Thomas Smith
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San Ramon, CA, United States
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My Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater System Will Take a 25,000 Gallon Bite Out of the Drought
Applied at scale, greywater could save the Bay Area billions of gallons → Read More
AI Robot Generates Old Woodcuts of Mount Diablo
If you live in the East Bay, you know that no matter where you go, Mount Diablo is always just kind there. At 3,800+ feet, the iconic East Bay mountain is massive and imposing enough that you feel… → Read More
SF's Kokak Celebrates Has Pride-Themed Chocolates
The community ‘took a chance’ on the store and its queer Filipina owner → Read More
This East Bay Park is a Rose Lover’s Paradise
A free, meditative place to stop and smell the roses → Read More
Have You Tried This Bay Area Superfood Yet?
Unless you have a tree on your property or in your neighborhood, you’ve probably never eaten a mulberry before. Frog Hollow Farm wants to change that. The regenerative farm — which is located in… → Read More
I Tried TCHO’s New Vegan Chocolate Bars
The Berkeley candy company is going 100% animal-free by 2023 → Read More
One of the Bay Area’s Best Burgers is at UCSF
Hospital food is the butt of all kinds of jokes. It’s probably even lower on the hierarchy of gourmet cooking than airline food. That’s starting to change, though. Especially at world-leading… → Read More
Cupcakin’ Bakery Puts an Obscene Amount of Effort Into Mini Cupcakes
My family has a tradition of celebrating our kids’ monthly birthdays with a cupcake and candles, all the way until they turn 24 months old. I have three kids, so that means we do a lot of… → Read More
Teleferic Barcelona Shows How Rooftop Dining Can Be Super Classy
Dining on top of buildings is a way to maximize the use of urban space while fighting the pandemic → Read More
Cruise Has Public Driverless Cars in San Francisco
Cruise, a department of General Motors, today officially opened its San Francisco driverless car service to the public. Registrations began this morning for a public waitlist for those seeking to use… → Read More
Glowfari at the Oakland Zoo Is Amazing This Year
Hundreds of larger-than-life animal lanterns now light up the zoo → Read More
Conservative Protest Stickers Pop Up in Bay Area
Guerilla criticism… or the last-ditch effort of a failing movement? → Read More
Video: I Made Hanukkah Sufganiyot Donuts From This Bay Area Author’s Cookbook
Celebrating a holiday all about eating fried things → Read More
A Virtual Visit to Tilden Regional Park’s Historic Attractions
Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley is a fantastic place to visit for hiking, biking, forest bathing, and general wandering in the outdoors. In addition to miles of hiking trails, though, the park also… → Read More
When Will The Omicron Arrive in the Bay Area
With dire reports about the Omicron variant spreading around the world, many people in the Bay Area are wondering when this variant will reach our region. The variant, itself, has extra mutations —… → Read More
I Asked a Robot to Imagine Iconic Bay Area Scenes
NVIDIA is known for creating mind-blowing AI technologies. The Silicon Valley company makes graphics cards for gaming and cryptocurrency mining, but they also put those cards to use performing all… → Read More
Jack’s Restaurant Is an East Bay Breakfast Place
Unfussy American classics in Pleasant Hill… for cheap → Read More
3.8-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles East Bay
This morning at approximately 11:45 a.m., a 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck near San Ramon, California. Initially, the earthquake was estimated to be a 4.1 magnitude, but this was later revised down… → Read More
Bay Area Eatery Gives Farm-to-Table New Meaning
Lots of restaurants in the Bay Area serve farm-to-table food. But Alley & Vine, a restaurant on Alameda Island, takes things one step further. Much of the produce and even the eggs served at the… → Read More
San Francisco Is the Fifth ‘Rattiest’ City in America
Lots of superlatives apply to San Francisco. It’s one of the most progressive cities in America, and also one of the most expensive. Some would say that SF and its neighbor Silicon Valley are the… → Read More