Know the People and Places That Make The Peninsula Great
In 2009 the Sequoia High School baseball field got a $40,000 facelift. But it took another year and the hiring of a new coach to give the team and the program the makeover it needed.
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.
East Palo Alto’s only homeless shelter is scheduled to open in time for the cold-weather season due in part to a $30,000 city grant. The city has the highest per capita rate of homelessness in San Mateo County.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, turkey fryers and other holiday mishaps cause 2,000 Thanksgiving residential fires nationwide. Santa Clara County fire and public safety departments urge caution.
Compared to Prop. 19, the state attorney general’s race and city taxes on pot will have a much more lasting impact on marijuana policy in California.
After weeks of controversy, Santa Clara officials have stopped providing free police escorts to the San Francisco 49ers and are billing the team for those that occurred in the past.
Project WeHOPE’s East Palo Alto warming shelter hosted Homeless Connect II, an event that provided free food, shelter and services for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness.
The El Palo Alto historic tree may threaten the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s plans to construct the high-speed rail line. Widening the tracks puts the tree in jeopardy.