So far, 144 people from the Jungle have been housed, while more than 60 who received rental subsidies are still looking for apartments.
San Jose shuts down ‘The Jungle,’ one of nation’s largest homeless encampments Read More »
From San Jose to Mountain View to Menlo Park, cities across the Peninsula are lighting up with holiday traditions.
Bay Area lights up for the holidays Read More »
Menlo Park residents gathered Dec. 5 in Fremont Park for the town’s tree-lighting ceremony.
Menlo Park gathers for holiday tree-lighting ceremony Read More »
While Redwood City has been a water-saving leader in Silicon Valley, it has strained to find even more places to cut water use, after the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recommended an additional 10 percent cut.
Redwood City targeting biggest water users to reach 10 percent cut Read More »
It might sound counterintuitive: doing something seemingly good is causing something bad? Turns out, the high salinity of recycled water is having a deadly effect on redwood trees in the Bay Area.
Water conservation could mean fewer redwood trees Read More »
The Asian Citrus Psyllid is smaller than a chocolate sprinkle but its impact is large: the insects are the agent that spreads an infection that kills citrus trees.
Asian pest threatens California’s citrus industry Read More »
Santa Clara County is training law enforcement, hospital and airport workers to combat human trafficking, which some activists say seems to spike during mega sporting events.
Santa Clara County tackling human trafficking ahead of Super Bowl Read More »
Though data encryption on smartphones might slow their investigations, police in Silicon Valley say it is unlikely to impede local level crime fighting long term.
Local Silicon Valley police unshaken by smartphone data encryption Read More »
Persistent over-enrollment in Mountain View’s schools is prompting the district to redraw school boundaries, a move that administrators hope will balance out enrollment in schools by the 2016-2017 school year.
Mountain View Whisman School District redrawing boundaries by 2016 Read More »
Mountain View is considering raising fees on new construction to fund affordable housing, a move developers say would shift projects to other towns and council members say is necessary because of a decrease in government funding for the projects.
Mountain View may increase development fees to fund affordable housing Read More »
Three seemingly unassociated organizations have announced a partnership they say will help consumers save money and cut back on carbon emissions, while also supporting an environmental advocacy group.
New program bundles solar panels, electric cars and hope for a greener grid Read More »
More than a hundred works collected by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and their daughter now hang on the walls of a free museum on Stanford’s campus that opened to the public in September.
The Anderson Collection: a private art collection becomes a public treasure Read More »
