Bay Area seeing a rise in amateur beekeeping (VIDEO)
Backyards in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties are abuzz with an ancient — but now trending — hobby: beekeeping.
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Swarm of regulations complicates beekeeping boom
Beekeeping is becoming a backyard trend in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. About 1,000 people purchased a Groupon for beekeeping school. But the hobby comes with legal challenges.
Redwood City’s new ice rink opens, minus the ice
Redwood City’s Courthouse Square debuted a new holiday “ice” rink isn’t ice at all. Synthetic rinks, which do not require refrigeration, are gaining popularity in cost-conscious, warm weather communities.
Beauty with a price – Thanksgiving flower arrangements may not be eco-friendly
Thousands of flowers will adorn Thanksgiving tables today, but according to Stanford earth science students, many professional and store-bought arrangements are grown with heavy pesticides and may not make for eco-friendly centerpieces.
East Palo Alto gym founder works to rebuild young lives through boxing
Johnnie Gray Jr., founder of the East Palo Alto Boxing Club, welcomes teens who want to train, even if they can’t afford the membership fees. The club receives some city funds, but Gray says it still struggles financially.
San Jose high school racks up national science awards under teacher’s leadership
San Jose’s Lynbrook High School celebrates math and science students the way many schools celebrate athletes. Science teacher Amanda Alonzo shares why inquiry-based learning is great for students and test scores.
Educator brings shop culture back into schools with digital ‘fablab’
An assistant professor of education at Stanford is bringing hands-on physics labs into K-12 schools. In his “fablabs,” students learn to design and produce machinery corresponding to their physics lessons.
Redwood Shores residents prepare for the worst at disaster planning event
Ahead of today’s nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, 80 Redwood Shores residents a Red Cross event to learn how to prepare for earthquakes, flooding and other disasters.
Palo Alto voters approve composting measure by a large margin
Palo Alto voters approved Measure E, reallocating 10 acres of Bxybee Park for the possible construction of a new composting facility.