This week: concerts with Latin folk musician Diana Gameros and Martha High's Funky Divas; a tribute to the music of Willie Nelson will raise funds for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

West Bay Opera spins some vocal confections with Bellini's sleep-walking melodrama "La sonnambula." The opera is rarely staged, so this production offers quite an opportunity to catch it.

In summary California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.” The new standard, which offers incentives for cleaner fuels, is highly controversial because it would ...

Two students walk to class at Los Padres Elementary School in Salinas on Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela,/CatchLight Local As the setting for John Steinbeck’s 1950s classic “East of Eden,” ...

At Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ’Ootchamin ’Ooyakma, a group of researchers — self described “fire followers” — convened on Feb. 18 to explore how prescribed burns, indigenous knowledge ...

The timing could not have been better — or worse. The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very ...

What happens when two friends share a passion for board games, experience in tech and an entrepreneurial spirit? In the case ...

Downtown Mountain View is getting a caffeine boost with a new Yemeni coffee and tea shop. Established in 2022 in San ...

The Woodside Town Council has reverted its original plan for housing density and zoning on the 773 Cañada Road parcel and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has become a familiar sight around Los Angeles since the firestorm that swept through the region last month, leveling neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. In the first ...

Next week we’ll backtrack Secret Season – Point Arena to Forestville and head south via Healdsburgh with an overnight stop at Harmon House, and exploration of the local food scene.

City Council members generally favored lower-hanging fruit options that were quicker to implement and less expensive.