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Connect the Bay: Latina Coalition Power Savers

SAVE POWER! Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley is getting the word out to the community about PG&E’s Power Saver Rewards program. This initiative asks households to reduce electricity use at times of...

Connect the Bay: AI Chatbots Decoded

Meet Ameca, the ChatGPT-powered conversational robot at the center of the “Chatbots Decoded” exhibit in Mountain View. The Computer History Museum’s Kirsten Tashev engages Ameca in spontaneous convers...

Connect the Bay: Alebrijes in San Jose

Alebrije invasion! In time for Hispanic Heritage month, downtown San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park and surrounding area has been taken over by eight awesomely huge mythological beasts from the fol...

Connect The Bay: Niles Canyon Railway

All Aboard for History! Ride the rails with NorCal Public Media and the volunteer-run Niles Canyon Railway, which operates excursion and holiday trains from Sunol to Niles (in Fremont) in the East Bay...

Connect The Bay: AI Dream Garden

“Dream Garden” is an AI-Powered immersive exhibit at San Jose’s The Tech Interactive which invites visitors into a whimsical world where imagination and movements bring a surreal ecosystem to life. De...

Connect The Bay: D Herrera Dance

Dancing to the beat! The David Herrera Performance Company has been celebrating innovative dance that promotes Latinx voices since 2007. We visit a rehearsal in San Francisco to find out what inspires...

Connect The Bay: Pride Flag Raising

Pride & Progress – for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Redwood City marks their commitment to embracing all community members at an annual flag raising ceremony at historic Courthouse Square. This year the mayo...

Connect the Bay: Rising Phoenix Lion Dancers

Rising Phoenix Dragon and Lion Dance Association practices the art of modern lion dancing with team members mostly from San Jose’s Eastside neighborhoods. They are a young and dynamic multicultural gr...

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