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Bay Area Armenians Mobilize To Help Refugees From Nagorno-Karabakh

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SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Armenians have rallied together to support recent refugees from the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is the latest development of the Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict that started back in 2020. Azerbaijan had been blockading the Nagorno-Karabakh region, formerly a semi-autonomous republic, since the end of last […]

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Menlo Park Aims To Transition Low-Income Homes To Electric Energy With Multi-Million Dollar Grant

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MENLO PARK – Menlo Park plans to transition low-income homes in Belle Haven to electric energy at no-cost to homeowners. City officials say robust community outreach will be essential to getting families to opt-in to the electrification program, a local step to combat climate change. At their Oct. 10 meeting, City Councilmembers reviewed a proposal

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RV Residents Along SF’s Lake Merced Fear Displacement When New Parking Restrictions Take Effect

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More than 100 recreational vehicles housing families may be displaced when new parking laws come into force in Lake Merced, San Francisco on Dec. 3. Advocates fear that the proposed four-hour weekday parking restrictions will separate a tight-knit community of Spanish and Portuguese speaking families from the west side neighborhood, with no viable alternatives on the table. 

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San Mateo County Sheriff Urges Legislators to Reevaluate Lower Penalties for Theft, Laments ‘Lawlessness’

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In a wide-ranging interview with the Peninsula Press at the sheriff’s office in Redwood City on Oct. 26, Corpus also called hiring and retention of staff one of her top challenges, described interventions to tackle officer burnout and acknowledged that amid nationwide mass shootings, she worries for her daughter when she drops her off at school.

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San Mateo County To ‘Reimagine’ Alternative Education Program  

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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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Ladera Community Fights For Access To Woodland School Field

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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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Kaiser Executives and Unionized Healthcare Workers Reach Tentative Agreement

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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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