Meta halts massive mixed-use development in Menlo Park
Meta is pushing pause on Willow Village, a huge mixed-use office, residential and retail development in Menlo Park. The project promised to bring long-sought services to the Belle Haven community, including a grocery store and pharmacy.
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Trail connections: Portola Valley walking group builds social networks IRL
On a sunny Thursday evening, a group of 30 Portola Valley and Ladera residents met for a hike at Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto. The band of locals is part of a group called PV Walks, founded by community member…
Menlo Park reluctantly raises city fees as budget challenges loom
Residents will soon see bills for most city services jump by 5% to more than 300% this summer, after the Menlo Park City Council voted to approve a new fee schedule, with one exception: a controversial new fee on newspaper…
San Mateo County school districts seek funding boost from voters on June ballot
Three separate bond and tax measures for school districts in San Mateo County will head to the voters for the June election, including Measure A in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
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Food
This new Burlingame restaurant is a blast from the past
Step back in time at Patty’s Retro Diner, a new addition to Broadway in Burlingame.
‘It was just a perfect storm’: Sushirrito co-founder Ty Mahler speaks on the demise of the fast-casual chain
Bay Area sushi burrito chain Sushirrito is gone for good. Established in 2011 in San Francisco and quickly popping up all along the Peninsula, the fast-casual chain was known for its made-to-order Japanese Latin fusion mega rolls wrapped and eaten…
How a Palo Alto man’s pandemic project unexpectedly bloomed into a thriving honey business
While millions of people experimented with sourdough starters during the pandemic, Palo Alto resident Dave Rickling accidentally took up beekeeping. Now, he has around 200 hives and his own business: Dave’s Backyard Bees.
Arts & Culture
EPACENTER kicks off new evening concert series
Some big names in music are coming to EPACENTER’s inaugural sunset concert series, which will run May 9-July 25. The series is part of the center’s expanded outreach to the local community.
Pete Escovedo brings ‘Bay Area sound’ to EPACENTER
EPACENTER was created to nurture the next generation of visual and performing artists. So it’s fitting that the center’s first concert series will launch with an artist whose work has brought generations together on stage.
What’s up this week: Indie pop with IDKHow; bluegrass in the park; Hershey Felder’s new docu-drama, open studios and more
This week, find an evening of indie pop with I Don’t Know How But They Found Me; catch free bluegrass in the park with Never Come Down; meet north Peninsula and Coastside artists at the first weekend of Silicon Valley…
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
Buyers now need $1M+ salaries for homes in Peninsula’s priciest cities
A new housing affordability analysis finds that the San Jose metro area remains the nation’s most expensive housing market, with required incomes topping $500,000. In the Midpeninsula’s priciest cities, including Palo Alto and Los Altos, buyers now need seven-figure salaries…
New study finds older millennials are now highest-spending homebuyers
Baby boomers may make up the largest generational group of homebuyers nationwide, but older millennials — now roughly ages 36 to 45 — have emerged as the highest-earning, biggest-spending buyers.
Shaping nature: The legacy of trailblazing landscape architect Mary Gordon
Long before computer-generated plans and digital renderings became the norm, Palo Alto landscape architect Mary Gordon drew her gardens by hand — shaping curves with a practiced eye and an instinct for nature that no ruler could replicate. It was…
The Six Fifty
Walk and talk: 10 guided tours around the Peninsula
We’ve rounded up 10 spots on the Peninsula where you can take guided walks or tours, covering topics from cuisine and arts to history, agriculture and nature.
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.
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…
