Amelia Conte finds two black spiders in her pasta. But the 2-year-old from St. James doesn’t mind at all. "Due ragni!" Italian teacher Catrina Percontino says to Amelia, who is digging with a serving ...

For 44 years, children and adults alike have been making their way to South San Francisco to learn the language of Leonardo da Vinci and Sophia Loren. At the School of Italian Language and Culture in ...