Menlo Park police citations and vehicle impounds for driving with a suspended license nearly tripled from 2008 to 2014, and many impounded cars are never recovered by owners.
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Just days after Gov. Brown announced California’s first-ever mandatory water cuts in response to the drought, hundreds gathered at the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County’s Spring Garden Market.
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As a new proposal to close the gender wage gap awaits its first hearing in the California legislature, Latinas in the region may have much to gain from the approval of the California Fair Pay Act.
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Silicon Valley’s tech boom is exacerbating a regional housing deficit that is pushing low-income residents to move out of the region to more affordable cities or stay put in tough living conditions.
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Hundreds of families carrying children and pushing strollers packed Courthouse Square in Redwood City to welcome the “Year of the Ram” on Feb. 28.
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President Obama called on Silicon Valley and corporate America to collaborate with the government on cybersecurity, signing an executive order that would promote the sharing of information on threats or attacks.
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Women with a bachelor’s degree or higher continue to earn much less than men, and Silicon Valley’s pay gap is larger than the rest of the state or nationwide.
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Hundreds of people rallied in San Francisco on Jan. 19 to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Local animal groups teamed up this month to give young hens from a “battery” egg farm a second chance.
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A new community garden. Facebook’s second campus. The drop in violent crime points to a public safety shift that’s characterizing a vast transformation of Menlo Park’s historically most-dangerous neighborhood.
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Menlo Park’s fire district predicts it won’t have enough firefighters to handle most initial emergency calls when the next big earthquake strikes. That’s why it’s expanding its training of volunteer civilians to help with first aid and rescue.
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Voters in Menlo Park decidedly rejected a controversial initiative that would have cut in half the amount of future office space allowed in the city’s downtown and El Camino Real areas.
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