Confluence point sits just below SAP Center, where Los Gatos Creek and the Guadalupe River meet. It’s a pleasant place to relax and contemplate the many natural wonders around us, such as the submerged shopping carts, car tires and other man-donated reef materials that now…
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General Manager of The Grill on The Alley, Chris Dobie, moved all over North America before settling down with his family in the South Bay. He’s made many connections over the last 17 years working for The Grill. Starting as a server, Dobie worked his…
On the quiet end of downtown Mountain View, The Phoenix Veg Cafe & Juice Bar provides a safe haven of breakfast and lunch choices. Large green fronds against a reed wall provide a welcoming backdrop and small plants on the cafe-sized tables carry on the…
Historic Murphy Street in Sunnyvale is a slice of Americana. A ramen shop sits across the street from a Thai spot flanked by a Mexican cantina and a pizzeria. Sycamores line the cobblestone street where an old couple strolls arm-in-arm next to a mother scolding…
What started out more than three decades ago as a small venture aimed at feeding 10-15 homeless people, has grown into a community service organization that has changed the lives of thousands in San Jose, Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Palo Alto. Loaves and Fishes, which…
Bay Area native, Kathleen Wong, joins the San Jose State administrative team as the new Chief Diversity Officer at SJSU. Wong will soon say goodbye to the University of Oklahoma and return home to the South Bay, where she plans to shake up the current…
When it comes to soup dumplings (xiao long bao or XLB), one name has international acclaim above all others: Din Tai Fung. Guffaw all you want at the ubiquity of restaurant chains, but when a 60-year-old dumpling giant opens in our area, it is a…
Downtown Poki doesn’t charge extra for avocado. Operating in the same room as Dakao, an authentic Vietnamese sandwich shop, the latest addition to San Jose’s burgeoning poke scene has done away with price-jacking California’s state fruit, and thrown a novel spin of Japanese-Hawaiian-Vietnamese fusion on…
All eyes will be on Silicon Valley come June 3, when Copa America makes its debut appearance outside of South America for the first time in 100 years. Big names on the pitch will include Lionel Messi, Tim Howard, James Rodriquez and all those dudes…
Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez is the executive director of Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, better known as MACLA. She places a high value on artistic creativity in making an impact on San Jose’s future. Located in the SoFA district, MACLA is a hub for downtown creativity,…
