Singaporean restaurant finds its way back to downtown Menlo Park
After being forced out of its longtime Menlo Park home last year, Shiok! Singapore Kitchen has found its way back. The restaurant has reopened in a new space on Oak Grove Avenue with the same kitchen staff dishing up the same family recipes.
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Bayfront Expressway reopens after four-car crash near Marsh Road
Bayfront Expressway’s westbound lanes in Menlo Park were closed for over an hour on Tuesday morning following a four-vehicle collision near Marsh Road.
Palo Alto plan to limit billionaire compounds fizzles
Crescent Park residents have strong feelings about the transformation that their neighborhood has undergone over the past decade, as Mark Zuckerberg went on a homebuying spree on the 1400 block of Hamilton Avenue. But despite their pleas, Palo Alto officials…
Ex-Sheriff Corpus files claim against San Mateo County, alleging defamation
Disgraced former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus filed a claim against San Mateo County, alleging defamation during a process that led to her ouster from office last fall.
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Food
The buzz about Apisol: This sparkling honey drink is made on the Peninsula
When someone takes a sip of an Apisol beverage for the first time, “pretty much everybody is telling me, they’ve never had anything like that,” founder Ariana Wei said.
Half Moon Bay brunch destination Johnny’s now open in San Mateo
For the Del Fierro family, opening a second location of Johnny’s in downtown San Mateo feels like a homecoming.
Inside Facebook Marketplace’s thriving – and largely unregulated – food business
We spoke with several Peninsula bakers about their experiences using the platform to sell their homemade food.
Arts & Culture
Review: A dream weaver at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center
A new exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center explores how Maine artist Jeremy Frey takes an innovative approach to a traditional art form.
What’s up this week: A multimedia choral premiere, violin and sax improv jazz, 4/20 with renowned poet and more
This week, catch the world premiere of a new multimedia work with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus, plus jazz violinist Mads Tolling and saxophonist Larry Ochs, poet Willis Barnstone at Feldman’s and more.
From upgrades at landmark parks to events in nature, here’s what’s happening outside in Silicon Valley this spring
Get the inside scoop on the outdoors with The Six Fifty’s latest roundup of parks and recreation happenings.
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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YouTube ‘auditor’ provoked, pepper-sprayed shopper at Mountain View Costco, police say
Mountain View police arrested a Southern California YouTuber for blasting pepper spray at a man outside Mountain View’s Costco. He was with a group of “First Amendment auditors,” one of whom is being sued for pepper-spraying a man in downtown…
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
Palo Alto homes cost 5.6x more to buy than rent, study finds
Buying a home in Palo Alto now costs more than five times as much as renting, according to a new national analysis highlighting the widening divide between homeownership and affordability.
A tale of 2 housing markets: Spring reveals split in Peninsula real estate
The Midpeninsula’s spring housing market is shaping up as a tale of two buyers: confident, high-end purchasers driving competition and prices in the luxury market, and more cautious shoppers weighing layoffs, interest rates and global instability before making a move.
Modern home with fully retractable glass walls sells for $30M in Atherton
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
Año Nuevo’s iconic elephant seal viewing areas are reopening after a bird flu outbreak. Scientists have been hard at work the entire time
At its onset, no one knew how the bird flu would progress in the northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo, but this week, officials announced the reserve’s elephant seal viewing areas will reopen on Saturday, just a month and a…
Free in Silicon Valley: Where to find clothing and book swaps, fix-it clinics, plant exchanges and more
Swapping and sharing goods and skills is not only an environmentally friendly practice – it’s also a social and fun one.
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.
