AI Innovation Takes Spotlight at Tech Summit

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – On Oct. 5, 2025, more than 1,000 people joined the Valley101 Annual Tech Summit. Everything at the summit this year circles back to artificial intelligence.   Besides panels exploring AI’s role in different fields, the organizer introduced a startup challenge for the first time. “Many of our followers are entrepreneurs. Over the years, […]

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‘Banned Books Week’ Meets Downtown Bars: The Upscale Pub Crawl

REDWOOD CITY — About 580 people, many wearing turquoise shirts that read, “Censorship is so 1984!”  gathered on Oct. 8 in downtown Redwood City for the 4th Annual Upscale Pub Crawl event organized by the Redwood City Library Foundation. The crawl took place during Banned Books Week, a nationwide event that has celebrated the freedom to

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Mountain View Historic Register Additions Prompt Pushback 

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Despite property owners’ concerns, the Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission supported a staff recommendation to add 63 new properties to the city’s Register of Historic Resources during a review meeting on Oct. 1. The meeting was one of several check-ins between city staff and the commission during the course of the Historic

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‘No Kings’ protests in Palo Alto, Mountain View and greater Bay Area draw thousands

PALO ALTO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW— Thousands rallied along major intersections of El Camino Real on Oct. 18, protesting the Trump administration in a second wave of nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations. Nearly seven million people across the country took to the streets in over 2,700 protests, making the event the largest single-day protest in U.S. history,

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Thousands gather in Oakland for nationwide anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Demonstration

OAKLAND, Calif. – According to event organizers, over 10,000 demonstrators poured into downtown Oakland on Saturday for one of the largest “No Kings” rallies in the Bay Area to protest against the Trump Administration. Organizers in Oakland framed Saturday’s march as a patriotic stand for democracy. “This is a ‘Love America’ rally. People are here

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San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates “radical happiness” at Castro Street Fair

Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco’s Castro District on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 for the 51st annual Castro Street Fair. Founded in 1974 by Harvey Milk to uplift queer-owned businesses, the fair brought locals and tourists alike to San Francisco’s historically LGBTQ+ neighborhood to celebrate this year’s theme, “Radical Happiness.”

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Santa Clara Approves NVIDIA Phase 3 Architectural Review, Advancing Headquarters Expansion

SANTA CLARA — The City of Santa Clara approved NVIDIA’s Phase 3 architectural review at the Development Review Hearing on Oct. 1, paving the way for the next phase of construction in the tech giant’s headquarters expansion.  The approval marks a major step in completing NVIDIA’s long-term plan for its San Tomas Business Park Campus,

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‘We all deserve safety’: Local anti-human trafficking groups navigate threats from ICE

Ramped up ICE raids are perpetuating fear among trafficked immigrants in the Bay Area, making it harder for them to report crimes, speakers noted at an Oct. 3 conference in San Francisco. “When the policies around immigration are tougher and harsher, you normally have chilling effects on all immigrants, but it affects especially survivors of

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Santa Clara City Council approves 24-hour work plan to keep BART extension on track

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — City council on Oct. 7 unanimously approved revisions to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s construction plan for the BART extension it’s building, allowing around-the-clock work at the future Santa Clara station site.  The extension isn’t expected to be open for passenger service until 2037, but VTA’s Chief Megaprojects Delivery Officer

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