Local Area

A wealth of information on local restaurants is available on this SLAC page.

Lunch will not be provided, but a 90-minute lunch provides ample time to order in or go to one of the local eateries.

For those staying at the SLAC Guesthouse, a refrigerator and microwave are available in the room, and supplies can be bought at the local Safeway. The free Marguerite Shuttle is also available for guests.

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Meeting Locations, Local Restaurants, Cafes, and Supermarkets

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) will support Rubin Observatory in its operations phase to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. They will also provide support for scientific research with the data. During operations, NSF funding is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with NSF, and DOE funding is managed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), under contract by DOE. Rubin Observatory is operated by NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) and SLAC.
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