Palo Alto Weekly4h
Ongoing LA blazes raise wildfire recovery questions
The Eaton Fire burns businesses in Altadena on Jan. 8, 2025. Photo by Ted Soqui for Fires in Southern California continue to burn as people in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties remain under ...
Palo Alto Weekly4h
LA wildfire response from California lawmakers: Lots of ideas, few details
In summary As wildfires rage on in Los Angeles, California lawmakers are rushing to offer ideas for wildfire response and prevention. Few, however, have provided specifics on how they would work — and ...
Palo Alto Weekly4h
How California could benefit if Trump actually dissolved the Education Department
Guest Commentary written by Lance Christensen Lance Christensen is the vice president of government affairs and education policy at the California Policy Center. He has spent two decades working in ...
Palo Alto Weekly4h
Online censorship in schools is ‘more pervasive’ than expected, new data shows
In summary Nationally representative survey data from The Center for Democracy & Technology finds schools subjectively and broadly block students from information online. Aleeza Siddique, 15, was in a ...
Palo Alto Weekly10h
LA wildfires could clobber California economy as state recovers from a pandemic recession
Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an ...
Palo Alto Weekly12h
Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with weekend volunteer opportunities, symposiums and the Celebration Train
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20, but there are local events and volunteer opportunities honoring the civil rights ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
Watching L.A. fires from afar, Peninsula residents fearful of wildfire risk in their own backyards
Thousands of residents in Los Angeles County have lost their homes to the multiple fires that sparked as early as Tuesday, Jan. 7. While hundreds of miles away from the blaze, local residents of the ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
Council treads lightly on artificial turf as health concerns surface
Concerned about the health and environmental impacts of synthetic turf, Palo Alto has halted its plans to resurface the ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
CA abandons clean-air rules on diesel trucks
Commercial trucks pass by a warehouse in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 2024. Photo by Carlin Stiehl for In a striking setback to reduce California’s air pollution but a win for ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
LA colleges move classes online, offer services to students affected by fire
In summary After the LA fires prompted several colleges and universities to close or move to remote operations last week, several are resuming from winter break this week with online instruction and ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
Newsom committed California to making its own insulin. It’s at least a year behind his schedule
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 signed a law allowing California to manufacture its own insulin, an effort to bring down the cost of the drug. The project is years away from delivering medicine ...