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“Available now — protein coffee!” It sounds too good to be true (because it is), but truthfully, convenience has been the greatest marketing ploy for modern health trends.
Each day, someone takes a U.S. Constitution from the public library in Burlingame. The Library Foundation keeps a stack of pocket Constitutions in a plastic stand on the main floor, and folks are welcome to have one for free and take it home. I must admit I find even this small act hopeful —…
Editor,
Recently, a very close friend suddenly passed away. Adjusting to his passing will take some time for those of us who knew and loved him, and will be difficult. But he left behind a wonderful wife — who of course is an equally close friend — some terrific kids and five grandchildren. And so h…
In the first few months after my brother left for college, my mom kept saying that she couldn’t believe my brother wasn’t home anymore but, back then, I remember feeling as if he was here with us all the time.
Editor,
Nothing like a screaming political scandal to shake everyone out of their doldrums so they can start thinking about just who should be the governor of the world’s fourth largest economy.
There will be 61 names of would-be governors on the June 2 primary election ballot, but the top two finishers will — as certainly as anything can be in politics — come from the six who participated Wednesday evening in the first statewide televised debate.
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Despite opposition from three of his colleagues on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, David Canepa’s campaign for county assessor-clerk-recorder and elections chief appears to be thriving.
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If you read any number of the skewed media accounts regarding the International Olympic Committee’s March decision to bar participation of biological men from competing against biological women in the upcoming Los Angeles Summer Games in 2028 and beyond, you may get the distinct impression t…
With what seems like daily inconsistent grave announcements by each side in the U.S.-Iran war, it is rightly hard to focus on other international matters. But the China-U.S. relationship is one that bears constant attention given not only its worldwide impact, but its potential for constrain…
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Last week in Miami, a 20-year-old named Braden Peters, who goes by Clavicular (whose name comes from his obsession with his own clavicle width), seemed to overdose on a Kick livestream at a bar.
To serve at your local library could be a matter of your interest, availability or your skills.
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One of my favorite episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H was when the unit prepared to “Bug Out.” Rumor had it that the enemy might be heading toward the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and the team might have to pack the unit up and move.
Amidst a global war with Iran and rising gasoline prices, people across this nation, and especially in the Bay Area, have another concern to add to their lists.
Editor,
I’ve kept tabs on the progress of countless development projects in and around Redwood City, but there are few that I’ve monitored more closely than the city’s new Veterans Memorial Building/Senior Center.
I’ve been an editor at my school paper for two years; I spent my first as an editorial director, and I’m spending my second as an editor-in-chief. I am always frantic.
Editor,
The San Mateo Daily Journal does not use artificial intelligence in its writing or reporting, neither will it in the immediate future. It also doesn’t accept any submissions that are written with the assistance of AI.
So, it occurs to me, almost no matter what happens between now and Saturday, that I will have had a better week than Eric Swalwell.
Californians are hurting, struggling to get by under the high energy costs that have become a hallmark of life in our state.
Editor,
It is April 15. Gulp. Federal and state income tax payments for 2025 are due. So it’s an appropriate time to consider a financial reality again: We live in one of the most heavily-taxed regions of the nation. And it only gets more onerous.
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