Menlo Park passed the Pension Reform Initiative, Measure L, with nearly 75 percent voter approval. The measure would relieve the cash-strapped city, but labor unions may mount a legal challenge.
Sunnyvale-based molecular diagnostics firm Cepheid reported record fourth-quarter numbers due to strong market adoption of its automated lab testing systems and other laboratory tests.
Congress and President Obama have vowed to end earmarks in 2011, but those funds have been helping East Palo Alto re-create itself. Will the ban put EPA downtown renovation and other projects on hold?
Intuitive Surgical Inc., the Sunnyvale-based company that makes minimally invasive robotic surgical systems, surprised analysts this month by reporting fourth-quarter profits 56 percent above last year.
In the early 2000s, San Mateo was YouTube’s home. Then Google moved it to San Bruno. San Mateo’s new economic council hopes to promote local business and ensure that the next YouTube doesn’t slip through its fingers.
While San Francisco fluoridated its water supply by 1951, the rest of the state took far longer to consider it. Los Altos and neighboring cities are debating costs and benefits now.
Milpitas residents say sewage fumes from the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant are wafting into their city. The San Jose City Council will vote whether to pay for renovations.
For eco-friendly dinner parties, reusable plates beat disposables almost every time. But you can make your meals even greener by focusing on what goes on the plates, too.
Stanford students designed music-playing helmets and lockable bike lights to increase bicycle safety on campus. A bicyclist who wasn’t wearing a helmet died on campus last year after being hit by a car.