Mountain View is making strides with its plan to rezone parts of the city to create more opportunities to build more homes, ...

In summary He says state law gives him the right to turn his garage into an apartment. His HOA says it doesn’t. Who’s right? Adam Hardesty insists he wanted to do everything by the book.  Before ...

Mountain View Mayor Ellen Kamei is eager to see some of her top priorities make it across the finish line, despite the ...

Adam Hardesty looks through floor plans at his home in Carlsbad on Feb. 19, 2025. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters In a dispute over whether he can convert his three-story condominium’s garage into ...

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles County last month, the New York Times published a commentary by former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, who suggested that oil companies should pay for the ...

Downtown Mountain View is getting a caffeine boost with a new Yemeni coffee and tea shop. Established in 2022 in San Francisco by Bassery Alriashi, Sana’a Cafe now has eight cafes, primarily in ...

The Mountain View City Council appointed a new member to the Environmental Planning Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.” The new standard, which offers ...

A federal investigation has found more than $135,370 earmarked for preschool education program Head Start was misappropriated ...

Palo Alto’s Byxbee parkrun is the only Northern California affiliate of an international running group founded in London 20 ...

Breaking free from a cycle of abuse, addiction, poverty, and incarceration, she co-founded the Bay Redemption House, a ...

Two students walk to class at Los Padres Elementary School in Salinas on Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local As the setting for John Steinbeck’s 1950s classic “East ...