The Six Fifty

The results are in from our annual photo contest. Take a look and join us in congratulating the winners on their exceptionally engaging imagery....

Concerts are coming back to Stanford's idyllic Frost Amphitheater this summer. Check out the top-notch list of acts....tix on sale today.

We couldn't get Gritty (or the Phanatic), so we asked a longtime Philly resident to map out the best cheesesteaks in and around the Peninsula. The results are in....so take our Wiz and grilled onions tour of the area and see which six sandwiches made the list. (We're sure there will be nothing to argue about....) ....with the REFUGE St. John's Bar & Grill Cuban Kitchen Hidden Spot TOWN San Carlos The Original Pat's King of Steaks Geno's Steaks

The Peninsula's craft cocktail game evolves forward in a big way with the launch of Bar Zola in Palo Alto......... ....with Zola

Local art to brighten your week....stop by Pamela Walsh Gallery and check out their new exhibit showcasing the colorful work of Menlo Park painter Mitchell Johnson....

In case you have good reason to celebrate this week...it's Tiki Thursday at Timber & Salt

New kids....and the blocks.... #minecraft #Stanford #bayarea

"....in April of 1967, during the final year of his life, King returned to Stanford to deliver a speech that has come to be known as The Other America, in which he spoke to the stark disparity of social realities within the nation..." #MLKDay #Stanford

The scrappy cinephiles of #SiliconValley.... ....with BraveMaker Guerilla Wanderers Films Stage 1 Films Mammoth Pictures #cinematography #filmmaking

Democracy with cheese...... #bayarea #bayareafoodie #smallbusiness

Get to know your local necropolis.....

Talking #wildfire smoke and how it affects our day-to-day #health...with Mary Prunicki, Director of Air Pollution and Health Research at #Stanford...

Meet the feral #cats of Coyote Point.... ....with the Homeless Cat Network

It's REALLY nice to not report on closures for a change.... .....with Marufuku Ramen BottleShop RWC Alebrijes Oaxacan Kitchen Tokemoana Foods TBread House On First Rise Woodfire at San Mateo Train Station Between The Bun Lobster Societea Teahouse & Eatery Capo Belmont Casper Restaurant Group #restaurants #localfood

Into our archives to collectively share in our annual mid-October sense of Bridge School Concert nostalgia and longing.... ...with The Bridge School

There's still time to get your Coastside pumpkin patch fix this year. Avoid the weekend madness and head down on a weekday.....

Surfer Magazine is dead....Long Live Surfer Magazine!!!

Redwood City's Dragon Productions Theatre Company has created a video game-theater adventure for the pandemic era....

How a Redwood City resident brought an East Coast classic to Northern California..... ...with Mister Softee NorCal

From the archives....(because we always knew there was something eerie about Water Dog Lake Park)......

Meet the man who monitors the waves at Mavericks..... ...with Stormsurf

Van Halen at the Cow Palace in 1984....Eddie's guitar solo is at 1:10:23...... ...worth a listen....

From the archives.... "I think the most seductive feature of the Stanford Prison Experiment is its ability to diffuse away all moral accountability."journalist Ben Blum