South Bay - Peninsula
If you’re a working mom or dad, you probably know a little something about multi-tasking, especially when it comes to chores around the house. This is especially true for professional women. When biologist Carol Greider got the call from Stockholm letting her know that she had won the Nobel Prize...
If you listen to KALW a lot, you might have heard KALW’s Alan Farley reading the San Francisco public schools’ lunch menu…
ALAN FARLEY: ...And in the Elementary Schools: toasted cheese on wheat, baby carrots, and fresh orange wedges...
That sounds pretty good, but some public schools in the...
By Genett Mills-Miller
"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get." - Robert Heinlein.
Spring in the Bay Area caught residents and visitors off guard with an early June Gloom - wetter and colder weather than normal. For instance, San Francisco received nearly an inch of rain in May and...
Say you're a parent, and your school district needs to cut $3 million in teacher salaries to put a dent in an over $7 million deficit. That means next year, your kid's school is going to have fewer teachers, bigger class sizes and maybe even not enough custodians to keep the place clean.
What do...
This weekend is hot with World Cup fever as the 2010 international soccer championship kicked off today in South Africa. In PST, that meant Mexican and South African fans were up at 6 a.m. this morning cheering on their teams in the first game of the competition, which ended in a tie of 1-1....
If you’re near the Bay and you’re standing on flat land, chances are you’re standing somewhere that’s been filled and is vulnerable to sea level rise.
WILL TRAVIS: The only thing that is certain is that every time a projection comes out, it’s higher than the last one. So this is one of these things...
One of the most important challenges facing parents is how to get the best education for their child. Private school or public school? Conventional or charter? Many parents, including President Barack Obama, have become increasingly interested in the charter option.
The charter school movement has...
The City of San Carlos has a novel solution to help fix its $3.5 million budget shortfall. It’s considering contracting out police, park and fire services.
Two agencies—the Redwood City Police Department and San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office—have already submitted bids to take on crime in the city...
The number of Internet users in China recently surpassed 400 million, according to state media. And that makes it the world's most wired country. It's also making it more difficult for the government to control all those users.
But it's trying.
Often those controls affect internet businesses like...
The Bohemian Club, made up of the political and business elite, has been the Bay Area's most exclusive society for more than 130 years. Well, now it has some competition. Last year, a new university popped up in Silicon Valley, offering a summer program perhaps more selective, if not as debauched,...
Carletta Sue Kay
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