Opponents of Measure K question claims that sales tax extension will help teacher housing
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 School Board to vote on charter school for struggling youth
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.
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College teams think big and build tiny in house competition
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.
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Palo Alto City Council candidates spar over city’s pace of growth
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?
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Khanna calls ex-campaign manager decision to keep access to former employer’s Dropbox with Honda donor info ‘error of judgment’
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.
Dreamland — Inside the world of competitive adult baseball in the Bay Area
The meditative-like feeling of stepping away from their jobs and playing in front of friends and family are what keeps them coming back to a league where love of the game, hard-work and talent are the ingredients for success.
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Mountain View residents push for historically elusive rent control
Advocates hope this latest initiative will be successful, but they face well-organized and well-funded opposition.
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Tenants in San Francisco’s Mission, Sunset neighborhoods get most eviction notices
Eviction notices in San Francisco have jumped 60 percent since 2011 — especially in the Mission, Sunset, South of Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
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Local resident works to save threatened Surfer’s Beach near Half Moon Bay
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.
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From spore to plate — Exploring California’s wild, edible mushrooms
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.
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Mountain View residents turn to RVs in housing crisis
Faced with little relief from rising rents in the Bay Area, Mountain View residents are turning to RVs and trailers for housing.
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Sportswriter Shea Serrano’s unexpected writing career
“Teaching is the only better job than writing. It’s more fulfilling,” Serrano said. “You build a lot of relationships with the kids, which was my favorite part. I just felt important when I was teaching.”
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