The San Mateo Resource Conservation District is spearheading a project that will remove a concrete barrier from the San Francisquito Creek, making it easier for fish to swim through.
With barrier removal, endangered fish to migrate through San Francisquito Creek [VIDEO] Read More »
Synaptics’ new building purchase in San Jose mirrors growing trend in Silicon Valley: big tech companies investing in new headquarters.
Santa Clara County’s district attorney is asking law enforcement authorities to hold some immigrants so that federal officials can decide whether to deport them.
Santa Clara County to review immigration policy that became nationwide model Read More »
A San Jose nonprofit is offering half-off naturalization services for the holidays. The sale on becoming an American citizen is part of a national campaign aimed at registering millions of new voters.
Holiday sale on citizenship fails to attract Santa Clara County immigrants (PODCAST) Read More »
A program giving temporary legal status to young immigrants was in jeopardy during the presidential election. Now, local undocumented immigrants are rushing to fill out applications.
Obama’s election victory spurs young immigrants to seek temporary legal status Read More »
Historically, a presidential election year brings out a high percentage of registered voters — and that was the case on the Peninsula earlier this month.
Voter turnout reached 80 percent in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties Read More »
Proposition 30, an initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown to raise income taxes on wealthy Californians to support public education, has pulled off a surprise victory despite trailing in the week leading up to the election.
Proposition 30 pulls off surprise victory Read More »
The measure cruised to an emphatic victory, as 81 percent of the more than 9 million votes cast favored enacting the legislation.
Prop. 35 — crackdown on human trafficking wins landslide victory Read More »
Peninsula Press reporters talk to residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties about why they decided to vote in the 2012 Election.
Voices of Peninsula voters (VIDEO) Read More »