Silicon Valley’s mom-and-pop Chinese, Japanese, Ethiopian, Korean, Indian, Mexican and Vietnamese restaurants that populate the strip malls and shopping centers of Silicon Valley are what we do best.
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Few companies are as closely identified with Silicon Valley as Google. In its quest for world domination, however, it is important to have outposts in other major centers, such as New York or Hong Kong. Or Beverley Hills?
Now that three out of the four falcon eggs have hatched on a ledge high above City Hall, Mayor Chuck Reed has announced the launch of this year’s falcon naming contest.
Over 2,500 people showed up for a fundraiser to support the family of Bryan Stow, a local paramedic who was beaten in the parking lot of Dodgers Stadium last Thursday, apparently for wearing a Giants shirt.
Last week’s open source summit, put on at Ames Research Center and sponsored by NASA, showed programmers are building a virtual world together.
The buildup to a Robert Guerrero fight wouldn’t be right unless there was a sense that the South Bay native was yet again on the cusp of becoming one of boxing’s biggest stars. And yet, something seems to be different this time around.
Opening a restaurant is a risky proposition in the best of times. Statistics vary, but a study conducted by the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly in 2005 found that more than a quarter of all new restaurants closed or changed hands in the first year. In year two, the figure jumped to 60 percent. So you might think that opening a restaurant during a recession would be suicidal. Stett Holbrook profiles four new restaurants bucking the conventional wisdom.
Now that he has officially announced that he is running for re-election, President Barack Obama will be returning to Silicon Valley later this month.
Faced with a $30 million deficit, Caltrain CEO Mike Scanlon announced a series of service cuts. The cuts are intended to help the rail system operate over the next year or two. Officials warn, however, that a longer term solution would require an infusion of public funding, and that would mean a voter-approved tax hike.
Clara and Esteban Colbert are once again the proud parents of a young chick. One of the four eggs laid on their City Hall ledge has hatched. The remaining eggs are expected to hatch over the next few days, and Clara will brood over her young for about two weeks.
