https://n2v.almanacnews.com If it is local and useful, it is on AlmanacNews.com. en-us Copyright 2024 AlmanacNews.com https://almanacnews.com/art/top_logo.png https://n2v.almanacnews.com A section of Upper Alpine Road, 1.5 miles north of Willowbrook Drive, in Portola Valley has been closed since 11:30 a.m. due to low utility lines from a fallen tree.]]> ]]> ]]> The town is now responding to a state request to consider additional areas for housing opportunities by revising a minimum lot requirement in a particular program.]]> On the eve of the first anniversary of the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay last year, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office announced the indictment of suspect Chunli Zhao on Monday. ]]> Interim Portola Valley Planning Director Jon Biggs is leaving the town this winter.<br /> ]]> The heavy rain has ended but Monday morning commuters around the Bay Area are encountering the aftermath: flooded roads, downed trees and a few mudslides.]]> The Sequoia Union High School District's Board of Trustees' Jan. 17 meeting was one of the most chaotic board meetings in recent memory.]]> Californians infected with COVID-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines.]]> Local residents who have died recently include Isabel Walker, Gordon Russell, Sandra Couch and Lee Newman McMillion.]]> Embarcadero Media Foundation is set to unveil brand-new websites for all seven of its newsrooms along the Peninsula and in the Tri-Valley on Jan. 24. ]]> The Menlo Park City School District unanimously voted to approve new internal enrollment boundaries.]]> The Atherton City Council has been looking at adjusting service fees with an eye toward giving property owners incentives to help the town expand housing over the next several years per state requirements.]]> An M-A ethnic studies and U.S. History has taken a leave of absence amidst pushback from some over a lesson on the Israel-Hamas war.]]> A series of three back-to-back storm systems will move through the Bay Area over the weekend.]]> As pioneers in the tech industry, the Mitics were accustomed to creating problem-solving products, so they got to work on building an elevated beverage that would appeal to anyone looking to reduce or remove their alcohol consumption.]]> The Peninsula Health Care District announced that several community organizations will split over $1 million in grants for its 2024 cycle.]]> Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said on Jan. 17 that he would veto any bill with an outright ban on youth tackle football. ]]> A person was brutally stabbed on a bus in North Fair Oaks on Jan. 16, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.]]> Kaiser Permanente is offering a program which, provides affordable health care coverage to low-income adults and children, and applications for the program are due by Jan. 31.]]> The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Wednesday calls for mostly sunny skies, with patchy fog settling in most areas throughout the day.]]> The San Mateo County Human Services Agency is recruiting volunteers for its yearly one day homeless count, a day when, in past years, hundreds have undertaken the task of tallying those sheltered and unsheltered people.]]> Sarah Wernikoff spoke with The Almanac to discuss what's to come in 2024.]]> California health care workers banking on a state-ordered minimum wage increase later this year might have to wait a little longer.]]> The Menlo Park City School District will consider whether to shift school zoning boundaries to cushion the influx of students expected to enroll at Encinal School in Menlo Park.]]> As the field of generative artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, ushering in a torrent of fake photos and videos, state Sen. Josh Becker is sponsoring a bill that would require AI companies to watermark their content.]]> Christian Sbragia, an educator in the East Palo Alto community who started the nonprofit CoolineKids, died on Jan. 5 at the age of 19.]]> A man died in the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on Sunday, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.<br /> ]]> The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Monday calls for partly sunny skies, with patchy fog likely to settle in some areas during the day.]]> In a guest opinion, retired mechanical engineer Robert Hogue makes the case for investing in better electric home appliances.]]> In this week's community briefs, Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School's grand opening, electric leaf blower rebates, committee openings and more.]]> The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has picked its new president and vice president, county officials said Tuesday.]]> Rain is expected to begin in the North Bay early Saturday morning, reaching the rest of the Bay Area in mid-to-late morning. ]]> Local residents who have died recently include Trudy L. Bowman, Joseph R. Meyers, Jean Elsa Sloss, Joan S. Trewhitt and Madelaine M. Vairora.]]> The Menlo Park City School District Board of Trustees will consider a change to its internal boundaries, specifically between Encinal and Oak Knoll schools, during a Jan. 18 meeting.]]> Google plans to close its employee child care centers later this year, impacting two facilities in Mountain View that it rents from the Mountain View Whisman School District.<br /> ]]> In another reduction to its global workforce, Google plans to lay off hundreds of workers in the Bay Area this year, with Mountain View experiencing the brunt of the job cuts.]]> Redwood City Pulse blogger Dan Calic reflects on the history of Alice's Restaurant in Woodside.]]> The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.]]> As evictions soar across California now that Covid-era moratoria have expired, advocates are pushing for more cities and counties to follow San Francisco's example of guaranteeing tenants access to an attorney in eviction proceedings.]]> Just as Portola Valley was set to submit its latest draft of a housing plan ahead of this month's deadline, the state has brought up additional questions to the surprise and consternation of town leaders.]]> Robell's decision comes after a nearly year-long dispute centered on Sequoia Union High School District Measure W and Redwood City School District Measure S, substantial school bonds totaling $889.5 million. ]]> The largest increase in developer-impact fees that Menlo Park has seen in recent years should bode well for upcoming infrastructure projects worth tens of millions of dollars.]]> Marjorie Mader, an Almanac reporter for 40 years, died on Dec. 31.]]> Diana Hawkins-Manuelian, in her first term as mayor of Atherton, wants to finalize the town's eight-year housing plan.]]> The Atherton City Council would like to gauge playground needs in the park.]]> With the primary election for the coveted Silicon Valley congressional seat less than two months away, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo announced Wednesday that she is backing veteran lawmaker Joe Simitian to succeed her in Congress.]]> The man arrested for allegedly breaking into the Atherton home of Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry in October to ask for an autograph turned himself in on Dec. 19, according to Atherton police.]]> Artist and environmentalist Favianna Rodriguez's artwork, inspired by the ongoing tidal wetland restoration efforts of the San Francisco Bay, finds a home in citizenM's Menlo Park property on Meta's campus.]]>