South Bay - Peninsula
What a difference two days makes- for some local schools.
This past Monday, the California Department of Education released a statewide list of 188 "Persistently Low-Achieving Schools"- a requirement for the State to be eligible for Federal stimulus money meant to revamp the nation's most...
Rick Estrin and the Night Cats will be playing at the Saddle Rack in Fremont on Sunday March 7th.
The first charter school in the state opened in 1992. Today, more than 800 public charter schools are operating in California, and there are more than 5,000 charter schools nationwide. Many people say that charter schools are one of the answers to school reform---and in fact, the...
This morning, the National Weather Service announced a tsunami advisory following the massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, and indeed, the tsunami's first waves have hit the Hawaiian coast.
Locally, in Santa Cruz, the Harbor Patrol began putting written notices on people's boats around 6 a.m...
The State Lottery re-introduced legal gambling to California in 1984, but that pastime was popular here long before then, especially in San Francisco.Organizers of a gambling-machine exhibit, currently on display at the San Francisco International Airport, say that gambling in the City during the...
This story is about something we can probably all relate to: not wanting to throw something away. Maybe it’s a baseball card collection, or a garage full of unread National Geographic magazines. But when the need to acquire and keep things crosses a certain threshold, it’s known as hoarding. It's a...
A new style of living is becoming increasingly popular in the Bay Area, and across the country. It’s called cohousing, and it’s sort of like dorm-style living for adults -- only instead of a room, you get a house. The concept originated in Denmark. Its growth in the United States is thanks in large...
Google’s plan to digitize the world’s libraries will be heard in court tomorrow in Manhattan. The South Bay search giant aims to scan millions of books and make them available online. That concept was challenged by authors and publishers concerned with antitrust and copyright issues. They filed a...
The Brisbane City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a plan that will put 71 more homes on San Bruno Mountain’s Northeast Ridge.In approving the plan, council members rejected a call from residents and a local environmental group to further study the impact on an endangered butterfly...
Just when it looks like the U.S. economy may be improving, an expiring Federal Reserve program may slow down the mortgage market again...Meanwhile, in California, lawmakers are continuing cutbacks in an effort to balance the state budget. But critics say an effort to slash prison...
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