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Fall Arts Guide: Discover Silicon Valley’s Best Cultural Events
As we plunge toward a future of synthetic culture, screen ubiquity, stacked apartment living and self-driving cars, the culture that grounds us and connects...
Remembering Alan Soldofsky, Champion of San Jose’s Literary Community
The local literary community lost one of its leading lights with the passing of Alan Soldofsky this past weekend.
Soldofsky was a poet and published...
At 250, America’s Founding Ideals Still Deserve Celebration
This week San Jose welcomed the U.S. men’s soccer team. The players arrived at downtown’s Marriott hotel on Monday, two days before their match...
The 2026 Bay Area FIFA World Cup
The World Cup was last held in Santa Clara County 32 years ago. I remember walking into the Fairmont lobby and seeing Pelé hanging...
Tony Gemignani and the Rise of World-Class Pizza in the Bay Area
For years, California suffered from a reputation as a pizza desert. Having grown up in an East Coast family with roots in Naples, I...
Welcome to San JosAI: Nvidia GTC and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
The valley’s biggest tech event took over downtown San Jose this week. An army in neon green lanyards turned the city’s core into a...
Bob Weir, from the Peninsula to the Universe
After the Grateful Dead played their farewell shows at San Francisco’s Winterland in October 1974, its members broke off into side projects, reverting from...
BEST OF SILICON VALLEY 2025 — Short List: Editor’s Picks
Best Paletas
Paleta Planeta
Traditional Mexican ice pops sold from carts have taken on new excitement with contemporary flavor combinations, vibrant colors and bold fresh fruits....
