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.
In San Carlos, employees doing the same jobs have different pensions depending upon when they were hired, and the city is negotiating even leaner benefits for future city workers.
A Saratoga hiking trail has reopened after a six-month project to make it wider, less steep and not as prone to erosion during the rainy season. The trail stretches from the Parker Ranch neighborhood to the Fremont Older Open Space Preserve via Saratoga Country Club.
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.
A federal grant is making it possible for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to reopen 247 cold cases, using advanced DNA technology to help bring closure to victims’ families.
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.
Caltrain, SamTrans and VTA are all altering service for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and advising passengers to plan ahead if they intend to use public transportation this week.
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.