Environmental activist Erin Brockovich may have been made famous by the Oscar-winning movie starring Julia Roberts, but she proved she’s got her own star power at the YWCA Golden Gate …
Q: I commute on Interstate 880 in the South Bay. A while back, Caltrans changed the metering light strategy. Please tell me this is some experiment gone wrong that will …
For a book revolving around a city-consuming wildfire in Canada, John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” — named this month a U.S. National Book Award non-fiction finalist — features a great deal …
Q: I thought I read earlier this year that Caltrans planned to pave Interstate 880 north through Fremont in September. Here we are, already in November, and nothing has happened. …
People born in India are now the largest immigrant group in the Bay Area’s two biggest counties. Santa Clara and Alameda are now home to 250,000 residents who were born …
The final week of the high school football regular season is here and what a closing act it could be. Two win-and-in games in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa …
SAN JOSE – For the still-winless San Jose Sharks, there is no such thing right now as leaving your problems at the rink. “When I go home after a game …
Q: There is no overhead signal going northbound on Fair Oaks Avenue at Weddell Drive in Sunnyvale. There is only one to the side. Drivers think there is no signal. …
Stanford University said Monday it was investigating a “cybersecurity incident” after a ransomware group threatened to release confidential information from the university’s Department of Public Safety on the dark web. …
Q: Halloween can be a very fun holiday. It does bring increased risks for pedestrians and drivers. Distractions are high, more pedestrians are out, and drivers are hurrying home for …