21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (196+ words) The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch returns to the Palo Alto Art Center Sept. 26-27, featuring more than 10,000 handmade glass pumpkins and 20-plus glass artists. Now in its 31st year, the free two-day event gives visitors the chance to meet glass artists, shop…...

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (693+ words) Mixologist Erica Presto has made a career of shaking things up. She worked at downtown San Jose bars like Paper Plane and Alter Ego, and also at Oak & Rye in Los Gatos, before coming to Silos in Morgan Hill, a…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (144+ words) East Bay Times Hundreds turned out for the annual Splatter festival that ran from noon to 8:30 p.m. at Emerald Glen Park on Saturday in Dublin. The festival featured community performances including those from Pallen’s Martial Arts; Mongolian dance; and The Longboards,…...

23+ hour, 12+ min ago   (107+ words) East Bay Times They said it: Have they been to Cupertino? “To not include a cross-section of our demographic into the script is insensitive.” — Cupertino City Council Member R “Ray” Wang, after seeing a trailer for the new CBS legal…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (791+ words) Dear Eric: I’ve been married for four years, and I recently learned that some of my husband’s stories about his past are lies. I had his mom bring old pictures of him to his birthday party I put together. I…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (595+ words) From a free concert by a Bay Area blues great to a Native American comedy show and the launch of the new San Francisco Opera season, there’s a lot of great stuff to catch on Bay Area stages this weekend…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (481+ words) If people need another reason to understand why Dolly Parton was so beloved in American culture, the entertainer, who died Aug. 25 at age 80, was known for being genuinely kind and generous to the people who worked for her. That includes…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (564+ words) DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m dating someone new, but we’re having a hard time finding things we want to do together. I don’t mean to sound posh, but I do enjoy getting dressed up and going to shows, nice dinners, live performances…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (889+ words) For Sue Clanton, every painting begins long before the brush touches paper. It starts with a conversation, a journey, a fleeting expression or a cultural tradition that she feels deserves to be remembered. The Discovery Bay watercolor artist has spent…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (598+ words) Swimming teacher Lynette Bellin had been swimming for three-quarters of a mile along Lake Tahoe’s picturesque rocky northern shoreline this week when something that felt like a pair of hands grabbed her leg and yanked her underwater. “I thought it…...