San Francisco’s School Board is watching anxiously as education reformer Marshall Tuck threatens to unseat State Superintendent Tom Torlakson for the state’s top education job.
Live coverage of news and elections from around the San Francisco Peninsula by the Peninsula Press team.
Palo Alto’s quest to fill two vacant seats has become a debate over priorities: Address Common Core standards, student stress or soaring enrollment?
With California’s 17th Congressional District race in a dead heat between candidates Ro Khanna and Mike Honda, Khanna has turned to a youth grassroots campaign to put him over the top.
How Palo Alto will manage the tension between development and quality of life is a key issue for a dozen candidates running for city council this Tuesday.
Debate over whether to adjust the $250,000 pain and suffering cap in medical malpractice lawsuits for inflation is pitting insurance companies against trial lawyers, each with different views of Prop. 46’s implications.
In the midst of one of the worst droughts in memory, key details about Proposition 1 — the California Water Bond — still remain unclear as Election Day nears.
The Mountain View City Council has approved an ordinance to increase the city minimum wage to $10.30 with annual adjustment to inflation, starting July 1, 2015.
Measure M is being portrayed as a vote on the future identity of Menlo Park — all happening in one of the hottest real estate markets in the country.
Stressing the need for a living wage ordinance for its lowest paid employees, San Mateo County’s 5,000 in-home care workers are demanding higher wages and healthcare benefits.
An exploration of the Affordable Care Act’s local impacts, from how Silicon Valley medical device makers are coping with a new tax, to why some have experienced delays in meeting with insurance enrollment counselors, to how consumers and providers view the ACA.
