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Oct 18, 2023
A Fruitful Silicon Valley
The world’s best known tech hub before the boom, Silicon Valley is often overlooked despite its very rich history.
Aug 23, 2023
‘Ripe’ and Life in the Shadow of the Valley
In ‘Ripe,’ Silicon Valley is plentiful, though certainly not with heart’s delights
May 31, 2023
To Live and Die in Silicon Valley
At Santa Clara University, I scan the campus grounds for what a friend describes via text as “a little faux telephone booth.”
The wind telephone...
Oct 26, 2022
San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Celebrates 25th Dia de Los Muertos
On a crisp and unusually quiet Saturday morning, I arrive at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the San Jose Public Library. I’m...
Aug 31, 2022
Stephen Pitti Speaks on ‘East Side’s Impact in San Jose’
In the 1990s, historian Stephen Pitti set out to write a centuries-long counterhistory of the so-called Silicon Valley.
A Chicano scholar with Northern California roots,...
Aug 17, 2022
Houyee Chow-Jiménez and Nick Ybarra’s Mural of Pride
Two summers ago, artist Houyee Chow-Jiménez responded to an open call on Instagram. Project MORE—a nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ people in Northern California—sought muralists to...
Jul 5, 2022
Novelist K-Ming Chang Makes San Jose Her Literary Home
Bestiary, the startling first novel by K-Ming Chang, took place in Montebello, the Southern California city where much of her family originates. Now based...
Apr 6, 2022
Santa Clara Youth Poet Laureate
Last month, talented local writers—ages 13 to 18—applied to become the next Santa Clara County youth poet laureate. This week, judges announced seven finalists...
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