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Sonoma fires put unprecedented strain on region’s healthcare system

Health, News, Uncategorized / By marklieber

Two major hospitals in Santa Rosa have resumed their normal operations after the deadliest wildfires in California’s history destroyed parts of the city and surrounding areas. But dozens of families remain in evacuation shelters across the region, which have mainly been consolidated to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds RV park in Santa Rosa. Both Sutter Santa […]

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Eva Terrazas is the senior director of policy and advocacy at Uplift Family Services.

San Mateo County officials, non-profits say labor bill would harm services

News, Politics / By michaelmclaughlin

PALO ALTO – Nonprofits and many California counties are gearing up for a possible showdown in Sacramento against the state’s service employees union over a bill that could make it harder for local governments to contract with outside organizations that provide critical services.

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Uncertainty reigns when it comes to what the legal recreational marijuana market will look like in California

News, Politics / By christinaegerstrom

PALO ALTO — As of Jan. 1, Palo Altans will be able to buy marijuana by delivery but it will be illegal to sell in stores. Five miles away in Mountain View, retail sales will be allowed. Just a short hop over the Santa Cruz Mountains in Half Moon Bay, farmers are preparing for the possible commercial cultivation of marijuana plants.

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Norene LeMieux gets to the Campbell Community Center with RYDE

Santa Clara cities launch pilot program providing transportation services to seniors

News, Transportation / By amycruz

CUPERTINO – Santa Clara County has launched a pilot program to provide curb-to-curb transportation for seniors in five West Valley cities as an alternative to the costlier ride-sharing services and the limited public transportation options available.

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A crowd watches a man and a sign language interpreter in a high school gymnasium.

In aftermath of wildfires, Sonoma County officials face language barriers, ICE fears from immigrants

Immigration, News / By jacquelinebotts, dylanfreedman

SANTA ROSA — Sonoma County leaders are pointing to inadequate Spanish-language communication and fear as key barriers that prevented immigrant communities from seeking aid following the most destructive fires in California’s history.

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Palo Alto evaluating regulations to improve safety of seismically vulnerable buildings

Housing + Development / By alecglassford

PALO ALTO — Palo Alto City Council voted Nov. 13 for city staff to begin drafting new regulations for certain buildings at risk of earthquake damage, the latest step in a multiyear effort to understand and improve the seismic safety of the city’s older buildings.

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Palo Alto discusses alternatives to Caltrain railroad crossings

News, Transportation / By charlottekosche

PALO ALTO – Palo Alto is exploring ways to redesign four of its Caltrain railroad crossings that have become traffic bottlenecks and scenes of frequent accidents.

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Palo Alto city council votes against studying new rent stabilization measures

Housing + Development, News / By anthonymiller

PALO ALTO – In Palo Alto, where rent prices have forced out essential workers like teachers, first responders and trade professionals, the city council remains divided on how to address the issue.

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San Jose prepares for growth as Google plans downtown campus village

Business, News / By ishasalian

SAN JOSE – A planned Google campus in downtown San Jose has city officials and business advocates anticipating an economic boom – and activists worrying it could further gentrify an area already facing an affordable housing crisis.

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Tech workers organize to resist Trump

Business, Immigration, News / By simonestolzoff

SILICON VALLEY — Silicon Valley workers want to form a union, but unlike the cafeteria workers and security guards who won official recognition this summer, this time it’s the product designers, software engineers, and mid-level managers who are coming together to organize.

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Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks, right, addresses parents at the Palo Alto Unified School District board meeting on Oct. 10.

School district to implement new sexual misconduct education program

Education, News / By jacobnierenberg

PALO ALTO — The Palo Alto Unified School District is devising an education program to confront sexual misconduct in its schools.

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Sunnyvale is looking to reduce emissions from its transportation sector. (Amy Cruz/Peninsula Press)

Sunnyvale targets reducing emissions to achieve state goals for 2030, 2050

Environment / By amycruz

SUNNYVALE – The City of Sunnyvale is vying for up to $5 million through the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2017 Mayors Challenge to fund programs to reduce carbon emissions.

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