Students Get $40K From Amazon + Nobel Prize Winners: Saturday Smiles

The weekend is here and now is the perfect time to catch up on some of the nice news you may have missed. Take a look at our roundup of uplifting news stories from our editors across Northern California.

18-Year-Old Dublin Alum Could Win $400K Breakthrough Challenge Prize

• A YouTube video from DHS alum Sahand Abidnia is one of 16 finalist videos that explain complex math in 90 seconds. It could pay his tuition.

Davis Estates Dedicates 2020 Chardonnay To Glass Fire First Responders

• The winery is commemorating the two-year anniversary of the Glass Fire, gifting 50 percent of the wine's proceeds to Napa Valley firehouses.

Walnut Creek Resident Wins Nobel Prize For Work On Quantum Mechanics

• John Clauser and two other scientists jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in physics. Here's what it was like listening in on the call.

Chemistry Nobelist Carolyn Bertozzi Developed Techniques At UC Berkeley

• For 19 years, she developed at UC Berkeley the chemical biology techniques for which she received the Nobel Prize.

14 NorCal Students Get $40K From Amazon To Study Computer Science

• More than a dozen students across underserved communities in NorCal will receive $40,000 to study computer science in college.

Halloween Haunted Houses 2022: Guide To Ghoulish Best In SF Bay Area

• It's terror time! Be brave, and check out the spookiest, scream-inducing haunts near you in the San Francisco region. Tickets on sale …

Oktoberfest 2022: Guide To The Most Wunderbar In SF Bay Area

• Raise a stein! It's oom-pah time.

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