Caltrain raises ticket prices to address budget deficit
Starting Oct.1, Caltrain has adopted fare changes aimed at reducing a deficit in its operating budget. Riders have to pay an additional 25 cents.
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The fate of Box City and San Francisco’s enduring homeless camp epidemic
What happens when the city of San Francisco takes down a homeless encampment? One initiative attempts to steer former encampment residents into a center that connects them to a shelter, health services and the coveted housing pipeline. But entering the program does not always lead to permanent housing.
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Growing different paths: Gamble Garden in Palo Alto
Gamble Garden is a unique escape of seclusion against a backdrop of busy Palo Alto.
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Breaking the mold: A doctor’s illness journey changes her practice
Dr. Cynthia Li turned to alternative solutions for her own mysterious medical condition — something that would soon change her approach to life and to medicine.
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School nurses face challenges meeting health needs of all students
Gone are the days of a nurse simply doing vision screenings and doling out Band-Aids in one school. In many communities, more students with serious health conditions are getting care from school nurses, many of them racing from school to school.
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Residents’ struggles continue months after San Jose flood
The cleanup crews have vanished, so have the debris piles. But back in February, San Jose experienced one of the worst flood disasters in the city’s history.
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Local Peninsula bookstores find success not going by the book
Three Bay Area entrepreneurs have very different backgrounds, but all are involved in the same enterprise: saving the independent bookstore.
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In the heart of the Central Valley, a young activist fights for immigrant rights
As pressure from hostile political rhetoric towards immigrants looms, the daughter of migrant farmworkers in California’s Central Valley joins local activists to bring awareness to issues facing farmworkers and the greater immigrant community. Experience the story of her life through 360 video.
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The wasting of the stars: A look into the largest ocean epidemic in recorded history
Sea Star Wasting Disease decimated sea star populations along the West Coast. Researchers are still solving the mystery of what went wrong.
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Investing in food as medicine: Food pharmacies debut from coast to coast
Pioneering a new approach to health challenges, clinics and hospitals are now offering a different kind of medicine – a prescription for healthy food every week.
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California’s struggling salmon fishery forces policymakers to put protections in place
The salmon that run along the Northern California coast have dwindled in recent years, raising concern among local communities and causing protections to be put in place by officials and conservationists.
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From prisoner to programmer: One man turns 28-year sentence into a learning opportunity
Reporter Chisom Oraedu shares the story of a formerly incarcerated man who is changing the course of his life by learning coding skills and launching a new career.
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