2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (931+ words) “Bugs,” the colloquial term San Mateo entomologist Stephanie Dole uses to refer to insects, are all around us. The term encompasses six-legged wonders such as flies, beetles, grasshoppers and so many more, including “true bugs” belonging to the order Hemiptera;…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) Menlo Park parents are facing higher fees at a city-run child care program, part of the City Council’s measures to end a structural deficit. Tuition is set to increase 11% over two years for preschool and day care programs at Menlo…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (834+ words) If you ask Simiz Kai Lelei co-owner Lorrita Achica what’s a must-have on a plate of Polynesian food, she answers quickly. Think taro, green bananas, sweet potatoes and cassava, often cooked in coconut milk. These starches are more than just…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (431+ words) We spend a lot of time talking about today’s middle and high schoolers as an “always online” generation. Screens fill nearly every empty space in their lives, from entertainment, conversations with friends, directions to answers, and increasingly, the way they…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (731+ words) On the wall of Parini Shroff’s home office in Mountain View is a framed copy of the first short story she ever wrote. The tale is called “The Magic Hole” and she wrote it at age 7. Shroff began her professional…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (256+ words) I am writing to you today with a heavy heart to urge immediate, decisive action to make Skyline Boulevard (State Route 35) and our Peninsula mountain corridors safe for all who use them. The tragic, preventable death of 34-year-old cyclist Jakub…...