MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The Mountain View City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to terminate its contract with Flock Safety after the police department discovered that outside agencies — including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offices in Kentucky and Nashville and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia — had accessed the […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – A slate of women running for state office emphasized the importance of women’s political representation to a crowded ballroom of donors in San Francisco’s financial district on Jan. 30. Among the speakers were two gubernatorial candidates: former U.S. representative Katie Porter from California, and Deb Haaland, former U.S. representative and secretary of the interior from
BURLINGAME—Special Education Student Joseph Reed never imagined he would lose his work-study job opportunity at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year due to President Donald Trump’s funding cuts to K-12 education. “I was bummed,” said Reed. “I was sad and disappointed that [I] couldn’t work no more.” Reed is currently a freshman at Bay
After 12 years working the nightclub in Las Vegas, Roberto Smith was ready for a change. A move to Florida led to an unexpected encounter that would transform his life — the owner of a business spotted him playing with dogs on the street and offered him a job in California. “I couldn’t believe it
Dracula, worn as he is, continues to survive the light of day. Controversial director Luc Besson presents a run-of-the-mill take on horror’s most iconic monster — though his is less a horror film and more a fantasy romance, shadowed by predatory violence. In medieval Romania, Prince Vlad II (Caleb Landry Jones) — otherwise known as
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Sarah Hurwitz has become a kind of Rorschach test for the Jewish American community. Since beginning her book tour in early September for As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Try To Blame, Shame, and Erase Us, Hurwitz has found herself the target of accusations from across the ideological spectrum. She has become renowned for saying the quiet
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After ‘Stranger Things’ ended with a finale that disappointed many fans, some are using a new tool to take matters into their own hands: generative AI. With a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, Season Five is by far the lowest rated. Fans cite plot holes, failed romances and queerbaiting as the biggest sources of
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Palo Alto will remove a digital art installation featured in the City Hall for a decade due to maintenance issues, the Public Art Program Director announced Jan 15. Digital art pieces are often expensive and face maintenance issues. The Commission was aware of this when they decided in a 2016 contract that digital art piece Conversation by Susan Narduli would
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After the construction of a West Oakland coal terminal was approved by the California Supreme Court in September, members of environmental group 350 East Bay Area have renewed a decade-long movement to keep potentially carcinogenic coal out of the Bay. Many anti-coal advocates were disappointed this fall, after the Court decided not to review a
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PALO ALTO – Students and community members urged the Palo Alto City Council to educate the public about the health risks of gas stoves. “We’re feeding chemicals into people’s homes that injure kids’ lungs. We need to educate the public who don’t know this to let them have a choice,” chemical engineer and resident Sven Thesen said at the council
PALO ALTO – The Palo Alto City Council moved to replace existing synthetic turf at El Camino Park with cork turf at its Jan. 12 meeting, rejecting the recommendations of county health authorities who recommended that the city install grass. In a presentation to the council, Division Manager of Open Space, Parks and Golf Sarah
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REDWOOD CITY – A California privacy platform secured over 176,000 sign-ups in its first four weeks online as state residents seize the chance to permanently delete personal information from over 545 data broker sites simultaneously. The Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) is the world’s first government-built tool to provide this service, wrote Gavin Newsom’s
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