Palo Alto Weekly2h
Medi-Cal to cover Indigenous traditional care in Silicon Valley
Starting next year, Medi-Cal will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans seeking treatment for substance ...
Palo Alto Weekly18h
City revives plan to build downtown garage
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How will the 2024 propositions affect Silicon Valley?
This year’s election cycle brought 10 propositions to California voters. Some will either usher in statewide changes or no changes at all.
Palo Alto Weekly2h
Trump’s deportations could cost California ‘hundreds of billions of dollars.’ Here’s how
In summary Some sectors, like agriculture, will be hit directly. Many more could feel the ripple effects. Mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump could have a seismic economic ...
Palo Alto Weekly20h
Palo Alto finds common ground over housing ‘impact fees’
For years, Palo Alto's elected leaders have been squabbling over a question with no clear answer: How to encourage more ...
Palo Alto Weekly18h
Two California prosecutors promised a different kind of justice. Voters turned on them
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Palo Alto Weekly5h
The price tag on Project 2025’s abortion plan: $300 million cut to Medi-Cal
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom is urgently preparing to protect reproductive rights from the incoming Trump administration—and the looming possibility of Project 2025-inspired policies. If ...
Palo Alto Weekly5h
Unstoppable invasion: How did mussels sneak into California, despite decades of state shipping rules?
In summary Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under ...
Palo Alto Weekly5h
Busing people out of homelessness: How California’s relocation programs really work
In summary Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places. Mayor London Breed, outgoing mayor of San Francisco, made waves recently with a major policy shift ...
Palo Alto Weekly5h
CA crime policy takes conservative turn
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks during a press conference in Oakland on Nov. 8, 2023. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group I’m CalMatters politics reporter Yue Stella Yu, ...
Palo Alto Weekly16h
Weeklong rainy weather in Bay Area expected to end in time for Thanksgiving
An extended period of rain that has seen some parts of the Bay Area receive nearly two dozen inches of rain in the last week is expected to end just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to ...
Palo Alto Weekly18h
The year’s best books by local authors
Another year, another round of amazing local authors releasing phenomenal books for every age! There’s something special about reading a book by an author who is your neighbor, whose kids go to your ...