With California officially in a drought emergency, Gov. Jerry Brown is asking everyone to take a look at their daily habits and reduce consumption by 20 percent. “We can’t make it rain, but we can be much better prepared for the terrible consequences that California’s…
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The rest of the nation might be suffering from freezing temperatures, but California’s unusually warm winter weather is showing no signs of cool. While the rest of the U.S. is a bit green with jealousy, some Californians might actually miss crisp temperatures and seeing snow…
Don Draper’s signature cocktail, the Old Fashioned, gets a delightful twist at 55 South on 1st Street in San Jose.
Nearly 4,000 furry lions, tigers, bears and other creatures from the animal kingdom arrive in downtown San Jose for FurCon 2014 this week, a long weekend of panels, events and parties for anthropormorphic animal enthusiasts—people who like to dress up like animals, in layman’s terms.
It’s fitting that Hult’s tasting menu choices are named for elements such as “water” or “air”—it reflects the farm-to-table sourcing and culinary approach of Michelin-starred executive chef Michael Ellis.
The Helen Diller Family Foundation’s Tikkun Olam Award recognizes teens who are working to help the world. Nominations are open through Jan 19.
The popular San Francisco-based ice cream company Smitten opened its newest spot inside the Los Altos Whole Foods market in late December. The new spot, like its sister location in SF’s Hayes Valley, dishes out ice cream that’s custom-frozen for each customer using a blast of liquid nitrogen.
While the Sharks aren’t fielding the most Olympians in the NHL as they did in 2010, four Sharks players made the cut for the 2014 Sochi games. Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be playing for Team Canada, Joe Pavelski for USA and Antti Niemi for Finland.
“Opera is everywhere—it’s the background of life,” says Sharon Maxwell-Yamamoto, the executive director and producer of Opera Bravura Entertainment, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to show a more accessible side of opera.
With tats from his fingers up to his neck, Andrew Miller, 30, may look like he’s more at home in a tattoo shop than a salon, but he knows hair. “I see myself as an artist, and haircutting is my medium,” Miller said. “I didn’t want there to be anything I didn’t know how to do.”
