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Angela Swartz joined The Almanac in 2018. She reports on youth and education, and the towns of Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. Angela, who grew up in San Mateo, previously reported for the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Mateo Daily Journal. She holds a master's degree in investigative reporting from American University. She interned at The Washington Post while completing her master's. She also holds a bachelor's degree in U.S. history and Spanish from University of California, Davis.Stories by Angela
Watch video of Cal Fire's 'historic' prescribed burn at Filoli Estate in Woodside
Cal Fire is setting two prescribed fires in San Mateo County on June 30, including one at the Filoli Estate grounds in Woodside.[Friday, June 30, 2023]
Bikers and Girl Scouts pack Woodside council meeting over big bus ban
Girl Scouts gathered to sing camp songs outside of Independence Hall in Woodside to oppose a new ordinance that limits bus access into Huddart Park. Locals and bicyclists turned out to support the large vehicle ban.[Wednesday, June 28, 2023]
Civil Grand Jury: Students benefit from career, work-based high schools like TIDE Academy in Menlo Park
Career-focused high school programs, like the one at TIDE Academy in Menlo Park, are preparing students for college and the workforce, a San Mateo Civil Grand Jury report said. But there are roadblocks to widening access to them.[Wednesday, June 28, 2023]
Woodside grants an exception for Girl Scouts to bus children to summer camp, but Scout leaders are still fighting to change the law
In the face of a ban on large buses using a town road into Huddart Park, the Peninsula Girl Scouts aren't dropping their fight, despite getting an exception from Woodside that will permit their summer camp buses entry this year.[Monday, June 26, 2023]
Girl Scouts and Woodside still at odds over busing hundreds of children to summer camp at Huddart Park
UPDATE: Woodside Town Manager Kevin Bryant said a bus permit was granted on Monday morning, June 26 to allow the Girl Scouts to drive its day camp buses into Huddart Park this summer, rather than having children walk a half-mile.[Monday, June 26, 2023]
See photos showing progress of Highway 84 reconstruction project in Woodside
Caltrans released photos showing the progress of work to fix a portion of roadway along Highway 84 in Woodside that shut down in early March because of a 250-foot landslide during a winter storm.[Monday, June 26, 2023]
After three decades of service, Woodside Fire Chief Rob Lindner retires
After nearly 30 years working for the Woodside Fire Protection District, with the last four in the top job of fire chief, Rob Lindner is retiring on Thursday.[Thursday, June 22, 2023]
Girl Scouts say Woodside's new law restricting buses 'severely impacts' its popular Huddart Park day camp
Local Girl Scouts have mobilized against Woodside's new law that restricts buses from using Kings Mountain Road to access Huddart Park, where their annual Peninsula Day Camp is held in July.[Wednesday, June 21, 2023]
Portola Valley: Community celebrates groundbreaking for first affordable housing project in town
People nibbled on shortbread and sipped local wine as speakers commemorated the groundbreaking of Portola Valley's first affordable and supportive housing project.[Tuesday, June 20, 2023]
At an Atherton campaign event, President Biden talks climate change and the drawbacks of 'America First'
Over 100 people attended a campaign dinner in Atherton for President Joe Biden on Monday night, June 19, according to White House press pool reporters.[Monday, June 19, 2023]