Cinema for the ears: Bruno Ruviaro expands the audio field
Almost 90 years after the first film with full sound was released, music composer and performer Bruno Ruviaro is advancing a different idea: movies without video.
Uncovering feminist roots in punk rock
Three feminist punk rock icons sat down with Peninsula Press to tell stories they say the mainstream tends to forget.
In Silicon Valley, it’s good to be Airbnb — for now
Across the Peninsula, most cities’ local laws don’t address how to deal with Airbnb and other short-term rental companies. But that might change with the upcoming 2016 Super Bowl.
Goodbye mag-stripes, hello tokens, say payment security panelists
The number of payment options customers have today has created further opportunities for cyber hackers, leading companies to figure out how to solve the payment security problem.
GoPro earnings surpass forecasts after introduction of new cameras, but Q1 expectations low
Fourth quarter earnings for GoPro exceeded expectations after the company released a new lineup of powerful action cameras, but its lower forecast for first quarter earnings concerned analysts.
John Hennessy calls for universal preschool, education reform
In a fireside chat, Stanford President John Hennessy discussed issues surrounding education reform in Silicon Valley and the broader country.
Santa Clara County residents may have to cut water use further — for the fish
Californians may have felt the pinch of the ongoing drought. But native fish species face a bigger crisis: as waterways grow drier, the fish could die off from local rivers and creeks as a result.
Peninsula residents irked by Surf Air jet noise overhead homes
Surf Air planes flying overhead Atherton, North Fair Oaks and Menlo Park homes toward San Carlos Airport has some residents not happy with plane noise.
Water conservation could mean fewer redwood trees
It might sound counterintuitive: doing something seemingly good is causing something bad? Turns out, the high salinity of recycled water is having a deadly effect on redwood trees in the Bay Area.
Drought leads to pressure on Palo Alto to halt dumping water for basements
California’s drought has led some Palo Alto residents to press for a ban on the dumping of millions of gallons of groundwater into storm drains, a result of some basement construction.