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Menlo Park’s Measure P appears headed for failure

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Menlo Park’s Measure P moved closer to defeat as votes continued to be counted from the Nov. 3 election. The latest results, released late on Friday afternoon, Nov. 6, showed 4,237 votes (46.2%), in favor of the measure to 4,939 (53.8%) opposed, widening the gap seen in earlier returns.

Menlo Park, CA · 2d
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Stanford Pitches Eight-Story, 194-Unit Housing Tower at Research Park's El Camino Gateway

A parking lot that currently serves Rivian's local branch at 3300 El Camino Real could soon become the site of an eight-story apartment building with 194 units, paired with a three-story office building, under a new proposal from Stanford University. Of those apartments, 39 — or 20% of the total — would be reserved for households earning up to 80% of the area median income.

Palo Alto, CA · 2d
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CalMatters

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New deadline for phaseout of gas water heaters gives Bay Area homeowners one more year

Up to half of Bay Area households can skip electric water heaters under an updated rule by air regulators. Residents not exempt have one more year to comply.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 3d

rwcpulse.com

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Volunteers keep watch outside Redwood City jail after reported ICE activity

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around a dozen volunteers were stationed outside Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on Friday night, Nov. 6, and into Saturday morning after two immigration enforcement agents were reported looking for recently released inmates and taking at least one into custody. Community members handed...

Redwood City, CA · 1d
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Palo Alto’s Squire House Lists for $19.9 Million; City Records Differ on Preservation Contract

The Squire House at 900 University Avenue is listed for $19.9 million. It has not changed ownership since 1999, so a completed sale would be its first ownership change since then; the listing itself does not mark a sale. Palo Alto Online reports that the 7,794-square-foot Crescent Park property was built in 1904.

Palo Alto, CA · 1d

whatnow.com

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Original Joe’s Eyeing Former Restaurant Space In Menlo Park

Original Joe’s is considering opening a restaurant in the former Left Bank Brasserie space at 635 Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Menlo Park. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the restaurant group is interested in taking over the property, although it has not yet signed a lease. The possibility was also mentioned by Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash in her newsletter.

Menlo Park, CA · 1d

San José Spotlight

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Santa Clara ends membership fees at senior center

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After years of advocacy from older adults, Santa Clara is eliminating membership fees for residents at its Senior Center, a change intended to make the facility more accessible — although questions remain about limited pool hours and staffing shortages. The City Council on...

Santa Clara, CA · 3d

coastsidebuzz.com

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San Mateo County Honors Mavericks Surf Pioneer Jeff Clark and “Show Up and Be Kind” Philosophy of Half Moon Bay High School’s Surf Club; Check Mavs Future: Zoe Chait and Luca Padua

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... VIDEO. From the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 at 9:00am, as a hybrid meeting with remote comment. Agenda. Staff Report and proclamation Item #6. SMCo Press Release. Item #6 starts at 1:30:46. PRESS RELEASE. On a...

San Mateo County, CA · 3d

mindfullyamerican.com

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Bay Area Californians Could Pay $149 at Safeway for $100 at WinCo

A can of Campbell’s soup is the same can wherever you buy it in the Bay Area. Here’s how much more Bay Area Californians could pay at Safeway than at WinCo, and what that gap means for your weekly budget. Who Ran the Numbers. Checkbook priced a basket...

California · 5d

San Francisco Chronicle

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‘We’re a bunch of weirdos up in here’: A shuttered Bay Area venue gets new life

Bay Area concert producers Heavy Lemon and the nonprofit Crossthread plan to reopen San Jose’s Black Cat Licorice Theater as a music venue next year.

San Jose, CA · 2d

sfstandard.com

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Silicon Valley had a terrible election night. One local billionaire did not

Election night was, to put it mildly, a bloodbath for the tech industry. But one local tech billionaire emerged almost spotless. Ripple chairman and San Francisco native Chris Larsen poured more than $22 million into national politics this cycle, much of it to the Democratic candidates and PACs that helped usher in a historic blue wave. In California, he spent millions boosting moderate, business-friendly candidates and measures that scored wins in deep-blue districts.

San Francisco, CA · 12h

San José Spotlight

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California ballot measure limiting local taxes is failing

A California ballot measure defeated in Tuesday night’s election prevented a change which could’ve made it more difficult for local governments and agencies to receive funding by raising the approval threshold. Proposition 43 looks to be failing with 55.4% of statewide voters voting no and 44.1% voting yes....

California · 10h

USA TODAY

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Bay Area approved saving public transit, but how much will it cost you

Bay Area voters approved two transit tax measures in the 2026 general election, adding new costs for residents in five counties while funding BART, Muni, Caltrain, and other transit systems. How much more will residents pay? It depends on where they live. The Regional Transit Measure will impose a 14-year sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. San Francisco will add a 1% sales tax, while the other four counties will add 0.5%. San Francisco voters also approved Proposition H, a 15-year property tax to fund the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Here's more about the two measures, how each Bay Area county voted, and how the new taxes will affect residents in each county. Regional Transit Measure and Proposition H explained The Regional Transit Measure will create a 14-year, five-county sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, expected to generate about $980 million annually as a new revenue source for the region's transit system. Specifically, San Francisco County will introduce a new 1.0% sales tax, and Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties will introduce a new 0.5% sales tax. The Metropolitan Transportation

Santa Clara County, CA · 2d

ABC7 News Bay Area

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Newsom's proposed death row commutations would affect Bay Area's most notorious killers

Newsom's proposed commutations would change death sentences to life without the possibility of parole for inmates, including notorious killers Cary Stayner, Richard Farley, and Richard Allen Davis.

California · 3d

The Cool Down

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Low-income households in one California city can get up to $50,000 in home energy upgrades

The program initially launched in the Menlo Park neighborhood of Belle Haven in 2024 and later expanded to eligible households across the city.

Menlo Park, CA · 1d

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Attorney General Bonta Sues to Block Closure of National Archives Facility

SAN BRUNO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Oct. 14 filed a lawsuit challenging the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) abrupt decision to close the National Archives at San Francisco and transfer its holdings to other National Archives facilities across the country. The San Francisco National...

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Permanent Closure of Orinda BART Presumably Off the Table as Measure RTM Passes

ORINDA, CALIFORNIA – For much of 2026, Orinda residents faced an unsettling possibility: Their local BART station, a fixture of the community for more than 50 years, could close as the transit agency struggled with a massive financial shortfall. Now, following Tuesday’s election, that possibility appears to be off...

Orinda, CA · 3d

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California Grade Separation Projects Receive Over $100MM

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $90.4 million for the Broadway Grade Separation Project in Burlingame, California. Another $15.5 million was secured for the final design of the Mary Avenue Grade Separation in Sunnyvale. Broadway Grade Separation. The award comes as part of the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program. Caltrain applied...

Burlingame, CA · 2d

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California Rental Housing Association Opposes Bay Area Air District Gas Appliance Ban Amid Affordability Concerns

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Rental Housing Association (CalRHA) issued a statement after the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Board of Directors yesterday voted to adopt amendments to Rule 9-6, the district’s ban on the sale and installation of new natural gas water heaters. CalRHA was...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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From Big Sur to Santa Cruz, California is fortifying its coast for El Niño winter

El Niño could batter coastal California, which is still recovering from storms in 2023. The worries extend even to Santa Cruz’s famed boardwalk.

Santa Cruz, CA · 1d