steve heminger brian maroney, and jaxon van derbeken. and that is going to do it for tonight's show. for all of kqed's news coverage go to kqed.org. i'm thuy vu. have a good night. announcer: a kqed television production. woman: it kind of was, like, the bang that set off the night. man: that is the funkiest restaurant. thomas: the honey walnut prawns will make your insides smile. [ laughter ] woman #2: more tortillas, please! man #2: what is comfort food if it isn't gluten and grease? man #3: i love crème brûlée. woman #3: the octopus should have been, like, quadrapus because it was really small. sbrocco: and you know that when you split something all the calories evaporate and then there's none. whalen: that's right.

steve heminger brian maroney, and jaxon van derbeken. and that is going to do it for tonight's show. for all of kqed's news coverage go to kqed.org. i'm thuy vu. have a good night. n the southbay residents may have noticed those small white domes a top the valleys hills it's important that it remains open and accessible to folks in the bay area it's nice to have that in just a days drive but what those small white domes have captured are anything but small from small moons of jupiter to multiple planetary systems and even helping the apollo 11 mission accurately measure the distance of earth and moon we'll look at the importance lick observatory still has in an area now known as silicon valley

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