San Jose CA

If you grew up with umma's side dishes on the counter, you already know the test. The moment the banchan lands, the kitchen has told you everything — whether the kongnamul was dressed with sesame oil that morning, whether the kimchi was fermented in-house, whether an ajumma in the back actually cooks. Santa Clara's El Camino Real stretch between Wolfe and Lincoln is the...

Poppies, goldfields, and lupines are peaking across the East Bay right now, and the Sharma family has been road-testing trails with two kids in tow. Here's where to go before the hills turn brown.

California's restaurant industry entered another difficult quarter in April 2026, with several national chains cutting locations across the state and the $20 fast-food minimum wage continuing to reshape operator economics. For Sunnyvale residents, the impact is mostly indirect this month — but two neighborhood stores have already gone dark in the broader wave, and one piece of genuinely good news is worth noting.

You know the group chat: seven friends, one "where should we do hot pot?", zero answers. The South Bay scene sorts into four honest tiers — cheap individual pots for picky weeknights, mid-tier AYCE for a full crew, experience-driven premium for birthdays, and A5 Wagyu splurges when "worth it" means the meat. Here's where the price actually matches the bowl. (One piece of...

Ok familias, if you're driving home from volleyball practice or soccer and the kids are starting to meltdown in the backseat, you already know — nothing fixes the evening like a taco truck run. San Jose has SO many, but not all of them are open when you need them, and not all of them work with a baby in tow and a teenager with...

Waymo and Waze (both Alphabet subsidiaries) have announced a new pilot program that will allow cities access to data discovered by Waymo robotaxis. The data will be given to city and state Departments of Transportation when a Waymo robotaxi hits a pothole, flagging it as an obstacle and for repair. ...

(KRON) — High school seniors in Fremont who are looking to have fun before graduating received a stern warning from police. “The Fremont Police Department would like to warn high school students and their parents about the potential risks associated with a popular activity known as ‘Assassins,'” FPD wrote. Police said the “assassins” game has […]

If you've ever tried to plan a family dinner with grandparents in town, two restless kids, and one cousin who's strictly Jain, you already know the problem. Most Fremont "family restaurants" solve for two of those three. These six hidden gems solve for all of them — pure vegetarian, kid-approved, and still interesting enough that the uncle visiting from Bangalore won't say "we have...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert just before midnight Monday for a missing elderly woman last seen in San Jose. Ceja Ciaran, 80, is described by authorities as 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. She has gray hair and brown eyes. Ciaran was last seen near […]

April has brought a difficult stretch of restaurant news to California. National chains are retrenching across the state, and one of the Peninsula's most quietly beloved fine-dining rooms is serving its final dinners this month. For Los Altos diners, the chain story is backdrop; the closer-to-home story is the one worth sitting with.