10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (970+ words) Byron Sher, a collegial Stanford University law professor who ran for Palo Alto city council in the 1960s after losing a battle over the widening of a local street, then rose to the state Legislature, writing many of California’s landmark environmental…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (159+ words) Rotary District 5170 is holding its inaugural summit on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. The gathering is designed to spark cross-club collaboration, introduce prospective members to Rotary and highlight the impact of local clubs. The summit will…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (649+ words) The Mercury News Dos Burros in Saratoga began serving weekend brunch in March, but they’re really coming into their own now. The menu is streamlined but generous, with vegetarian, seafood and meat options. If you crave well-crafted salsas, they have…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (635+ words) WEEK 3 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Burlingame 49, Arroyo 0 College Park 43, Lincoln-San Francisco 0 Hayward 67, Balboa 7 Justin-Siena 26, St. Mary’s-Berkeley 0 Menlo School 62, Castlemont 6 Sacred Heart Prep 45, El Capitan 6 St. Bernard’s 35, Heritage 18 St. Vincent de Paul 26, Redwood Christian 7 Santa Clara 28, Santa Cruz 25 Sequoia 20, Washington-San Francisco…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (82+ words) The Mercury News “To not include a cross-section of our demographic into the script is insensitive.” — Cupertino City Council Member R “Ray” Wang, after seeing a trailer for the new CBS legal drama “Cupertino,” which some residents say bears little…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (157+ words) Mark O’Grady has a big day for Burlingame in a rout of Arroyo, Santa Clara holds off Santa Cruz in final seconds, College Parks rolls past Lincoln-San Francisco. Asking Eric: I inherited a house, and I made a big mistake…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (457+ words) A federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt construction on a planned detention facility in Gilroy after attorneys for the state of California and Santa Clara County sued to block it on environmental grounds. Judge Eumi K. Lee…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (559+ words) A federal appeals court has taken the unusual step of steering a class-action case to the California Supreme Court, saying the state high court is best suited to resolve the dispute. The case involves past and current members of the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (590+ words) State officials have agreed to find a way to return millions of dollars in vehicle license fees to San Mateo County weeks after county leaders claimed the loss of revenue would lead to public service cuts. The state legislature has…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (316+ words) Palo Alto has a new fast-casual restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine and protein-maxxing. Most chicken and tofu items on the menu promise at least 40 grams of protein per meal. Holy Shred, which opened along El Camino Real in mid-August, is…...