softball: Thursday's scores

BASEBALL
Baldwin Park 3, Gladstone 0
Barstow 13, Granite Hills 6
Carpinteria 4, Hueneme 3
Castaic 11, Santa Clara 0
Compton 4, Compton Early College 1
Cornerstone Christian 14, Sherman Indian 0
Corona del Mar 8, Newport Harbor 4
Crespi 4, Chaminade 3
de Toledo 6, Foothill Tech 0
Diamond Bar 8, California 2
Duarte 3, Mountain View 2
Dunn 13, Coastal Christian 1
Edgewood 17, Bassett 0
El Camino Real 8, Los Angeles Roosevelt 4
Faith Baptist 14, Lancaster Baptist 0
Fontana 11, Norte Vista 1
Foothill 8, Esperanza 3
Fountain Valley 11, Segerstrom 0
Garden Grove 11, Lawndale 3
Granada Hills 6, Palisades 4
Hawthorne Math/Science 6, WISH 5
Hemet 5, Canyon Springs 0
Indio 21, Calipatria 0
Irvine University 2, Laguna Hills 1
JSerra 7, Cypress 4
Kaiser 2, Arlington 1
Katella 1, Anaheim 0
La Mirada 7, Warren 0
Lakeside 13, Vista del Lago 0
Lancaster 6, Hesperia 4
Lancaster Desert Christian 7, Knight 2
Los Alamitos 3, Capistrano Valley 0
Milken 9, Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 0
Millikan 4, Marina 0
Mission Viejo 8, Aliso Niguel 1
Newbury Park Adventist 5, Gorman 1
Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 4, Tarbut V'Torah 2
Northwood 18, Sage Hill 0
Orange Vista 5, Rancho Verde 3
Paloma Valley 3, Temescal Canyon 2
Portola 8, Irvine 0
Riverside Poly 6, Heritage 3
Shalhevet 9, Vistamar 3
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 7, Alemany 0
Silver Valley 6, Edwards AFB Desert 5
South Pasadena 12, Pasadena Poly 2
Trona 13, Lucerne Valley 2
Valley View 2, Elsinore 0
Woodbridge 3, Beckman 1
Yeshiva 8, Oakwood 3
SOFTBALL
Adelanto 11, Academy of Academic Excellence 4
Aquinas 13, Williams (Ariz.)
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school basketball: Wednesday scores

BOYS' BASKETBALL
Alliance Stern 48, Alliance Smidt Tech 25
Animo Venice 60, New Designs Watts 49
Arleta 38, Verdugo Hills 37
Bassett 63, Edgewood 61
Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 66, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac 32
California 61, El Rancho 55
Camarillo 74, Moorpark 46
CAMS 54, Wildwood 32
Canoga Park 39, Reseda 33
Central City Value 55, USC-Media Arts/Engineering 41
Chaminade 46, Crespi 42
Chino 82, Chaffey 33
Crenshaw 58, King/Drew 51
Damien 64, Rancho Cucamonga 53
Downtown Magnets 89, Aspire Ollin 21
Etiwanda 53, Los Osos 45
Gabrielino 64, El Monte 15
Gahr 55, Norwalk 37
Garfield 67, Huntington Park 25
Granada Hills 68, Chatsworth 49
Granada Hills Kennedy 52, Van Nuys 32
Grant 89, Monroe 14
Hawkins 70, Los Angeles Jordan 63
Highland 54, Littlerock 51
Hillcrest 61, Arlington 52
Jurupa Valley 53, Rubidoux 48
La Canada 51, Temple City 48
Lakeview 46, Community Charter 37
Legacy 53, South East 47
Los Alamitos 69, Marina 47
Los Altos 60, South Hills 48
Los Angeles 75, Jefferson 59
Los Angeles CES 53, Los Angeles University 50
Los Angeles Marshall 66, Lincoln 56
Lynwood 86, Warren 68
Mann 70, Reseda Magnolia Science 24
Manual Arts 83, Angelou 24
Mesrobian 58, Southwestern Academy 42
Mountain View 59, Pasadena Marshall 57
Murrieta Valley 57, Vista Murrieta 55
Narbonne 102, Wilmington Banning 38
New West 62, Math/Science 53
Newport Harbor 56, Corona del Mar 35
North Hollywood 81, Chavez 42
Oak Park 62, Simi Valley 58
Oxnard 78, San Marcos 48
Palm Springs 58, Palm Desert 48
Quartz Hill 65, Lancaster 23
Rancho Dominguez 96, Carson 59
Redlands Adventist 75, Public Safety 26
Rio Mesa 74, Dos Pueblos 61
Salesian 61, La Salle 54
San Bernardino 70, Pacific 15
San Pedro 62, Gardena 46
Santa Rosa Academy 59, Temecula Prep 52
Shandon 73, San Luis Obispo Classical 25
Silverado 72, Barstow 36
South Gate 73, Los Angeles Roosevelt 41
St. Pius X-St.
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10 months ago
NYC real estate

$2.7 Million Homes in California

Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu Sherman Chu This house was designed by M.J. Murphy, a builder known for his charming cottages in Carmel, where some 300 examples of his work remain.This one is about half a mile from the Carmel Plaza shopping center, putting it within walking or biking distance of popular restaurants and galleries.
www.mercurynews.com
11 months ago
Wine

Los Gatos' Pelio, San Jose's J. Lohr among wine competition winners

The 30th annual Monterey Wine Competition, held March 11 in King City, saw a 2018 Pelio Vineyard Chardonnay, from a vineyard and brand owned by Los Gatos residents Les and Nini Pelio, crowned Best White of Show and Best Chardonnay.Garnering 95 points, it was a real head-turner.The vineyard is in sandy and limestone studded soils off Highway 68, at the very western edge of Carmel Valley.
TechCrunch
1 year ago
Online marketing

Google's new ad transparency center will keep track of a brand's previous ads

Google is launching a new ad transparency center that will let users search for verified advertisers and their campaigns across all of the company's platforms including Search, Display, and YouTube.This new transparency center - which is accessible directly via this link and through the My Ad Center page - will let you search for ads from a brand, in what region those ads were shown, and the time they last ran a campaign along with the format.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
OMG science

Rocket Report: SpaceX's Super Heavy is lit, court strikes down Georgia spaceport

Welcome to Edition 5.25 of the Rocket Report!On Thursday afternoon much of the space world was tuned into South Texas, where SpaceX conducted what appeared to be a successful static-fire test of its Super Heavy rocket.This was a critical step on the pathway to a much-anticipated orbital flight test of Starship this spring.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
OMG science

UC Santa Cruz astronomers take lead in search for life on alien worlds

The 18 hexagonal mirrors of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope float nearly one million miles from Earth like golden eyes peering into the universe, searching for signs of life on alien planets.One of the leaders of the pursuit is celebrated UC Santa Cruz astronomer Natalie Batalha.Her team is one of two at the university tasked with organizing and analyzing the enormous amounts of data collected by the new telescope  a process made faster and easier by gathering a powerful international group of astronomers using a new approach called open science.
SecurityWeek
1 year ago
Information security

Adobe Plugs Critical Security Holes in Illustrator, After Effects Software

Software maker Adobe on Tuesday released security fixes for at least a half dozen vulnerabilities that expose Windows and macOS users to malicious hacker attacks.The Mountain View, Calif.company warned that the security problems exist on three of its most popular software products - Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Magic Eraser is coming to all Pixel users and Google One subscribers on Android and iOS

The Magic Eraser feature introduced by Google with the Pixel 6 will soon be available for all Pixel users.It will also be available for non-Pixel and iOS users through the Google Photos app if they have a Google One subscription.The Google Photos app is also getting HDR for videos, which too will be available for all Google One subscribers.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Google I/O 2023 is taking place on May 10

This year's Google I/O, the yearly developer's conference, is taking place on May 10, revealed Sundar Pichai, Google CEO.The event will take place at the usual venue - Shoreline Amphitheatre, just across the street from Google's HQ in Mountain View, California.This edition of the conference should be the first in four years with in-person attendance but it will still be live-streamed for anyone interested to follow.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

SNAP Reduction Poised to Hit 12 Percent of San Francisco Residents

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service ended its COVID-induced additional food assistance bonuses on Tuesday, February 28.The bump in funding allowed recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to receive at least an extra $95 a month.Axios reports the roughly 12 percent of San Franciscans on the program will collectively lose about $11.5 million a month once the benefits end.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Hundreds more tech, life science layoffs jolt East Bay, San Francisco

BERKELEY Hundreds more layoffs affecting tech and life science jobs in the Bay Area have been disclosed by companies in what has morphed into a steady drumbeat of local staffing reductions.Affirm, Zendesk, Bayer U.S. and two subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson have revealed reductions that are affecting well over 300 jobs in the Bay Area, according to several WARN notices that have been filed with the state Employment Development Department (EDD).
KQED
1 year ago
California

Despite a Year of Suffering, Some Silicon Valley Companies Tied to Ukraine Remain Optimistic | KQED

A recent Google blog post details how the Mountain View-based global tech giant has supported Ukraine, ranging from campaigns to counter Russian disinformation about the invasion to the Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund, designed to help Ukrainian businesses "maintain liquidity, continue operations and incentivize further investment."
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay real estate

California has nearly 100 new housing laws. Are they fixing the affordability crisis?

Facing a massive affordable-housing crisis pushing Californians out of their hometowns and some onto the street, state legislators passed law after law to boost housing production.Now, Sacramento is asking itself the million-dollar question: Is it working?The answer: not as quickly as anyone hoped.Nearly 100 housing bills have been signed into law since 2016 as legislators, in the midst of intense pushback from some growth-resistant city officials and residents, made supercharging the state's housing supply a top priority.
sfist.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Day Around the Bay: Fire In Polk Street Building Caused By Scooter Battery

San Francisco's Department of Public Works says it is working overtime to repair potholes in the city after January and February's rains.The department made 1,585 pothole repairs last month, up by 500 from January and about triple their monthly average.[Chronicle] The woman killed by a fallen tree on Sunday morning in a San Jose-area park has been identified as 44-year-old Vidyut Nautiyal.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

State signs off on Oakland's plan to add 26,000 new homes

State regulators have signed off on Oakland's plan to add at least 26,000 new homes over the next decade meaning the Bay Area's third-largest city is no longer at risk of missing out on crucial funding or losing control over local development rules.Under state law, cities must come up with plans dubbed housing elements explaining how and where they aim to accommodate significantly more housing for residents of all income levels between 2023 and 2031.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

LinkedIn cuts scores of Bay Area jobs in new round of tech layoffs

MOUNTAIN VIEW LinkedIn has revealed plans to eliminate dozens of Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of layoffs that intensify the current tough times for Silicon Valley tech and biotech companies.The employment-focused social network has decided to cut 91 jobs in three Bay Area cities, according to an official filing that LinkedIn sent to California's labor agency.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Job cuts widen as tech, biotech firms plan fresh rounds of layoffs

Tech and biotech companies have begun to reveal plans for multiple rounds of job cuts in the Bay Area, disquieting disclosures that suggest the current layoff surges will be ongoing.The unsettling news came to light after Microsoft reported it would cut 62 jobs in Mountain View, layoffs that were effective on Feb. 9 and marked the second time the tech titan filed layoff notices with the state's labor agency.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
San Francisco

Residents don't want to retire in San Jose - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose residents don't think the city is a good place to retire.In the latest annual audit of city services, 60% of residents surveyed said San Jose was a "poor/very poor" place to retire.It's a sharp contrast to the 59% who said the city is a "good/excellent" place to work.The city survey randomly sampled 1,464 adult residents who responded by telephone or online in either English, Spanish, Chinese or Vietnamese.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Google to stop exempting campaign email from automated spam detection

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Gmail features at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., in May 2018.(Jeff Chiu/AP)Google plans to discontinue a pilot program that allows political campaigns to evade its email spam filters, the latest round in the technology giant's tussle with the GOP over online fundraising.
ABC News
1 year ago
Marketing

Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google over digital advertising

The Justice Department and eight other states filed a historic antitrust lawsuit Tuesday targeting Google over what they allege is the Big Tech giant's monopoly over the online advertising market."Monopolies threaten the free and fair markets on which our economy is based," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference on Tuesday.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
East Bay (California)

Falling Bay Area home prices expected to keep tumbling amid high interest rates

The beleaguered Bay Area housing market is showing few signs of a turnaround.Home prices are falling faster here than anywhere else in California, a new report shows, and real estate experts expect them to continue tumbling well into 2023.Tech layoffs, recession fears and a volatile stock market have all played a part in tamping down prices since the middle of last year, battering home values that soared to record highs amid a pandemic buying boom.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Cars

Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer

Tesla's widely viewed 2016 Autopilot demonstration video showing the system stopping for red lights and moving off again when the light changed to green was faked, according to the director of Autopilot software, Ashok Elluswamy.Elluswamy made the statement under oath during a deposition for a lawsuit brought against Tesla following the fatal crash of Apple engineer Walter Huang in 2018.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Cars

Tesla engineer testifies 2016 self-driving video was staged

A 2016 video which purported to show the self-driving capabilities of a Tesla car was staged, a senior engineer testified.Ashok Elluswamy, the company's director of autopilot software, testified in July that the video showed the Model X performing actions it was not programmed to perform, like stopping at red lights and accelerating at green lights, according to a deposition reported by Reuters on Tuesday.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

Tesla engineer testified that promotional self-driving video was staged | CBC News

A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.The video, which remains archived on Tesla's website, was released in October 2016 and promoted on Twitter by chief executive Elon Musk as evidence that Tesla drives itself.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Bay Area rainfall chart: The totals since the weekend

The heavy rain that blew through the Bay Area early Tuesday is expected to give way to showers and unsettled weather until the evening.The following totals from the National Weather Service are from Saturday when rain began in the evening for most of the Bay Area through 7 a.m.Tuesday.They are raw numbers, not yet checked for quality control.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Chart: Bay Area rainfall totals for a week of storms

The first week of the year saw two big storms bridged by intermittent rain in the Bay Area, bringing rainfall totals of up to 15 inches.The following totals from the National Weather Service are from Dec. 30 through 6 a.m.Friday, Jan. 6.They are raw numbers, not yet checked for quality control.The site of the greatest total, Scott Creek, is at 2,300 feet elevation near Empire Grade, south of Big Basin State Park.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Bay Area rainfall chart: Totals for the storm so far

The first wave of the latest atmospheric river storm was characterized by high winds and moderate rainfall 1 to 2 inches in most of the Bay Area.After a lull early Thursday, rain is expected to resume for several hours.(Track the storm's progress on this map.)The following are the storm's totals through 6 a.m.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Bay Area rainfall chart: Totals from Friday and Saturday

Rainfall totals for Friday and Saturday neared 10 inches in some parts of the Bay Area.The following are the totals from the National Weather Service for the period from 9 a.m.Friday through the end of Saturday's storm.They are raw numbers, meaning they haven't been quality-checked for accuracy.The greatest rainfall reading, 9.69 inches at Uvas Canyon, is from a site at 1,100 feet elevation near the Casa Loma fire station, about 2 miles east of Loma Prieta.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

Google lands the NFL's Sunday Ticket package for YouTube TV

In a move that further deepens the tech industry's move into streaming live televised sports, the NFL has awarded the rights to its Sunday Ticket package to Google.The NFL and the Mountain View, Calif., company announced Thursday that the package, which gives viewers access to out-of-market network TV broadcasts of the league's Sunday afternoon games, will be offered as a subscriber product through its YouTube TV streaming service starting in the 2023 season.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Bay Area job cuts: Doordash, DHL, Airtable, Plaid, Borrego Energy ax hundreds

A dreary new round of layoff disclosures will eliminate the jobs of more than 900 workers in the Bay Area, cutbacks that have engulfed high-profile companies such as Doordash and DHL, official state labor agency filings show.Three tech companies  Doordash, Airtable and Plaid  disclosed decisions to cut jobs in the Bay Area.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

San Jose: Blue Rock BBQ, home of smoked meats and pecan pie, will close permanently

Not long after 6 p.m. Tuesday, the staff at the Blue Rock BBQ in San Jose - which will close for good Thursday - set up two chairs at the end of the long line at the cash register to signify that they were nearly out of food and wouldn't take any more orders.A little roadblock like that isn't enough to stop true barbecue fans.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Two more Bay Area deaths linked to cold weather

Two people died in San Jose of suspected exposure, increasing the recent cold-weather-related death toll in the Bay Area to at least four amid plunging temperatures that have prompted a freeze warning for Wednesday morning.The two latest victims were found in the 95112 zip code, which includes downtown San Jose, according to Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michelle Jorden.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

High school basketball: Monday's scores

BOYS' BASKETBALL
Adelanto 70, Lancaster 37
Alliance Bloomfield 70, Collins 21
Animo Robinson 49, Bernstein 37
Arroyo 60, Rosemead 44
Aspire Ollin 50, Animo Bunche 31
Beaumont 53, Indian Springs 40
Bravo 59, Bell 38
Cabrillo 67, Oxford Academy 42
Canoga Park 54, San Fernando 48
Chavez 46, Monroe 40
CSDR 72, Baker 28
Discovery Christian 54, Century 44
Downtown Magnets 117, Orthopaedic 27
Esperanza 74, Corona del Mar 54
Fountain Valley 69, Warren 66
Gabrielino 70, El Monte 21
Grant 103, Arleta 28
Hawkins 64, Sherman Oaks CES 60
Huntington Beach 75, La Palma Kennedy 47
Jefferson 84, Rivera 62
La Quinta 76, Norte Vista 54
La Serna 53, La Habra 46
Lake Balboa 76, Van Nuys Magnolia Science 34
Larchmont 68, New Designs Watts 51
Los Alamitos 63, Long Beach Wilson 55
Math/Science 75, University Prep Value 36
Maywood 60, Mendez 47
Mountain View 69, Pasadena Marshall 67
Newport Harbor 74, Eastside Christian 33
Panorama 50, Reseda 45
Redlands East Valley 75, San Jacinto 35
Ridgecrest Burroughs 66, Barstow 40
Rolling Hills Prep 88, CAMS 33
Santa Ana 82, Los Amigos 40
Simi Valley 70, Westlake 66
South East 84, Verbum Dei 42
St Pius X-St.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco Giants

Mitch Haniger, childhood Giants fan, hopes to bring World Series back to San Francisco

For a few years there, the Haniger clan had to hide their true allegiances.They watched their Mountain View-born son traverse pro ball, swapping out wind-battered Giants hats that once braved Candlestick for Brewers caps, D-backs gear and Mariners garb.Now, at last, they can just root for the Giants again.
McCovey Chronicles
1 year ago
San Francisco Giants

Giants sign Mitch Haniger

The San Francisco Giants are officially in the offseason game, with their first big signing of the year.It's not the outfielder that they were rumored to sign on Tuesday (though there's still time), but it's a nice move nonetheless, as they agreed to a contract with right-handed hitting outfielder Mitch Haniger.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Bay Area rainfall chart: Totals from the weekend's storm

Many Bay Area cities got 2 inches of rain over the weekend, and more than 6 inches was reported at some Santa Cruz Mountains sites.The following are the totals, in inches, from the National Weather Service for the storm that arrived early Saturday and moved out of the Bay Area early Monday.They are raw numbers, meaning they haven't been quality-checked for accuracy.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

These are the words, movies and people that Americans searched for on Google in 2022

In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif.Jeff Chiu/AP The end of the year is nearing, and as usual, Google is recapping 2022's current events and trends with the most popular searches made through the platform.These are the terms Americans searched the most.
Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 year ago
Silicon Valley real estate

Arts & Culture | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

San Jose Museum of Art
110 S Market St, San Jose
408.271.6840​| sjmusart.orgRunner-up Triton Museum of Art1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara
408.247.2438| tritonmuseum.orgBest Ballet Company
San Jose Ballet School
157 N 4th St, San Jose
408.295.5394| sjballet.comRunner-up New Ballet
196 N 3rd St, San Jose
408.352.5616
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