Santa Clara’s top stories of 2024: City Council drama, public works projects,...
FROM A SHAKEUP on the City Council to an elected official’s conviction, Santa Clara had no shortage of major stories this year.Here’s a look back at what happened in 2024 in the Mission City.A jury...
View ArticleBlazing new trails: Nonprofit offers more ways to experience Mount Diablo...
Save Mount Diablo will expand its free Discover Diablo Hikes and Outings Program in 2025, including into areas rarely open to the public.The nonprofit conservation group’s program offers guided hikes,...
View ArticleSan Joaquin County at center of bird flu crisis with over 627,800 egg-laying...
AS BIRD FLU takes it toll around the nation, San Joaquin County has jumped to the forefront, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the virus has spread to 627,800 commercial egg-laying...
View ArticleLake San Antonio hopes to lure anglers back with freshly stocked crop of...
People who like to fish in Monterey County are invited by state officials to grab their licenses and fishing gear and visit Lake San Antonio.More than 4,000 pounds of rainbow trout have been planted in...
View ArticleBest Bets: Berkeley Community Chorus, SF Downtown First Thursday,...
Freebie of the week: Music director Ming Luke and the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, a six-decade-old organization that welcomes with open arms any members who want to sing, usher in the new...
View ArticleAs Santa Clara County divvies up its housing bond, some cities winning more...
A $950 MILLION affordable housing bond has helped build thousands of affordable homes across Santa Clara County, though its efforts have focused on some parts of the region more than others.Measure A,...
View ArticleJanuary 2025 author events: Karissa Chen, Rhys Bowen, Gary Groner, Gayle...
A few academic offerings, crime novels, historical fiction, unique memoirs and thrillers, many by local writers, are among the new books featured in author talks around the region this month. (To...
View ArticleBayNorth Church opens its doors this winter with space for unsheltered...
BayNorth Church of Christ has opened a winter shelter for Fairfield residents who are unhoused through March 31, 2025.The intake process is from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and shelter exit time at 6 a.m. each...
View ArticleFirst Bay Area baby born in 2025 appears to be in San Leandro; multiple...
The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2025 appears to be a girl who welcome the world at exactly 12 a.m. in San Leandro.She was born at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center, according to...
View ArticleJulia Laue gets historic appointment as first woman to serve as honorary SF...
San Francisco Public Works appointed a new city architect on Monday, the first-ever woman to take on the title since it was created over a century ago.Public Works Director Carla Short selected Julia...
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