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4 hours agoSan Mateo County officials live it up this weekend in Wine Country
San Mateo County taxpayers are funding city officials' attendance at a $1,196 conference focused on housing, AI, and transit tax.
"You don't have to be dreadlocked to be Rasta. We live in Rasta Cruz and my other world is stewarding ganja. Ganja is how I've supported myself. I'm a friend of cannabis personally and as a band."
Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, featuring a star-studded cast, tells the epic tale of Odysseus, who embarks on a ten-year journey to return home.
Ibrahim reflected on their journey, stating, 'We took a leap of faith. We didn't know if this place was going to make it.' Their decision was influenced by friends who wanted a Middle Eastern restaurant in Silicon Valley.
"San Jose was an agricultural wonderland. They called it the Valley of Heart's Delight, and most of it has been paved over and turned into high tech now. But this is a connection to our past."
Inframundo invites visitors to look inward and become a rock, drawing on the landscape shaped by cenotes, which are thought to be portals to the Maya underworld.
Austin Nasso rebranded himself as a tech-savvy 'bro' comedian, attracting Silicon Valley's edge lords while maintaining a good-hearted and fun comedic style.
At only 10-yes, 10-years old, this Vallejo artist is already taking the Yay by storm with her flow. She's already impressed LaRussell, who saw her singing along to every word of his track, "Sprinkle Me," four years ago when she was six. This kid has got T-A-L-E-N-T!
The ferry goes from the Balboa Peninsula, home to the Balboa Fun Zone and the Newport Beach Balboa Pier, to the south side of Balboa Island, the idyllic coastal community filled with beach cottages and shops that sell saltwater taffy, watercolors of seascapes and the frozen bananas made famous by 'Arrested Development.'
Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area around I-80 in San Francisco and the interchange with U.S. Highway 101 for the entire weekend of April 17-19. Expect heavy delays and budget extra travel time, Caltrans said.
Like Johnny Cash, San Jose Sports Authority Executive Director John Poch has been everywhere. He used to travel every month to different cities to see their sports events, looking for San Jose's next potential opportunity. And just about every city he went to had some sort of visitor center. But San Jose didn't have one - until this week with the launch of the Locker Room - a visitor center and merchandise store - in downtown San Jose.
A significant number of Santa Clara County residents say they're considering leaving the Bay Area, a reflection of the persistent frustration over housing costs and affordability even as population data suggests the region is not experiencing a mass exodus. Joint Venture Silicon Valley's annual survey found 40% of respondents in Santa Clara County said they are likely to leave in the next few years, a decline from recent years when up to 57% of respondents were looking to move.