Vansh Gupta

Yuki Tsunoda preforms during Red Bull Showrun in San Francisco, Feb. 21 (Long Nguyen | Red Bull Content Pool). From Formula 1 machinery tearing through the streets of San Francisco to rare exotics parked in Santa Clara lots and vintage fire trucks rolling through historic Niles, Silicon Valley’s car scene is far more than Teslas on the 101. Vansh Gupta captures the sights from an underrated car scene across the Bay Area.

They were supposed to be the “screeniac” generation: glued to iPads, rotting their brains on TikTok, destined for a Wall-E future. Instead, Gen Alpha is buying CDs, demanding dumb phones, and commanding over $100 billion in spending power before most of them can even drive. Vansh Gupta breaks down why the biggest bet in consumer culture is on the youngest players in the game. Kids these days, am I right? Always on their phones, defiant as ever, always leaving a mess for us to clean up.

View of Mt. Shasta on I-5 S From snow-capped peaks of the Shasta to tax-free shopping, to guilt free wining and dining, here is how a standard drive to Portland and back turned into a curated Pacific Northwest experience, writes Vansh Gupta. Living in the Bay Area, we are often guilty of thinking the world revolves around the tech bubble. We are spoiled with beaches, mountains, and downtowns, but sometimes, you just need to hit the road and go somewhere where the wallet feels at ease.