Loss of redevelopment agencies could hinder housing growth in Redwood City
Affordable housing is already at a premium in Redwood City. Housing advocates fear Gov. Jerry Brown’s plans to eliminate redevelopment agencies will make it even more scarce.
Daniel Bohm
Three Stanford football coaches follow Jim Harbaugh to 49ers
A day after Stanford promoted assistant football coach David Shaw to head coach, assistants Greg Roman and Vic Fangio left to join former Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh coaching the San Francisco 49ers.
Stanford names David Shaw head football coach
Stanford University promoted offensive coordinator David Shaw to head coach today, replacing Jim Harbaugh, who announced last Friday that he would leave Stanford to coach the San Francisco 49ers. Shaw, who was seen as the player’s choice to succeed Harbaugh, will have the task of maintaining the recent growth of the football program. Stanford football
Woodside High School special needs students learn with iPads (VIDEO)
Aaron Blanding, a special education teacher at Woodside High School, recently began using iPads with his orthopaedically impaired students. These devices have helped the students develop and learn.
With a major-league field and a new coach, baseball is on the rise at Sequoia High
In 2009 the Sequoia High School baseball field got a $40,000 facelift. But it took another year and the hiring of a new coach to give the team and the program the makeover it needed.
Carlmont High parents get an education in drugs
About 100 concerned Carlmont High School parents attended a presentation by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday to learn how to identify drugs and whether their teens might be using them.
California children must be 5 to start kindergarten
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.