The Regional Paratransit Trip Booking Project, which will first be piloted in Santa Clara and Alameda counties, is part of broader efforts by the Federal Transportation Authority to promote mobility and accessibility through tech-driven solutions.
Although a temporary measure to delay the shutdown was finalized just hours before the Oct. 1 deadline, Congress must pass funding bills for the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security by Nov. 17 or be forced to withhold pay for military personnel.
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San Mateo County is embarking upon a year-long process to reimagine and restructure the Gateway Court and Community School, one of the county’s alternative education programs for students who have been disciplined or released from juvenile justice systems, administrators announced at a Board of Education meeting on Oct. 4.
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Peninsula Press · Google Opens Its Headquarters for the Community to Gather MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Google opened its headquarters to the public on Oct. 12 for tech fans and tourists to visit. The “Google Visitor Experience” welcomes people to immerse themselves in innovation, art and community. Inside the Gradient Canopy building sits the first
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MENLO PARK, Calif. – Residents of Portola Valley’s Ladera neighborhood, in an uproar over restrictions limiting access to Woodland School’s playing field, are pressing school district leaders to extend access to the community’s only green space for more hours per day. Woodland, a private school in the Ladera neighborhood that leases a former public school from
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REDWOOD CITY – Following a three-day national strike, Kaiser Permanente executives and unionized healthcare workers reached a tentative labor agreement on October 13, halting moves towards a second strike in early November. The 85,000 healthcare workers represented by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions will vote on the tentative agreement in a ratification process set
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Hours after President Biden condemned Hamas terrorist attacks as the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, more than 2,000 community members prayed together and listened to elected officials and religious figures at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center on Oct. 10.
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The cool blue glow of a desktop monitor is the only light in Donna’s office as she sits at her desk, rubbing her temples. For most Temple University students, finding sources for a research paper is a relatively mundane task. For Danuta “Donna” Meisel, a blind, 72-year-old Polish immigrant with throat cancer, a literature review
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Kathryn carried a fresh pepperoni pizza into the visiting room, just as she had the week before and the week before that. Her son shuffled in barefoot through an opposite door that was unlocked by facility staff. The nervousness that led Kathryn to take two wrong turns on the familiar drive across the Santa Clara
When wedding retail giant David’s Bridal filed for bankruptcy in April, the company left thousands of its employees in limbo as they searched for a buyer to save the company. Amanda Michaelson was in the first wave of layoffs at the corporate office in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, where she worked as a buyer. “I had to
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Stanford Junior Vivian Leilani Shay combines her passion for modern dance with her love for learning and sustainability. Vivian started dancing when she was in first grade, and continued to dance competitively as she grew older, traveling with middle and high school dance teams.
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In a world that often resorts to punishment and policing, Fatima Zaidi, a behavior analyst, designer and artist, believes in a different approach.
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