FOOD & DRINK
Tito Puente, Jr. in Saratoga
Being Tito Puente’s son could be seen as a burden (big shoes, etc.), but Tito Puente, Jr. approaches the challenge with the exact opposite attitude. “People always, always smile when they say my father’s name,” he says. “That is a very special gift I have been given.” A Latin jazz extraordinaire like his late father, Tito Puente, Jr. consistently brings joy and vivacity through mambo, salsa and percussive genius. His album Got Mambo? is a standout for its impassioned fusion of the Puente legacy with modern Latin sounds. “Junior’s Mambo” is not to be missed.
The Burger Pit in San Jose closes for good after 70 years in business
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A San Jose-based restaurant chain is shutting down its last restaurant after more than 70 years in business. The Burger Pit was started in the 1950s and on Monday hundreds of people stood in line to say goodbye. People told stories of coming to The Burger...
Santa Cruz County schools use donated supplies to build vegetable gardens
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Big Creek Lumber in Davenport is donating building supplies to elementary schools in Santa Cruz County and the schools are using supplies to build vegetable gardens. Mintie White Elementary School in Watsonville started its vegetable garden construction on Friday. Big Creek was started in 1946 by...
San Jose's restaurant scene is better than you think—and well worth a visit.
When I fell in love with a man and moved from San Francisco to San Jose, the city’s restaurants were high on the list of the things I was heartbroken to leave behind. But San Jose, it turns out, holds its own in the food department. They just do things a little differently here.
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