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Olympic swimmer joins pool of City Council candidates
Anne Cribbs, an Olympic swimmer and longtime champion of Bay Area sports, is now setting her sights on her next big competition: the Palo Alto City Council. Cribbs, who currently serves on Palo Alto’s Parks and Recreation Commission, is well known for both her athletic accomplishments and her passionate advocacy for local sports. In 1959, when she was just 14, she took gold for breastroke in 200 meters in the Pan American Games. The following year, she was part of the U.S. women’s swim team that won the gold medal for the 400-meter medley relay in the Olympic Games in Rome.
Puente acquires first property for farmworker housing
Puente de la Costa Sur, the Pescadero-based nonprofit organization, announced yesterday that it has formed a new subsidiary dedicated to advancing and preserving affordable housing on the South Coast. Puente Housing Solutions LLC has already acquired its first property, the former Delano Nursery site in Pescadero. Puente Housing Solutions will...
Cal, Stanford ready for cross-country flights for ACC games after Pac-12 breakup
California's Fernando Mendoza and Stanford's Ashton Daniels are quarterbacks for rival football programs in the Golden State, part of the long history of a rivalry known as simply as the "Big Game."Last summer, they were united in their dismay at watching the Pac-12 disintegrate as a power conference, leaving their schools briefly without a home."Unsettling," Daniels recalled."I would be lying if I said it wasn't scary," Mendoza said.Yet on Tuesday, they were sitting in a hotel across the country representing their programs at the preseason football media days in their new Atlantic Coast Conference home. It's part of the early...
Clemson Football Opponent Preview: Cardinal arrival on Homecoming - Game 4: Stanford at Clemson
To round off a three-game home stretch for the Clemson Tigers in the month of September, the Stanford Cardinal travels to Memorial Stadium on Sept. 28 for the Tigers' Homecoming game. The Cardinal heads into (...)
Texas Tech, LSU, South Carolina among top 6 for No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez of Monterey
The options for Aaliyah Chavez's commitment got shorter Tuesday. The Monterey girls basketball standout narrowed her potential landing spots to six colleges, Chavez announced on social media. Hometown Texas Tech is still in the mix, as is Oklahoma, LSU, Texas, UCLA and reigning national-champion South Carolina. ...
Eye-popping construction costs intensify California’s chronic housing shortage
It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets. As the yawning gap between demand and supply, especially in urban areas, pushes costs upward, it drags down the economy...
1/4 Californians' turn to alcohol when making a decision according to new study
Cardrates.com released a survey explaining how 1 out of every 4 Californians turn to alcohol when making an executive decision. These decisions can affect your life for the long run. @ericjdockery
Central Valley caterer aiming to help the next generation
The celebrated chef behind Love and Garlic California Artisan Foods and Catering is sharing her culinary savvy with businesses looking to get their foot in the door, or kitchen."This is a period in my life where I should share my wisdom, my expertise and give back a little bit," says Kitchen Subscriptions Owner Nancy Vajretti.Kitchen Subscriptions is the newest business venture of Vajretti.The commissary kitchen offers new talent or already established businesses a way to streamline production and increase efficiency."All of us need to review how we're selling preparing foods because my big pitch is lower your labor, increase your...
Wildfire Preparedness During California’s Extreme Summer Heat
Cal Fire recently announced that California has experienced an abnormally early fire season with more than 228,000 acres already burned throughout the state of California, more than 20 times the amount burned by this point last year, according to the Cal Fire website. Here in the Tri-Community, we experienced a...
Gavin Newsom shares in new podcast he was working out when Biden's announcement dropped
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Joe Biden's announcement that he would be dropping out of the race for president took him by surprise. On Newsom's new podcast "Politickin'" with retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch and agent Doug Hendrickson, the governor shared that he was working out when the news came over the weekend."I wasn't sitting down when I got the word, I was on my treadmill," Newsom said in the first episode of the podcast, which was released Wednesday. "That was the last thing I was expecting on a quiet Sunday." Newsom announced the podcast earlier in July, noting that...
Idaho’s Air Quality Crisis: The Hidden Dangers of Wildfires and Pollution
Summers in the Western United States are a challenge. Whether you live in Arizona, California, or our state of Idaho, it's hot. The summer of 2024 is projected to be one of the hottest and most dangerous on record, posing a significant threat to our communities. . Fortunately, the Gem...
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