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Redwood City’s Veterans Boulevard is finally having its day. I’ve lived in Redwood City for more than 35 years, and for most of that time it has primarily been a street to be crossed to get to Kohl’s (before that, Mervyn’s), Sports Basement (Toys R Us) or Highway 101. Other than the very occ…
Every day, the second floor of the Redwood City Public Library is filled with the turning of pages and quiet buzz of conversation as tutors and learners sit side by side.
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The people of our country built the White House shortly after our Revolutionary War with England, and in 1792, the cornerstone of the White House was laid.
San Mateo is on the verge of one of the largest redevelopment projects in its history. The longtime owner of the Hillsdale Mall, Bohannon Development Company, has brought in Northwood Investors, an out-of-state private equity firm. Together, they are big developers with big pockets, looking …
In March of this year, 84% of voters approved a measure that gave the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors the ability to remove the elected sheriff with cause. One of the rationales for moving ahead with a charter amendment rather than a recall was that it allowed the county to move faster…
To paraphrase on old saying, the chaos will continue until morale improves.
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Let’s just call it an “auto-arachnid.” It’s a spider that lives in our car — not the actual interior, not the driving/passenger compartment. The creature inhabits the workings of the passenger-side adjustable mirror. We have yet to observe it up close. But we know it’s there because we find …
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Every generation thinks they lived through the fastest period of change in history. But this time, transformation is hitting all industries at the same time, with accelerating velocity. The world our kids are growing up in is rewriting itself in real time and a decade from now, many of the j…
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How do we live in a world of AI, have access to professional advice on YouTube, yet women are still confused about health issues affecting their day-to-day lives?
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Recently I returned from a long weekend in San Diego, where my wife and I, along with my brother and sister-in-law, spent three full days working through two large mini-storage units full of items, big and small, that once belonged to my parents. It was a lot of work, but fun in a way. And i…
Somewhere along the way, we forgot what education was supposed to be about.
Recently enacted legislation now requires elementary schools to teach cursive at some point between first and sixth grades, which means that the diminishing skill will be revitalized for the next generation.
In an era saturated with data, opinions and noise, it’s easy to question your inner voice. We’re taught to defer to experts, wait for consensus and downplay our instincts in the name of objectivity. But history shows that meaningful change often begins with a quiet sense that something isn’t…
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There are many reasons to run for office and, I suppose, vindication is as good as any.
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