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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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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Just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, Peninsula politicians rallied to endorse his replacement atop the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Bay Area and California political leaders expressed alarm after former President Donald J. Trump was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13.

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Fifteen years after opening Donato Enoteca in Redwood City, Donato Scotti speaks with the same energetic passion as if he had opened the Italian restaurant yesterday. I sat down with Scotti to look back on the past 15 years – the evolution of the Bay Area Italian food scene, his proudest achievement with Donato Enoteca and more.

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A group of pro-Palestinian protesters this morning barricaded themselves inside Stanford University building that houses the office of the president, according to the university.

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A fire broke out on the morning of June 3 at a $155 million, 179-unit affordable housing project in North Fair Oaks, sending a thick cloud of smoke into the air and prompting firefighters to evacuate nearby homes. The blaze started on the fifth floor of the building, which has been under construction since June […]

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There's a pretty good reason Saigon Blvd, a new Vietnamese restaurant in Cupertino, hasn't had an official grand opening event. Co-owners Hiep Lien and Linh Do have been quite busy with another major addition – their new baby, born just a couple of months ago.

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Redwood City artist Jason Newblanc never tried to market his creative wares until a recent twist of fate: After a long career in tech, he was laid off last January and decided to dedicate himself to his art full time. 

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Pete McCloskey, war hero, former congressman, environmental warrior and founder of a Palo Alto law firm, died at his home in Winters, Calif., on Wednesday. He was 96.

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