Caitlin Quinn loves Pacifica for its strong local community and how neighbors know each other. The small, colorful houses in the coastal city’s West Sharp Park neighborhood are built close to each other and at the end of the street you can see the ocean. However, Quinn thinks that her once familiar neighborhood has changed […]
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PALO ALTO – “Little Shop of Horrors” was the first musical Director Jeffrey Lo ever saw—and now he’s directing his own adaptation. In TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” the creative team is holding a mirror to the Bay Area and encouraging residents to take a deeper look at the reflection displayed.
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There’s no amount of money that can make up for losing 32 years, but a successful lawsuit “will be something to vindicate” what he went through.
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Fueled by $26.6 million in state funding, the City of Palo Alto and partner organization LifeMoves are charging ahead with their plans for project HomeKey Palo Alto – a large, first-of-its-kind transitional housing site for the city. In a press release, the city said the new HomeKey development will provide “a dignified transitional step for
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As Principal Alex Quezada began his daily morning walk around Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, a young student stopped Quezada at the playground to ask if there could be a “break time” later in the day. The student offered a relieved smile when the principal readily agreed, and then he skipped off
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Earlier this year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law 40 climate-related bills that allocate $54 billion to help the state achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Now, all eyes are turned to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the clean air agency assigned with developing California’s climate strategy. The board is set to vote Dec.
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WOODSIDE – On the morning of Oct. 12, the SAT and PSAT exams began as usual at Woodside High School. Students sat hunched over their test booklets, filling in answer bubbles in hushed classrooms. All was quiet across the high school’s sprawling 30-acre campus. Then the police cars arrived. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
The transition from prison back to society is hardly smooth. Without resources or job prospects, the formerly incarcerated struggle to reintegrate. However, places like Farming Hope are helping them.The San Francisco based nonprofit focuses on hiring formerly incarcerated and homeless by providing skills to help support this transition. These are the stories of formerly incarcerated
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SAN FRANCISCO — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a revised proposal to the net energy metering solar tariff. If approved, Californians who install rooftop solar after April 15, 2023 would receive 75% less in credit payments from utility companies than residents who have solar now. If the CPUC votes yes to this proposal
ATLANTA, GA — Ahead of the Georgia Senate election runoff, criminal justice organizations in Georgia have focused on making sure everyone eligible to vote does, including those formerly incarcerated who often mistakenly believe they can’t. “A lot of people have the notion that once you’ve got a felony record, you can no longer vote and
