San Carlos City Councilman Matt Grocott says he was promoting accountability to the public when he disclosed confidential information to a newspaper about the city’s efforts to hire an interim city manager. But other members of the council have accused him of violating the city’s trust.
With recycled water a long-debated but unachieved goal for Half Moon Bay and surrounding coastal communities, the Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside has hired a new general manager it hopes can advance the multimillion-dollar initiative.
Palo Alto kicked off its Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, hoping to increase bike ridership and improve routes to qualify for the League of American Bicyclists’ platinum-level community status.
Santa Clara officials have slowed plans for a 40-unit apartment development on El Camino Real, citing concerns over the proposed design that one City Council member termed “horrific.”
Menlo Park’s City Council passed an ordinance banning smoking in public places. The law takes effect in November, giving the city one of the toughest smoking laws in the state.
Four years old is too young to go to public school in California, according to a new state law that was the brainchild of two Palo Alto teachers.
Google, the search engine behemoth, may have met its match in the tufted face of a small, yellow-eyed bird. A proposed park for Google employees may threaten nearly endangered owls.
U.S. Firearms became Sunnyvale’s first dedicated gun store in 20 years, drawing the ire of many nearby residents and parents.
The business, permitted under the city’s zoning codes, is less than a mile from two elementary schools and a preschool. While the business owner began applying for permits in December, neighbors were caught off-guard — only discovering the store’s existence when the building’s marquee was unveiled three weeks ago.
An East Palo Alto City Council member scolded PG&E last week, saying the utility’s mistake in naming the wrong location of a potential at-risk pipeline in the city highlights a larger problem: lack of respect.
Council member Peter Evans wasn’t satisfied with a public apology by PG&E representative Jimmy Harris during the Sept. 27 City Council meeting.
“We’re seeing you now because you’ve failed any type of relationship with us,” Evans said. “You gave our community no respect, sir. No respect at all. And we don’t appreciate that.