On Oct. 17, the fifth-grade teachers at North Star Academy in Redwood City sent an email to parents. “Students should not be ...

An adaptation of an award-winning print article that tells the story of how major corporate interests turned a blind eye to health risks from leaded gasoline from the 1920s through the 1980s.

Alondra, 45, poses for a photo inside a community organization that provides legal help, healthcare and rental assistance to their majority-Hispanic community. ( Arundathi Nair/Peninsula Press) For 14 ...

San Mateo was one of the locations on the San Francisco Peninsula where the first Japanese immigrants, hoping for better work opportunities, settled around the turn of the 20th century.

Bay Area counties and non-profit organizations are preparing for the 2020 Census by canvassing neighborhoods to make address lists more complete and recruiting “trusted messengers” like priests and ...

CUPERTINO – Santa Clara County has launched a pilot program to provide curb-to-curb transportation for seniors in five West Valley cities as an alternative to the costlier ride-sharing services and ...

PALO ALTO – Palo Alto is exploring ways to redesign four of its Caltrain railroad crossings that have become traffic bottlenecks and scenes of frequent accidents.