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Newly appointed Atherton Council member says she’s ready to listen, learn
Christine David may be new to the Atherton City Council when she takes office in December, but the longtime resident is no stranger to getting things done in the town.
Portola Valley will hold election, even though Town Council race is uncontested
Portola Valley will have an uncontested Town Council race this November with no challengers stepping up to run against three incumbents.
Meta to pay $17 billion — and limit ‘likes’ for teens — in social media settlement with states
Menlo Park-based Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and to make changes to its platforms to end a major case on children and social media addiction.
Youth advocates rally for stronger Sheriff oversight in San Mateo County
Stop the Scandal, a group of high school-aged interns within the public safety watchdog organization Fixin’ San Mateo County, delivered a petition to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors calling for the county to establish an independent inspector general for stronger oversight of the Sheriff’s Office.
Parents of transgender kids say California is ‘unprepared’ as feds cut off their healthcare
When A.W.’s husband lost his job, she was thankful the safety net preserved the family’s access to healthcare. Her eldest son had a team of doctors and therapists at Stanford’s specialty gender clinic; losing that support team, she said, would have been traumatic.
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