Skip Rancho Once: Underrated Open Space Preserves for Sunrise Walks Near Mountain View
Rancho San Antonio is the default, and the parking lot proves it by 8 a.m. every weekend. The quieter alternative: Midpen — the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District — manages 27 preserves across roughly 70,000 acres, most of them intentionally minimalist (a parking lot, a sign, maybe an outhouse). That's a feature, not a flaw, especially for a quiet sunrise walk with golden-hour light and...
These are the Bay Area’s worst traffic spots. No. 1 is a brutal stretch...
A look at the Bay Area’s top ten traffic chokepoints shows a recurring theme: traffic patterns from workers commuting south for jobs in tech or aerospace.
California Restaurant Closures Hitting the South Bay This Month: What Mountain View Diners Should...
California lost another wave of restaurants this month, and the most consequential one is a short walk from downtown Mountain View's main stretch. Here is what changed, what it means locally, and why the industry keeps contracting.
Bay Area rain Monday: Timing, totals and wind gust forecast
Rain and 30 to 40 mph coastal wind gusts arrive Monday as a slow-moving spring storm kicks off a wet, stormy week across Northern California.
California couple charged with murder in death of toddler skip court
A Bay Area couple charged in the murder of a 2-year-old girl who reportedly overdosed on fentanyl earlier this year failed to appear in court last week to face the charges. The tragic incident occurred just after 5 a.m. on Feb. 12, according to the San Francisco County District Attorney’s Office. Officers with the San […]
Hollywood Jobs Crisis Becomes Focus of Governor’s Race as Candidates Offer Incentive Hike
The collapse of film and TV production over the last three years has cost California some 51,000 jobs — mostly in Los Angeles — roughly equivalent to the decline in L.A.’s aerospace workforce in the early 1990s. Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer Delivered $600 Million Windfall to Local TV Stations The candidates for California governor are taking notice and starting to roll out plans to...
San Francisco Basks Sunday, Braces For Rainy Rumble This Week
San Francisco eased in today, under mostly cloudy skies and cool, muggy air, with neighborhood temperatures hovering around 53°F early on. As the marine layer thins by late morning, the city should trade gray for blue, with mostly sunny skies and an afternoon high near 67°F, a bit warmer than the last few days.
Day one of I-80 closure diverts drivers without major gridlock
SAN FRANCISCO - Day one of a partial closure along Interstate 80 brought slower traffic through parts of San Francisco but avoided the widespread gridlock officials had feared. The project:. Caltrans shut down eastbound lanes between 4th and 17th streets over the weekend to complete rehabilitation work on a key...
Stanford Health Care Collaborates with Alameda Health System Affiliate, Expanding Access to Care in...
On April 9, Alameda Health System (AHS) and Stanford Health Care announced a new collaboration to expand access to specialized medical services across central and southern Alameda County. Introduced at a community event hosted at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, an AHS affiliate, the partnership will enhance care for nearly...
Empty I-80 Allows Caltrans to Repair Key San Francisco Bay Bridge Connector
Eastbound Interstate 80 was largely empty Saturday, a rare break in traffic that allowed crews to take over one of the Bay Area’s busiest corridors. More than 100 workers with Caltrans spread out across the closed lanes, working around the clock to resurface a section of roadway leading to the Bay Bridge. The weekend closure halted traffic along the connector between U.S. Highway 101...
