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Volkswagen-backed battery startup QuantumScape leases 200,000 square foot production site in San Jose
EV battery startup QuantumScape has leased a massive production site in San Jose, hinting at the company’s intent to bring its “groundbreaking” solid-state battery products to market before 2025. Read More
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Santa Clara County surpasses 2,000 COVID-19 deaths
Around this time last year, Santa Clara County was approaching 2,000 COVID-19 cases and San Jose officials were predicting the county would see 2,000 deaths within 12 weeks. This week, the county has reached that unhappy milestone, albeit just over 12 months from the original prediction. Read More
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Golf and entertainment megavenue Topgolf comes to San Jose
Mega entertainment venue Topgolf, with multiple levels of tech-enhanced driving-range bays and extensive food and beverage choices, is opening a San Jose location on Friday, April 16. Read More
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San Jose considers keeping downtown strip closed to cars post-pandemic
Like other cities during the pandemic, San Jose closed a popular downtown dining strip to cars last summer so that restaurants could host outdoor dining. Now, the city is contemplating keeping the section, along San Pedro Street between Santa Clara and St. John streets, permanently car-free. Read More
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The 15 best dim sum places to try in the South Bay
A meal that can only be shared, dim sum comes family-style with an assortment of dumplings, bao, rice rolls, and other handcrafted treats, and the South Bay is home to many of the region's top dim sum destinations. Read More
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‘Case quacked’: Mountain View police arrest alleged rubber-duck statue thieves
Their ducks may have come home to roost for three Santa Clara residents accused of stealing a neighborhood icon: a duck statue named Rubberta that normally resides in the front yard of a private home in Mountain View. Read More
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San Jose Earthquakes' stadium becomes PayPal Park, where contactless payments will reign supreme
The San Jose Earthquakes' soccer stadium will now be known as PayPal Park under a sponsorship deal that will also bring new contactless payments and a reserved section for underserved community members to the Major League Soccer team’s home. Read More
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New Willow Glen bakery serves up homemade pie with a side of good works
San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood has a new sweet spot: Homemade pie outfit The Giving Pies, which donates a portion of proceeds to help the community, has opened a brand-new shop. Read More
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New pop-up joint slow-cooks craft BBQ in Mountain View
There’s a new option for barbecue fans in the Mountain View area: B’s Craft BBQ, a pop-up eatery offering slow-cooked, small-batch grilled meats and fixings for pickup only. Read More
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Local favorite Brenda’s restaurant chain brings Cajun cuisine to San Jose
San Jose residents can now enjoy New Orleans-style fried chicken and more from Bay Area favorite Brenda’s – whose original San Francisco location claims the distinction of the West Coast’s most Yelped eatery – thanks to a new cloud kitchen. Read More
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Palo Alto pop-up serves classic pastries with Asian twist from former Tartine and Vina Enoteca bakers
Two veteran Bay Area bakers, who’ve done stints at San Francisco’s famed Tartine bakery and Palo Alto’s Vina Enoteca Italian eatery, are serving original pastries with an Asian twist at a Palo Alto coffee pop-up. Read More
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New downtown San Jose music venue to livestream performances on video wall outside
San Jose Jazz is debuting a new music venue in the city’s downtown that includes a digital video wall outside, where it will project performances for free public viewing. Read More
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Santa Clara VTA fined for COVID safety violations after bus driver’s death
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is facing $16,200 in fines for COVID-19 safety violations, five months after a bus driver died of the illness. Read More
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Fundraising Guide: Defining VCs, PEs, Seed & Angel Investors
Hoodline frequently covers fundraising news, but if you're an entrepreneur thinking about how to finance your new business, you probably have a lot of questions: What is pre-seed vs. seed? How does venture capital differ from venture debt? Who are these angels and when will they come from the heavens to bless my start-up with money? Read More
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The 14 best poke bowl spots in the South Bay / San Jose
By a factor of four, California has the largest population of Pacific Islanders on the Continental USA, per the U.S. Census. It's no surprise that poke, a traditional Hawaiian dish which has evolved over generations into something of a Hawaiian-Japanese fusion, is a staple throughout the South Bay. Read More
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Large downtown San Jose housing project clears final hurdle
Another piece of downtown San Jose’s revitalization puzzle has gotten the green light. A large, new housing development called ‘Madera @ Downtown West’ hopped over a major hurdle this week when the San Jose Planning Department gave the project final approval. Read More
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Mountain lion gets over six-foot fence to attack dog in Woodside
A mountain lion scaled a six-foot-high fence in Woodside Wednesday evening and attacked a dog, whose owner drove onto the lawn to scare off the big cat. Read More
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Apartments for Rent: Zumper vs. Apartment Guide vs. Walk Score vs. PadMapper
All the info that you could ever need about apartments for rent, property management companies and real estate agents. We have data-driven learning from Zumper, Apartment Guide, Craigslist, & Walkscore in San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, & Mountain View. Read More
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Historic 1920s movie house in San Jose may show films no longer, as new owners consider other uses
A historic 1920s movie theater in San Jose, which most recently screened Indian movies and whose long history spanned from silent pictures to adult films, likely will show movies no longer. Read More
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Advocates upset over recent Palo Alto RV tow warnings, mayor not sure why
Since 2018, the city of Palo Alto has been enforcing stringent parking restrictions on people living in motorhomes and vans on El Camino Real, and this week the debate about the parking enforcement has resurfaced. Read More
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'Lots of smiles behind those masks': A look inside the return to campus for some San Jose students
At 8:10 a.m. Monday morning, third- through fifth-grade students were lined up outside San Jose’s Carlton Avenue School for the first time in very nearly a year. They stood attentively six feet apart, snugly fitted masks completing their back-to-school outfits for a “first day of school” that came seven months into the academic year. Read More
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The 16 best bánh mì spots in San Jose and the South Bay
Influenced by the French, the Vietnamese created a unique sandwich which has gained a cult-like following in cities around the world. And because the South Bay has one of the largest populations of Vietnamese in the world outside of Vietnam, it's no wonder that the area has many of the best banh mi spots you can find anywhere. Read More
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San Jose’s Fairmont Hotel files for bankruptcy, evicts pro hockey team and other guests
Guests at downtown San Jose’s Fairmont Hotel, including the Vegas Golden Knights pro hockey team, found themselves out of a place to stay Friday when the hotel shut down suddenly in the midst of a bankruptcy filing. Read More
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After going out of business in 2020, Specialty’s Café and Bakery (and its beloved cookies) return to Mountain View
South Bay fans can again savor Specialty’s Café and Bakery’s legendary cookies (and more), after the company had shuttered all its locations and filed for bankruptcy early in the pandemic. Read More
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Park-like rooftop ‘people deck’ planned for large South Bay parking garage
Another innovative and ambitious project is now being proposed that could be a huge game-changer in the effort to revitalize and transform downtown San Jose. Read More