Looking to foster community, Mountain View kicks off Golden Hunt at senior center
The Mountain View Senior Center held its first Golden Hunt Wednesday morning, with dozens of participants jockeying to find plastic eggs filled with candies, jokes and raffle tickets for prizes that they could take home ahead of the Easter holiday.
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Shake Shack to open Mountain View burger joint on April 9
The global fast-casual food chain Shake Shake is slated to open a restaurant on San Antonio Road in Mountain View next week, marking its 17th Bay Area location.
Mountain View Whisman picks new principals for Graham and Vargas
The Mountain View Whisman School District has hired new principals to take over at Graham Middle School and Vargas Elementary School, both of whom will start next school year.
Mountain View plans to vacate public street for eight-story condo project
A developer’s request to close a public street in downtown Mountain View to make way for an eight-story condominium complex is nearing the finish line after a legal dispute with the city.
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Food
Students host future of food convention at Stanford University
The Food4Thought Festival will offer panels and workshops focused on connecting students and early career grads with researchers, policymakers and companies focused on sustainable and equitable food systems.
American bistro and bar Causwells is coming to Menlo Park’s Springline with a reimagined menu
Springline is cementing itself as a taste of San Francisco with its latest restaurant tenant: Causwells.
Restaurateurs behind Ettan, Eylan and Little Blue Door are James Beard Award finalists
The restaurateurs behind upscale Indian restaurants Ettan and Eylan are the only Peninsula finalists for a James Beard Award this year.
Arts & Culture
For real: Four bandleaders team up in jazz collective
Realtime Collective, with pianist Tammy Hall, saxophonist Kristen Strom, bassist Ruth Davies and drummer Sylvia Cuenca, will perform April 4 in Palo Alto.
Title Pages: Los Altos author is making ‘Space for Saffron’
Novelist Rie Neal’s latest children’s book features a STEM-loving kid and a Silicon Valley setting.
Title Pages: Palo Alto author tells of the road taken
Irena Smith takes readers on a multi-generational road-trip of family connection and discovery with her memoir “Troika.”
Spotlight
Changing diet to generate a healthier microbiome and a healthy individual
Stanford microbiologists Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are working to understand the complex microbial community that resides within the human gut and its potential for helping people live healthier, longer lives.
Ivy League mentorship for college applications and career foundations through meaningful projects
Path Mentors was born out of dissatisfaction with the toxic high-pressure environment that college admissions has created. Founded in 2019 by Columbia graduates, the Path Mentors’ team of nearly 100 mentors from a wide range of professions including technology, finance,…
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Prosecutors allege Mountain View massage parlors were part of regional brothel network
From the outside, Relax Day Spa and Camino Massage Therapy presented themselves as massage parlors, but authorities allege the two Mountain View businesses were actually brothels. A criminal case is underway against the family accused of running the operation.
Google unveils historic restoration of Hangar One in Mountain View
Once reduced to a skeletal frame, a massive landmark visible from U.S. Highway 101 has been restored to its original form minus the toxic chemicals that made it too dangerous to inhabit for decades.
Real Estate
Ladera’s rare Eichlers became early experiments in hillside modernism
Located in the oak-studded foothills near Portola Valley, Ladera is defined by its hills, winding roads and wooded setting — terrain that shaped some of Joseph Eichler’s rarest homes. Here, Eichler experimented with more expansive designs tailored to a sloping,…
Portola Valley home gets a wellness-centered remodel
A child’s love of active play and his parents’ dream of their own sauna come together in the lower level of a hillside Portola Valley home, which has been transformed into a wellness wonderland – a literal hotspot for relaxation,…
Brand-new Woodside home with elevator sells for $23.5M
Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside.
The Six Fifty
Meet the Silicon Valley organizations and artists taking a creative approach to tackling the plastic problem
Peninsula Precious Plastics and its associates save plastics from being tossed into landfills and instead remake them into products that are intended to last.
From Easter feasts to egg hunts and more, here’s how to celebrate the holiday in Silicon Valley
Once again this Easter, children will sprint around in search of pastel-colored eggs while adults spend the days leading up to the holiday hunting for brunch reservations or to-go options.
These Silicon Valley spots offer paint nights and workshops
If you’re looking for ways to be creative socially, there are plenty of one-time painting classes as well as multiday workshops on the Peninsula.
