Mountain View is making strides with its plan to rezone parts of the city to create more opportunities to build more homes, ...

In summary He says state law gives him the right to turn his garage into an apartment. His HOA says it doesn’t. Who’s right? Adam Hardesty insists he wanted to do everything by the book.  Before ...

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles County last month, the New York Times published a commentary by former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, who suggested that oil companies should pay for the ...

As you may know by now, I’m a big library fan. You can often find me at the public library and, as I’m also a member of my local Buy Nothing group and a frequent pedestrian about town, you probably ...

Palo Alto’s Byxbee parkrun is the only Northern California affiliate of an international running group founded in London 20 ...

West Bay Opera spins some vocal confections with Bellini's sleep-walking melodrama "La sonnambula." The opera is rarely staged, so this production offers quite an opportunity to catch it.

This week: concerts with Latin folk musician Diana Gameros and Martha High's Funky Divas; a tribute to the music of Willie Nelson will raise funds for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

In a dispute over whether he can convert his three-story condominium’s garage into its own ground-floor apartment, one Carlsbad resident is waging a battle against his homeowners association. As ...

What happens when two friends share a passion for board games, experience in tech and an entrepreneurial spirit? In the case of Peninsula residents Steve Holmes and Jeremy Bennett, the result of those ...