Media Resources
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Recent Press & Local Appearances
San Jose City Council – Invocation – 3/4/25 – [video link] (starts at 1 minute, 30 seconds)
SJ Today – “Books Written by Authors with Ties to San Jose” – 1/2/25 – [article link]
SJ Today – “Answered: Your San Jose Care Package Picks” – 12/13/23 – [article link]
Via Magazine – “Winchester Mystery House Celebrates 100 Years” – 9/5/23 – [article link]
The Stanford Daily – “A Hunt for history: Scavenging in the Bay” – 1/19/23 – [article link]
KCBS Radio – “Santa Clara scavenger hunt unlocks secrets about community” 12/26/22 –
SJ Today – “A San Jose Scavenger Hunt” – 12/15/22 – [article link]
SJ Today – “Q+A: Cassie Kifer, author of ‘San Jose Scavenger'” – 12/15/22 – [article link]
The Mercury News – “Desperately seeking San Jose? Two new books may show the way” – Sal Pizarro – 11/16/22 – [article link]
KRON4 Bay Area – “Discover South Bay hidden gems in new scavenger hunt book” – 11/6/22 – [article link]
Milpitas Beat – “San Jose Scavenger” guidebook invites readers to explore Santa Clara County” – 11/3/22 [article link]
Nomadic Foodist Podcast – Interview with Cassie Kifer – 10/20/22 [listen here]
SJ Today – Books Written by Local Authors in San Jose, CA – 9/29/22 [article link]
Campbell Press – Local Author Feature – August 2022 [article link]
Metro Silicon Valley – 2021 Holiday Gift Guide – 11/14/21 [read online] – [Hicklebee’s Local Author List]
SVTAGS – CreaTV San Jose Channel 30 – Interview with Cassie Kifer – 10/11/21 [watch]
Metro Silicon Valley – Sour Greats – 6/9/21 [read online]
Bay Area Parent – Unique Bay Area Destinations in San Francisco & San Jose – by Ruth Carlson & Cassie Kifer – June 2021 [read online] [screenshot]
KFJC 89.7FM – Interview on Thoughtline hosted by Robert Emmett – 2/15/21 [listen here]
We Travel There Podcast – Hiking Mt Um, Local Wines & Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California – 2/8/21 [download link]
San Jose Mercury News – 6 Bay Area Bookstores Pick the 30 Best Books to Read this Winter – 1/28/21 [article link] [screenshot]
KALW Radio – “New Arrivals: Cassie Kifer’s Travel Guide Explores The Weird And Wonderful Parts Of San Jose” – 12/4/20 [listen]
San Jose Mercury News – Local highlights by Sal Pizarro – 11/20/2020 [article]
Continuity, Winter 2020. “PAC*SJ Holiday Boutique” – Preservation Action Council of San Jose [article]
KRON 4 Bay Area – “San Jose’s spookiest people, places, and things” – 11/1/20 –
San Jose Mercury News – Local highlights by Sal Pizarro – 9/26/2020 [article link] – [screenshot]
Wesley United Methodist Church Newsletter – October 2020 [screenshot]
