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San Mateo County

Greek Taverna opens in Portola Valley

The second location of Taverna, an elegant Greek restaurant, opened March 14 in Portola Valley.

Taverna is a Greek restaurant that started in Palo Alto before a second location was recently opened in Portola Valley. (Kate Bradshaw/Bay Area News Group)

State Capitol of California in Sacramento, August 5, 2024. (AP Foto/Juliana Yamada, Archivo)

California legislator pushes for voter privacy in recall elections

Benicia’s Colton Richardson, right, celebrates his three-run home run against Washington High School during the sixth inning of an NCS high school baseball playoff game, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in Benicia, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron for the Bay Area News Group)

Prep roundup: Benicia opens league play with key baseball win over Acalanes

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San Mateo

Alef Aeronautics cofounder Constantine Kisly shows off a prototype of the company’s flying car under development in San Mateo, Calif., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Silicon Valley’s flying car ambitions take off, but can they solve Bay Area transit woes?

Several greater Bay Area companies are competing to bring flying vehicles to market.

Redwood City

It's important to keep cats safe from avian flu -- fortunately the precautions are rather simple.

Am I doing enough to keep my cats safe from avian flu?

Several precautions are advised to keep pet cats safe from avian flu.

Menlo Park

Kids under 16 will no longer be allowed to livestream on Instagram without parental consent

The changes come amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.

Atherton

Map shows measles vaccination rates among kindergarteners from 2023-25 by California county

One Bay Area county is particularly at risk as measles outbreaks grow in U.S.

In Santa Cruz County just over 91% of kindergarten students had received the recommended doses...

Burlingame

Two men were killed and a third man was wounded in a North Oakland shooting Friday night (File)

Peninsula cops cleared in shooting of armed man last fall

The suspect pointed a .45-caliber handgun in the direction of officers, prosecutors said.

East Palo Alto

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East Palo Alto veteran faces 12 year sentence after plea for 2021 homicide

Jason Charles Dixon, 46, faces 12 years in prison if his plea deal is approved...

Half Moon Bay

The February disciplinary cases, in which each deputy was suspended for two days, raised the number of deputies punished so far this year to three and the number of incidents to four.
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Half Moon Bay: Convicted felon arrested on gun possession charges

Three assault rifles, fireworks and a ballistic vest were seized, according to the sheriff's office.

Pacifica

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Some COVID shocks were short-lived, others more permanent: These five Bay Area charts show how

It has been five years since the Bay Area's shelter-in-place order was announced, these charts...

San Bruno

Layoffs erase more than 600 Bay Area tech, biotech, hotel, retail jobs

A fresh wave of layoffs jolted the Bay Area during March with several rounds of...

San Carlos

The Raging Grannies join a protest against Elon Musk in front of the Tesla dealership on El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, March 22, 2025. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Tesla flounders amid global fury over Elon Musk’s rampage through U.S. government

Tesla, long a darling of progressives, has seen criticism, but nothing compared to the explosive,...

South San Francisco

Biotech companies shed hundreds of Bay Area jobs in fresh layoffs

Life sciences companies have decided to chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs.