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Alvarado Street's much anticipated Castroville taproom to open on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Almost every day for the past several weeks, anxious fans of Alvarado Street Brewery have stopped by the new production facility in Castroville to ask when its taproom would open. Now there is a date: Saturday, Nov. 7. The taproom has been ready, tempting those who peered through the windows...

Castroville, CA · 8d
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CHAGEE To Open At San Jose’s Westgate Center As Bay Area Expansion Continues

CHAGEE is preparing to expand its presence in Northern California, with a new Modern Teahouse planned for Westgate Center in San Jose. The location is part of a broader expansion that will bring at least six CHAGEE stores to the Bay Area in 2027. According to the San Francisco Business...

San Jose, CA · 8d
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Eat, Drink, Savor: Blade and Talon coming to San Juan Bautista

Considering his progress in the world of wine, it is hard to believe that Nat Wong started his journey only eight years ago as an intern at Folktale Winery in Carmel. By the end of this year, with paperwork and permits complete, his Blade and Talon Winery tasting room will debut on Second Street in San Juan Bautista, across from the State Park stable.

San Juan Bautista, CA · 7d
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Hill’s Bookstore holds first Homeschool Book Fair

Founded in 1948 as the Scholastic Book Club, the Scholastic Book Fair has been a mainstay of public schools and their more literary students since 1981. On Nov. 3, Hill’s Bookstore in Hollister is offering homeschoolers and their parents the same chance to find a new and exciting book to read at its first Homeschool Book Fair, which is planned to be an annual affair.

Hollister, CA · 6d
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Fishermen And Families Share Tables At Phil’s Fish Market In Moss Landing, A Harbor Favorite For Decades

Some seafood spots are famous for a view, and some are famous for a single bowl of stew that people will drive hours to eat. This one built its name on the Moss Landing waterfront, where fishermen, road trippers, and big families crowded around shared tables for years. Then it...

Moss Landing, CA · 11d

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This San Jose brunch café opened to crowds last year. It’s already expanding

Expect birria breakfast burritos, foamy lattes and sourdough toast at this new brunch spot in the South Bay.

San Jose, CA · 11d

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Locally-Sourced Butcher Shop and Gourmet Eatery Opens in Live Oak

Once solely focusing on cuts of pork and beef from well-known purveyors, including Stemple Creek Ranch and Niman Ranch, along with Mary’s organic chicken and Schwarz sausages, the newly expanded and renamed Carne in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of Live Oak is making visitors’ keto-inspired dreams come true.

Santa Cruz County, CA · 9d

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Sugar skulls, altars honor loved ones at Luna Gallery

Luna Gallery on Oct. 24 held a sugar skull workshop to create Dia de Los Muertos altars celebrating loved ones. Gallery board member Sandra Arretche said Luna has hosted the event for two years. “We had people come to decorate and discuss them,” she said. “It represents our family members...

San Benito County, CA · 7d

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Phase one of Lee Road Trail open for public use

Dozens of community members gathered on Oct. 24 to celebrate the opening of phase one of the Lee Road Trail, a half-mile stretch connecting Pajaro Valley High School and Watsonville Slough Farm. The ribbon-cutting ceremony drew around 45 people to the corner of Lee Road and Harkins Slough Road, where...

Watsonville, CA · 9d

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La Placa Opens in Scotts Valley

Expanding its footprint in a new location, Sicilian-style cafe and bakery La Placa relocated from a diminutive spot in the San Lorenzo Valley to a quaint location in the Santa Cruz Mountains-adjacent city of Scotts Valley. The move is a bright spot in this family-friendly community, where classic, homemade Italian fare had been a scarcity.

Scotts Valley, CA · 9d

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Bluefin tuna continue to top list of targeted species

Monterey Bay anglers enjoyed a great week of fishing with mostly good conditions and plenty of fish on the bite. Nearshore waters have not gotten cold yet, so a variety of species are available to target. Topping the list of course are the majestic bluefin tuna that remain feeding in this area, providing locals and visitors with a chance at lifetime trophy fish. Anglers are catching bluefin in the 10 to 60-pound range. There are still some monsters in the mix weighing over 100 pounds, so be ready. Todd Fraser at Bayside Marine tracks local tuna fishing closely, and reports, “The bluefin are being caught by anglers using Mad Macks and Cedar Plugs. Bluefin were caught near the Point of Monterey around 36'38/122'03, 36'43/122'08, and 36'34/122'12. There are schools of bluefin all over from Santa Cruz to Big Sur.” A number of boats fishing the southern area reported limits of tuna, according to Fraser. The bag limit is two Pacific bluefin tuna per person, per day.

Monterey, CA · 9d

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A Taste of Coastal Kitchen’s Fall Tasting Menu at Monterey Plaza Hotel

As the evening light softens over Monterey Bay, Coastal Kitchen offers an intimate front-row gallery for the Pacific. Through expansive picture windows, the open horizon fades into twilight while amber-shaded table lamps cast a warm glow across crisp white linens. Here, Executive Chef Michael Rotondo shapes the best of the region’s cold-water catch and seasonal bounty into a thoughtful, multi-course tasting experience.

Monterey, CA · 8d

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Carmel’s Cultura continues to thrive after a decade by keeping things consistent.

One of the most anticipated restaurants of 2016 was a scaled-up Oaxacan kitchen from a team from the fine dining destination Sierra Mar. Rather than promise a rigid allegiance to tradition, they were inspired by contemporary chefs of the region. It was an intriguing concept – not fusion, not Americanization,...

Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA · 10d

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New York City's famous Levain Bakery, with cult following, is coming to the Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A New York City-born bakery, with a cult-like following, is bringing its viral cookies and other baked goods to Northern California for the first time. Levain Bakery plans to open a new location in San Jose. "The 31-year-old bakery renowned for its big, beloved cookies, will...

New York, NY · 11d

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People Drive From All Over California Just To Eat At This Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant

There’s a little restaurant in Gilroy, California, that people are quietly losing their minds over, and once you taste the carnitas, you’ll completely understand why. Carnitas Michoacán isn’t trying to impress you with a flashy sign or a trendy interior, and somehow, that’s exactly what makes it so impressive.

Gilroy, CA · 14d

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Safeway to close a San Jose location next month

(KRON) — Safeway will be closing one of its San Jose grocery stores next month, a spokesperson confirmed to KRON4. The 6150 Bollinger Rd. location is expected to shut its doors on or around Nov. 13. The store sits within the Orchard Farms Shopping Center in West San Jose, bordering the City of Cupertino to […]

San Jose, CA · 18d

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In 1995, Clint Eastwood bought a 133-acre ranch beside the Carmel River; he has since donated 128 of its acres, which are now part of a floodplain restoration

Clint Eastwood turned a California property into a conservation legacy, donating 128 acres of his Carmel River ranch to help restore wildlife habitat and reduce flood risks.

Monterey County, CA · 10d

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Benny Walker's Soft-Opens in Downtown Monterey With a 1,700-Year-Old Sequoia Bar

A sequoia that stood for 1,700 years before lightning, wildfire and wind brought it down now forms the centerpiece of Benny Walker's, the new restaurant that has soft-opened in downtown Monterey from the husband-and-wife team behind The Butter House in Seaside. The restaurant currently runs daily from 4 to 8 p.m., with a menu that blends classic comfort food with Pacific Islander influences, from loaded Spam musubi to a full barbecue dinner plate.

Monterey, CA · 10d

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Mitchell’s Cove in Santa Cruz: off-leash dog beach hours and rules

Mitchell’s Cove in Santa Cruz: off-leash dog beach hours and rules. Mitchell’s Cove is the one beach on the City of Santa Cruz list of places where dogs can run off leash, and the off-leash hours decide when to go: before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m., according to the City of Santa Cruz list of dog off-leash areas. The cove sits below West Cliff Drive on the west side of town. The city lists access by a stairway on West Cliff Drive at Sunset Avenue, and Visit Santa Cruz County places the beach near West Cliff Drive and Almar Avenue. DogTrekker keeps a Mitchell’s Cove Beach listing with a map.

Santa Cruz, CA · 10d

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A new documentary on the Shakespeare of Chicano theater, Luis Valdez, streams for free until Nov. 4.

It’s thrilling to recall that El Teatro Campesino, the most important Chicano stage in the nation, is nestled in downtown San Juan Bautista. It is not its original location, but the founding father of this particular theater – and Chicano theater in general – still lives in the area. The theater continues to operate, now preparing for Día de los Muertos, followed by its La Virgen del Tepeyac holiday performance.

San Juan Bautista, CA · 10d