This weekend, jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy closes the Stanford Jazz Festival; young adult authors Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Alexandra Bracken share newly published books at Kepler's; Protoje brings his unique spin on reggae to The Guild Theatre; artist Fernando Escartiz speaks in Woodside; and the Outlaw Music Festival rides into Shoreline with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and others.

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s annual New Works Festival will return this month, featuring four in-progress works that offer audiences a unique look at readings of new plays and musicals. And for local actor and writer Molly Bell, this year’s festival is a special one. “I started working at TheatreWorks, specifically as a part of their New […]

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Jennifer Sarmento started the Kyle J. Taylor foundation in May 2018 in honor of her son, who passed away from sudden cardiac arrest just a few months earlier. She and her husband have worked tirelessly to help raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrests and work towards preventing them.

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Momo Farouq and Sarika Batra have a love story that reads like a romance novel, with their latest chapter culminating in the creation of Pizzeria Cardamomo in Redwood City, expected to open in early September. But their story doesn’t begin in Redwood City – it begins in Lake Como, Italy.

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Read about local residents who have died recently.

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Ohio Republican Senator and nominee for Vice President JD Vance attended a fundraiser hosted by BitGo CEO Mike Belshe at the Silicon Valley Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto on Monday. 

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Alongside 16 other members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, raised concerns about social media giant Meta's plans to cut CrowdTangle, a service used to monitor trends on Facebook and Instagram.

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This weekend, acclaimed trumpeter Marquis Hill makes Stanford Jazz Festival debut; Irish pop singer-songwriter Niall Horan performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre; Art on the Square brings together local artists; Rachel Spung and The Soul Service play the 2nd Story music series; the Computer History Museum's TechFest celebrates video games and Community School of Music and Arts hosts a day of live music and hands-on art for all ages.

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San Francisco Ballet comes to Frost Amphitheater July 26-27 with a program that highlights contemporary and classical works, including an excerpt of 'Swan Lake.'

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Foothill Music Theatre spotlights the songs of the Broadway duo behind shows such as 'Cabaret,' 'Chicago' and more in a musical revue running July 25-28.

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