Keep up with Peninsula Leaders, Legislation and Municipal Affairs
Sunnyvale-based medical robotics company Intuitive Surgical’s board chairman, Lonnie Smith, calls for legal immigration status for foreigners educated in the U.S.
Corn ethanol has environmental, economic and social impacts that reach far beyond the gas tank. And by almost any analysis, those impacts make it a poor choice for fuel in the United States.
Corn ethanol is inefficient and drives food prices higher Read More »
Peninsula high school schedules maximize student learning opportunities and give teens additional sleep time. But new Stanford research suggests it’s unhealthy for students to sit for such long periods of time.
High school students sit for too long, new health research suggests Read More »
In San Mateo County, a three-bedroom home that sells for $270,000 is considered “affordable.” Thousands of people are applying for dozens of less expensive apartments, and many are being priced out of the area.
Outlook grim for thousands of families who can’t afford to rent or own in Peninsula Read More »
East Palo Alto officials crack down on building code violations. Longtime businesses, including a building supply recycler and a gym that helped troubled youth, couldn’t afford repairs and had to close or relocate.
Community businesses buckle under East Palo Alto’s building code crackdown Read More »
Cash-strapped school districts struggle to meet new national school lunch guidelines paired with strict state nutrition laws. Fremont High School, for example, can only spend $1.10 per meal.
Stricter national school lunch guidelines challenge cash-strapped districts Read More »
East Palo Alto is planning to turn the vacant Cooley Landing into a bayfront park. It will add nine more acres of parkland to a city that does not have the state’s recommended number of parks per 1,000 people.
East Palo Alto builds new bayfront park; still lags behind neighbors in parks per capita Read More »
The San Carlos Transit Village – the housing and retail development near a train station – worries some east San Carlos residents. They fear the 50-foot buildings will eliminate neighborhood views and amplify train sounds.
Housing and shopping complex to rise in east San Carlos; height worries neighbors Read More »
Stanford, like universities across the country, now allows boys and girls to be roommates in campus housing. The school has received positive feedback and few complaints, as participants feel safer and happier.
Stanford allows boys and girls to be roommates, earning praise from LGBT students Read More »
