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Remembering and rebuilding the Honey Run Covered Bridge after the Camp Fire

Honey Run Road and its historic covered bridge connected the two municipalities of Chico and Paradise. The bridge was a place where residents from both areas learned to swim, spent lazy summer afternoons with their families, attended pancake breakfasts or got married. Last year’s Camp Fire took the lives of more than 80 people, decimated […]

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SPECIAL REPORT: Affordable housing headaches on the Peninsula

Housing + Development, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

Silicon Valley continues to struggle with having sufficient affordable housing options as rental prices skyrocket and mobile home parks disappear.

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SPECIAL REPORT:
The Future of Cybersecurity

Business, Politics, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

Experts at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford on Feb. 13 discussed ideas for tackling payment security concerns and moving beyond passwords, while President Obama called for greater private-public sector collaboration on cybersecurity.

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The Future of Cybersecurity

SPECIAL REPORT – Living in Silicon Valley: Profiles of communities in transition

Crime, Housing + Development, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

Profiles of Silicon Valley communities in transition, from transformations in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood to the unsheltered homeless in Santa Clara County to North Fair Oaks’ revitalization efforts.

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SPECIAL REPORT – Leaded gas: A toxic tale

Business, Environment, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

An adaptation of an award-winning print article that tells the story of how major corporate interests turned a blind eye to health risks from leaded gasoline from the 1920s through the 1980s.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Climate change comes home

Environment, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

Climate change is already happening, and though local governments in the Bay Area have begun to recognize extreme weather events, sea level rise, prolonged heat waves and drought, are they doing enough?

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SPECIAL REPORT: On Silicon Valley’s coast, cows unite ranchers and open space groups

Environment, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

In an expensive region, farmers and ranchers are looking to partnerships to keep their operations alive, and old grievances are slowly fading as new pressures bring together those who work the land and those who would seek to protect it.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Silicon Gap – Widening Inequality in the Valley

Business, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

A multimedia website devoted to articles and multimedia reports from Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s 2014 State of the Valley conference and report.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Obamacare on the Peninsula

Health, Politics, Special Reports / By admin, peninsulapressteam

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.

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