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Mountain View works to close major $36M funding gap for downtown affordable housing project
Chipping away at a funding shortfall of $36 million, an affordable housing development in downtown Mountain View is another step closer to getting built with a lot of help from the city and county.
Serving food since the ’80s, Palo Alto Chinese restaurant set to close its doors
Serving Palo Alto since 1986, Chinese restaurant Jing Jing Gourmet will close its doors on Sunday.
Arts briefs: Smuin Ballet’s ‘Tupelo Tornado,’ Nicholas Kristof, Frost Music & Arts Festival and more
This week sees Smuin Ballet’s world premiere of an Elvis-inspired piece; Pulitzer-winning author Nicholas Kristof at Kepler’s Books; a new puppet musical at Stanford Theater Laboratory; Frost Music & Arts Festival with headliner Blxst. Plus, indie rockers SUSTO at The Guild; salsa with Cien Mil Mangos; and local authors Jorge Argueta and Elizabeth Gomez’s new bilingual children’s book.
Summer-garden prepping tips: How to get your trees in shape before warmer temperatures set in
With summer only a month away, now is the time to start prepping your yard for warmer weather. In April, I talked about how to research and choose new trees to plant in your yard. This month, we will look at how to prepare your existing trees for summer.
Gavin Newsom plans to cut $2 billion in public broadband projects
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s newest budget proposal calls for $2 billion in cuts to public broadband projects meant to bring high-speed internet to all Californians and close the digital divide. The reduction is part of Newsom’s updated plan to close a $44.9 billion shortfall.
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TODAY
Author talk: ‘The Death of Expertise’
Bestselling author Tom Nichols returns to Kepler’s Books for another dialogue with Angie Coiro. Their conversation revisits Nichols’ book “The Death of Expertise” in the wake of the Trump era and COVID. Go to eventbrite.com.
Music: 3rdThursday First Anniversary
3rdThursday, a free, monthly, year-round music festival on Palo Alto’s California Avenue, celebrates its first anniversary with four bands, a photo booth, Zumba and line dancing, an anniversary cake ceremony, kids’ play area and more. Some area businesses offer specials and extended hours. Go to 3rdthursday.fun.
TOMORROW
Stage: ‘Catch Me If You Can’
Upstage Theater presents a musical comedy based on the film and the true story of precocious teenager Frank Abagnale, Jr. who poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer, forges millions of dollars worth of checks and lives the high life, till he has to go on the run from the FBI. Go to tickets.mvcpa.com.
Art: ‘Golden Horizons’
Gallery 9 presents “Golden Horizons,” paintings that draw inspiration from the landscapes that define the Golden State by Ragini Prasad. Opening reception: First Friday, May 3, 5-8 p.m. Go to gallery9losaltos.com.
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