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Election results: Abe-Koga takes the lead for District 5 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors race
As the primary election draws to a close, early results on Tuesday night show Margaret Abe-Koga taking the lead to represent District 5 on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
Election results: Liccardo, Simitian take early lead in Congress race
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian took the early lead in the crowded race to succeed U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in Congress, accordingly early results from the California Secretary of State.
California’s political flash in U.S. Senate will fade when two journeymen occupy its seats
California has typically had U.S. senators with different personalities, one being flashy and the other quietly diligent. That phenomenon may be ending when two journeyman politicians, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, occupy the state’s two Senate seats.
What you need to know about CA primary results
As the dust settles from Tuesday’s primary night, Californians are waking up to two major decisions: The next U.S. senator will either be Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff or Republican former L.A. Dodger Steve Garvey. And odds are that the state will expand its mental health and substance abuse treatment infrastructure and overhaul the way it funds mental health programs through Proposition 1.
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Be Set Free – Freedom is yours when you know where to look for it – March 9, 10 a.m.
In this talk, Nicole Virgil will examine liberty from a Biblical perspective; and see how real people today find their freedom from all kinds of physical, emotional and circumstantial restrictions that seem clearly beyond their control so that they may Be Set Free. Nicole is a Christian Science practitioner from Chicago and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. Hosted by First Church Of Christ, Scientist, PA, Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd. > DETAILS
Coupa Cafe celebrates 20 years
Nancy Coupal had lived in Venezuela for 27 years before moving back to her home state of California to be closer to her three kids attending Stanford University. In 2004, she opened Coupa Cafe, a cafe serving classic coffee shop and Venezuelan specialties. Now, she owns nine locations.
How two brothers turned their family’s struggling San Bruno market into a thriving Mediterranean restaurant set to open its second spot
A year after opening Mazra in San Bruno, the Makableh brothers’ restaurant earned second place on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat, and Mazra made the nationwide list again this year, at No. 23. Now, the brothers are setting their sights on opening the second location of their Mediterranean restaurant in Redwood City April 2, an opening delayed since last summer.
Weeknights out: Kara Swisher, Mahan Esfahani and more
Don’t wait for the weekend. Tonight, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani comes to Stanford Live and Kepler’s hosts a virtual talk with tech author Kara Swisher. Tomorrow, guitarist/singer Chandran Sankaran performs in Menlo Park, while Cinequest film festival launches in the South Bay.
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Author events; Kara Swisher
Kepler’s Books presents Kara Swisher discussing her new book “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story” — a memoir of her work intertwined with a history of the tech world. In-person event are sold out, but tickets are still available for the virtual event. Go to eventbrite.com.
Exhibit: ‘Day Jobs’
The Cantor Arts Center presents an exhibition that explores how artists have found inspiration in the day jobs they work to continue being able to do their art. Go to museum.stanford.edu.
TOMORROW
Talk: ‘Warheads to Windmills’
Author and peace activist Timmon Wallis comes to Books Inc. Palo Alto to discuss his book, “Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War.” Go to /warheadstowindmills.org.
Performance: Poetry Live!
Curated by Stanford lecturer in Creative Writing Hieu Minh Nguyen, this event brings together award-winning poets and spoken-word artists Olivia Gatwood and Melissa Lozada-Oliva with members of Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective for a series of performances. Go to stanfordlivetickets.org.
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