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Liccardo Says Congress Not Doing Enough To Fix Housing Crisis

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Fixing the nation’s housing shortage can no longer be left to local governments alone and Congress must offer more robust solutions to the problem, Sam Liccardo, the former San Jose Mayor running to represent California’s 16th district, said in an interview with Peninsula Press. In the interview, Liccardo also advocated for AI regulation, gun laws and reproductive health protections that could potentially pass in a divided Congress.

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Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Zakiya Carr Johnson honored in East Palo Alto community event

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Zakiya Carr Johnson, the chief diversity and inclusion officer for the U.S. Department of State, returned to her hometown of East Palo Alto in late September to speak at a community event held in her honor. Around 50 people attended the event hosted by the East Palo Alto Community Archive, a nonprofit that aims to

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Amid Turmoil in Haiti, Little Girls Still Dance and Women Still Get Their Hair Done

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The recent crisis in Haiti didn’t come out of nowhere; centuries of foreign intervention coupled with an opportunistic Haitian political elite have contributed to the country’s troubles, said Robert Fatton Jr., former professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.

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A 360 Experience: Traveling as a Power Wheelchair User in Palo Alto

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How long does it take for wheelchair users to grab a cup of coffee? Unlike in large cities such as San Francisco, accessible rideshare apps are not reliable in places like Palo Alto. A 1.6-mile distance can turn into more than 1 hour of travel time for wheelchair users. Many factors go into a successful coffee run. Follow Stanford University graduate student, Tilly Griffiths, to find out more.

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Discovering the Stanford Dish in 360: From Space Missions to Snowy Sledding

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Perched in the Stanford foothills is a still-working relic that has helped everything from NASA Mars missions to collecting bounced signals from the moon. Nowadays, it’s primarily used to track objects in space, to communicate with low-orbit satellites and assist in other general space assignments.

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