The Portola Valley Finance Committee met on Oct. 15 to discuss possible short-term and long-term avenues the town can take to take pressure off of the current financial crisis. In preparation for the ...

The Las Lomitas Education Association rejected the district’s offer of a 5.5% raise, $3,070 increase in health and wellness ...

Verbo, a church in unincorporated North Fair Oaks is facing an uncertain future as it has been hit with a 25% monthly rent ...

The San Mateo County Transportation Authority announced on Oct. 22 that they received a $105 million federal grant from the ...

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee at the Adelanto Detention Facility in Adelanto on Nov. 15, 2013. Photo by John Moore, Getty Images With proponents of Proposition 36 raising nearly $15 million so ...

In summary Ballot initiative would turn certain thefts and drug crimes into felonies, potentially helping expel some immigrants. A tough-on-crime ballot measure that appears destined to pass could ...

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In summary Capturing and storing carbon underground is a big part of California’s efforts to tackle climate change but community members and environmentalists say it prolongs the life of fossil fuels.

Monday is the deadline for California voters to register to take part in the Nov. 5 election, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced, though anyone who misses the deadline can still participate in ...

A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors.

In summary The strike is the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The last one lasted 10 weeks. More than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental ...

An “aye” vote on a legislator’s desk on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 17, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, For the last five years, Democrats have had supermajorities in ...