8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (196+ words) Per the Standard, the picnic-turned-event now requires permits, permission, porta-potties, insurance, and potentially a first responder on standby. Juchtman estimated the whole thing could cost up to $4,000, the outlet reports, and she said as much herself: people are taking a…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (160+ words) Lead pastor Kaloma Smith, who has led the congregation since 2013, said the church has something special that motivated him to apply for the grant. He said the congregation made it its goal to save a midcentury modern church built for…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (270+ words) The celebration was announced by the City of San Mateo on Facebook. It caps a year of festivities that included a 25-cent nostalgia fare on September 1 to kick off Bay Area Transit Month, according to SamTrans. The agency also hosted…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (282+ words) Ceramic artist Karen Winograde is among the roughly 15 potters contributing work this year, and student artists have also pitched in pieces for the sale. The dinner itself will be filled directly into the bowls attendees purchase, meaning each ticket holder…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (175+ words) The event, held this year on September 6, is hosted by Anthony Tordillos, Peter Ortiz and the United Lowrider Council of San Jose, according to San José Spotlight. The San Jose City Council repealed the city's cruising ban in 2022, and the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (280+ words) When the pandemic forced Daisy Li to shutter her longtime Moonstar Buffet in 2020, she didn't walk away from the kitchen — she turned it into an emergency meal operation now supplying an average of 4,500 meals a day to seniors, unhoused people,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) Parker Eastman’s cancer treatment required a backpack he could wear 24/7. When his mom couldn’t find one, she made one. Garvin Thomas reports. When Rebecca Eastman's son Parker was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma at just 2 years old, she found herself joining…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (218+ words) For nearly 13 years, the old firehouse at 3120 Ross Road sat mostly empty in downtown Graton. Now it's the site of the small Sonoma County town's very first dedicated coffee shop, a project called Graton Station that's already serving espresso out…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (395+ words) Menegon Catering is hosting its second annual lobster boil fundraiser on October 3, and this time all the proceeds will go directly to the St. Helena Community Food Pantry, a nonprofit that says it now feeds as many as 130 families amid…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (251+ words) A South Bay company that tore down the historic El Rancho Inn in Millbrae gave away hundreds of beds and other furnishings from inside the rooms to those in need. Buccaneer Demolition in San Jose was hired to tear down…...