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After the Sept. 9 PG&E gas-line explosion in San Bruno, residents received an outpouring of community support. In this video, victims, volunteers and city leaders recount acts of heroism on the night of the fire.
In September, 22 medicinal marijuana delivery employees were arrested in “Up in Smoke,” a Santa Clara County sting operation. They claim innocence, expressing frustration with unclear medical marijuana laws.
Independent bookstore customers are increasingly curling up with Kindles, iPads and Nooks. Google Editions allows independent stores to sell e-books from their websites.
East Palo Alto is home to the largest per capita homeless population in San Mateo County, with roughly 230 people living on the streets. Project We HOPE runs the city’s only warming shelter.
The Peninsula Press interviewed a number of homeless at the event and visited the “Field of Dreams,” where East Palo Alto’s homeless once camped out in large numbers. Signs of the encampment still exist, and at least one makeshift shelter appears to be in use.
Aaron Blanding, a special education teacher at Woodside High School, recently began using iPads with his orthopaedically impaired students. These devices have helped the students develop and learn.
Real Christmas trees leave a smaller carbon footprint than artificial ones, especially if replanted after the holidays. Artificial trees, however, can be eco friendly if they’re used for more than 20 years.
Ava Roy, founder of the Bay Area’s We Players, has made a career staging Shakespeare plays in unusual settings. After much contemplation – and 36 days nearly alone at sea – she decided to take on a big challenge: producing Hamlet on Alcatraz.
Mike Hudson never planned to spend years campaigning for a fish’s survival. But when the 2008 Pacific salmon population shrank to a tenth of its 2002 size, the fisherman became an activist, founding SalmonAid.
Formerly homeless and addicted to drugs, Eric Clemons joins other homeless men and women in CHEFS, a Bay Area program training them to become culinary professionals.