How common is blatant roadside dumping on well-traveled ramp?
Q: As another person recently wrote you, I am also annoyed with graffiti and dumping by freeways and on and off-ramps. I live in Portola Valley and a few years …
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Bay Area RSV, flu and COVID on the rise heading into holidays
Winter virus season is just getting underway as millions of travelers prepare to pack into jetliners and squeeze into SUVs for that Thanksgiving trip to Grandma’s, and Bay Area health …
Traffic calming near schools won’t during non-calm drop-off, pickup times, architect says
Q: Calming traffic on Leigh in front of Valley Christian Academy by taking out lanes? Has any city traffic planner spent any time near a school at pickup and dropoff …
Longtime Silicon Valley congresswoman won’t seek re-election
After serving more than three decades in Congress, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo announced Tuesday that she won’t seek re-election, opening the door for local Democrats in what is expected to …
‘Are intersections over-engineered?’ reader asks after four-way stop smooths traffic:
Q: A couple of weeks ago, someone knocked out the traffic light controller at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Fairmont Drive in Ashland/San Leandro. Since then, the lights defaulted …
Man shot pursuing robbers of Fruitvale food truck Friday night
OAKLAND – A food truck employee was shot shortly after the business’ staff was robbed at gunpoint in Oakland’s Fruitvale district Friday night, authorities said. A 48-year-old man was shot …
Tainted probe of Baby Phoenix fentanyl death should be halted
Baby Phoenix Castro, the 3-month-old San Jose girl who died of a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose in May, should be alive today. Santa Clara County’s child protective services system failed …
Best times to drive, fly over Thanksgiving
This year’s Thanksgiving travel season is predicted to be the busiest in the past two decades, with 7.5 million Californians expected to travel over the next 10 days, according to …
Alameda County D.A. Pamela Price delivers fiery rebuke to critics as she launches anti-recall campaign – The Mercury News
OAKLAND — In an evening marked by supporters’ well wishes and largely jovial vibes, there were certain moments during Pamela Price’s anti-recall campaign launch when the embattled district attorney channeled …
California’s Dungeness crab season delayed again
On Friday, the California Fish and Wildlife Department ordered another delay in the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season — the second so far this winter. The risk of whales becoming …