Mountain View City Council votes for new park to remedy open-space shortage
Open space accounts for nearly a quarter of Palo Alto, but only one-eighth of Mountain View. City leaders recently voted to create a park in the Rengstorff Planning Area.
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Menlo Park to deploy cameras in Belle Haven and license-plate readers in three police cars
Menlo Park police will use technology to identify stolen or suspicious vehicles and to monitor Belle Haven neighborhood streets. But some are concerned about privacy and racial profiling.
San Mateo downtown beautification contract goes to national bidder
San Mateo city officials say they want to support local businesses whenever possible. When it came to awarding a recent contract, however, factors other than proximity came into play.
Superheroes wash windows, bring smiles to local children’s hospital
Patients and visitors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto got a surprise Tuesday when they saw superheroes washing the windows.
Divided by speeding cars, Half Moon Bay debates options for making life safer along Highway 1
Residents of eastern Half Moon Bay are struggling with safely navigating chores on foot on their side of California’s major coastal artery, without a nearby traffic signal, sidewalks or pedestrian paths.
San Jose city leaders consider competing visions to serve growing homeless population
San Jose’s homeless population has grown 18 percent in the past two years, prompting divergent visions between the Director of Housing and the San Jose Downtown Association for how the city should respond.
San Jose Earthquakes, jolted by stadium delays, come back to Santa Clara for another year
The San Jose Earthquakes soccer team are back at Santa Clara University’s Buck Shaw Stadium for another year.
Cambodian-Americans make music for charity in San Francisco talent show
A Cambodian women’s group — the Devata Giving Circle — put on a talent showcase in San Francisco’s Mission District on Sept. 28, featuring a selection of Cambodian-American musicians and performers.
Bay Area woman gives birth using second-oldest cryopreserved embryo in history
Forty-five-year-old struggled with infertility and decided to adopt an embryo from another couple who was done having children. The couple froze the embryo in 1994.