California voters will choose whether to repeal an English-only policy in state classrooms. Proposition 58 allows schools to determine the language of instruction without parental or administrative consent.
Voters to weigh in on having schools teach content in Spanish Read More »
Milpitas residents might soon be able to breathe a little easier if voters pass a measure this Election Day that would send their trash to a landfill farther away from town.
Fate of Milpitas residents’ garbage up in the air with Measure L Read More »
Critics and proponents weigh in on Prop Q, a San Francisco ballot measure to remove homeless tent encampments with 24-hour notice.
San Francisco homeless advocates fight tent ban, call for shelter Read More »
Committees for and against Measure K are battling over whether the 20-year sales tax extension will bring affordable housing to San Mateo County teachers.
Santa Clara County’s first charter middle school for students will open in fall 2017 if the county’s board of education approves a petition.
Santa Clara County School Board to vote on charter school for struggling youth Read More »
Ready to downsize? Nine college teams proved the possibilities of living in a space less than 400 square feet in a sustainable way at a recent tiny house competition.
College teams think big and build tiny in house competition Read More »
Eleven Palo Alto City Council candidates vying for four open seats are split over their vision for the city’s future: slow the pace of development or grow more?
Palo Alto City Council candidates spar over city’s pace of growth Read More »
Ro Khanna, candidate for Silicon Valley’s 17th Congressional District discusses the economy, cost of living, campaign ethics, transportation and housing, foreign policy and the environment in an interview with the Peninsula Press on Oct. 28.
Advocates hope this latest initiative will be successful, but they face well-organized and well-funded opposition.
Mountain View residents push for historically elusive rent control Read More »
Eviction notices in San Francisco have jumped 60 percent since 2011 — especially in the Mission, Sunset, South of Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
Tenants in San Francisco’s Mission, Sunset neighborhoods get most eviction notices Read More »
The jetty that protects Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay has stopped the flow of sand along the coast to the south, destroying the community’s most popular beach and creating erosion that threatens Highway 1.
Local resident works to save threatened Surfer’s Beach near Half Moon Bay Read More »
Reporter Isabel Jones participated in an ancient tradition of wit and survival that has been reduced in modern times to a rare hobby: the gathering and preparing of wild, edible mushrooms.
From spore to plate — Exploring California’s wild, edible mushrooms Read More »
