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Culture, News, TechnologyDecember 10, 2018

Women of Silicon Valley: A safe haven for women in technology

By Maggie Roache

SILICON VALLEY — Lea Coligado was 19 years old when she held a summer internship at a small software company in Silicon Valley. While there, she faced comments about how women don’t code because they are better at art and heard insinuations that women’s brains were just not wired to handle the algorithmic complexity that their male counterparts could. Instead of complimenting her code, she received comments about her clothes.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire AftermathDecember 10, 2018

A couple ventures into a canyon in Paradise to discover if their home survived

By Ashlyn Rollins

PARADISE — Rick and Kimberly Scott got married 14 years ago in a field on their property in Paradise, Calif. They had goats, a yurt, a barn and two dogs who chased after mountain lions.

Business, Culture, NewsDecember 3, 2018

Fashion on the move: How rising rent prices have altered the paths of local designers

By Evan Miller

BAY AREA — Unable to afford store leases, newcomers to the Bay Area fashion scene have turned to pop-up shopping experiences. These include vendor booths at local events and even the fashion equivalent of food trucks.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire Aftermath, Special ReportsNovember 29, 2018

After undergoing chemo treatment, one Paradise woman had to run for her life during the Camp Fire

By Ashlyn Rollins

PARADISE — April Mouton and her husband Shane fled the Camp Fire in Paradise on foot and by jumping into the back of people’s trucks. She ran just a day after undergoing chemo treatment for her lupus.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire Aftermath, Special ReportsNovember 28, 2018

Resources stretched thin in Chico as thousands more people now live in the city

By Ashlyn Rollins

PARADISE — In the aftermath of the most destructive wildfire in California’s recorded history, the small city of Chico has become a refuge for thousands of people who had to evacuate. It’s a challenge for the city, but officials say the communities will move forward together.

Health, Immigration, NewsNovember 28, 2018

In East Palo Alto, some immigrant families opting out of benefits amidst news of possible ‘public charge’ rule changes

By Edith Bracho-Sanchez

The Trump administration may soon expand the criteria used to determine whether immigrants seeking permanent residency status are at risk of becoming a “burden to American taxpayers.” News of the proposed changes to the “public charge” test have spread through immigrant communities around the country, including in East Palo Alto.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire Aftermath, Special ReportsNovember 24, 2018

One family’s story of a harrowing flight from the flames, two evacuations, a lost home and a small miracle

By Ashlyn Rollins

PARADISE — The Happ Family fled from the Camp Fire flames to a friend’s house, only to evacuate again a few hours later. They lost their home, but amongst the rubble, they discovered a small miracle.

Crime, NewsNovember 23, 2018

’No excuse for it’: More than two years after county recommendation, still no oversight at Santa Clara County Jail

By Connor Richards

SANTA CLARA COUNTY — More than two years after a Blue Ribbon Commission recommended oversight for the Santa Clara County jails following interviews with hundreds of inmates that painted a picture of widespread abuse, there still is no independent entity examining the jails.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire Aftermath, Special ReportsNovember 21, 2018

When Camp Fire smoke clears, where will 2,500 Paradise students go?

By Isabella Jibilian

PARADISE — For nearly 80 years, Paradise Elementary School occupied a plot on Pearson Road. Students could walk to Paradise Intermediate, the local middle school, and the Golden Nugget Museum, where they went on field trips. But on Nov. 8, the Camp Fire reduced Paradise Elementary to rubble.

Health, News, Technology, TransportationNovember 19, 2018

Palo Alto replaces Caltrain track guards with cameras in suicide prevention program

By Gillian Brassil

PALO ALTO — After nine years of patrolling the tracks at Palo Alto’s Caltrain railroad crossings, the last of the human guards were replaced with cameras as part of the city’s Track Watch program – a suicide prevention initiative.

News, SPECIAL REPORT: Camp Fire Aftermath, Special ReportsNovember 14, 2018

Couple loses home in Paradise fire, but find reasons to hope

By Ashlyn Rollins

CHICO — Their Facebook profiles still read “lives in Paradise”, but Tamara and Seth Roberts know that their house had been destroyed in the Camp Fire, which has burned 130,000 acres in Butte County.

Election 2018, NewsNovember 7, 2018

Civic duty, education issues drive Peninsula voters to polls

By Connor Richards

PALO ALTO — Voters across the Peninsula took to the polls to cast their votes on a number of local races and propositions Tuesday.