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OPINION
April 24, 2023
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor
Many elected officials in San Mateo County were living it up over the weekend (April 21-23) at the San Mateo County Chamber's annual Progress Seminar.The event was in Sonoma County in the heart of Wine Country.Why wasn't this event held in San Mateo County?

In 2021, San Mateo County, California, banned people incarcerated in county jails from receiving physical mail.Instead, family and friends were required to mail their letters to Smart Communications, a private for-profit company based in Florida that would scan and destroy those letters so that incarcerated people would be required to access them digitally through a limited number of shared tablets and kiosks in public spaces within the jails.

The National Weather Service wasn't kidding about that wind advisory, as a couple hours into it, winds have topped 60 miles per hour, an estimated 70,000 in the Bay Area are without power, and PG&E and the fire department are playing whack-a-mole with downed trees and lines.We mentioned this morning that the National Weather Service was putting out a wind advisory, one that would start at 1 p.m. today, with winds possibly reaching as strong as 55 miles per hour.

Nhat V. Meyer/AP The man accused of killing seven people and injuring one in shootings at two farms in the Northern California town of Half Moon Bay on Monday faces multiple felonies, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Chunli Zhao, a 66-year-old farmworker, was found and arrested at a sheriff's Half Moon Bay substation shortly after the shooting rampage.

California drivers may not face rain this week, but potholes caused by recent storms pose new dangers.In Los Angeles, requests for pothole repairs have soared as downpours have crumbled streets.Since Dec. 30, there have been 2,407 potholes reported on Los Angeles roads, with 722 this weekend alone.So far, 812 of those reported have been fixed, said Elena Stern, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works.

REDWOOD CITY As inflation and the blow back from the coronavirus pandemic continue to put pressure on low-income people in one of the wealthiest regions in the country, San Mateo County is exploring expanded guaranteed income programs to help more families in need.The idea of giving cash to low-income folks to help make ends meet has been gaining momentum in the U.S. in recent years.

San Francisco's popular Marufuku Ramen has finally expanded south to Silicon Valley.This fourth Bay Area location of Marufuku is now serving Hakata-style ramen in Cupertino.The restaurant chain was launched in S.F.'s Japantown in 2010, then grew to include locations in Oakland, Redwood City, Southern California, Texas and New York's East Village.

Why actually try to fight global warming and make a more sustainable future when you can just lie about it?Caltrans express lane sign--the latest excuse for freeway widening.Image: Caltrans
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The martial Nutcracker may have triumphed over the Mouse King in their first North American skirmish, but the production was hardly a winner when the San Francisco Ballet first presented the Russian import to the war-weary public in the winter of 1944.The response was so underwhelming that the next year the company, looking to established a holiday season tentpole, went back to Hansel and Gretel, which had received a similarly lukewarm reception in 1943.

Spring started with 5 inches of rain at some Bay Area sites from back-to-back storms.The following are the National Weather Service totals, in inches, for Sunday through 6 a.m.Wednesday.They are raw numbers, meaning they haven't been quality-checked for accuracy.Tuesday's storm also brought winds reaching almost 90 mph (chart of peak gusts).

Thousands remained without power Thursday morning across the Bay Area, a day after Pacific Gas and Electric Company saw its most outages in a single day since 1995.The utility said about 367,000 of its Bay Area customers were without power at the outages peak yesterday, with most coming in the South Bay and on the Peninsula.

It seems those Impossible Foods layoff rumors in January were true: Alternative meat company Impossible Foods notified the state that 132 employees have been laid off, the San Francisco Business Times reports.That amounts to about 16 percent of the Redwood City-based company's workforce, according to the news outlet.

Housing affordability hit a record low in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released Thursday.At the end of the fourth quarter, the index stood at its lowest level since the NAHB began tracking the data on a consistent basis in 2012.

ATHERTON With just a little over two weeks to go until the richest town in America has to submit its state-mandated housing plan for approval, council members agreed to upzone parts of El Camino Real and one property adjacent to Redwood City in an effort to stave off a rejection that could mean they lose local development control altogether.

Palo Alto Chinese restaurant Mandarin Roots, owned by Simon Yuan and son Jarvis Yuan, closed permanently on December 31 after 24 years in business.The restaurant owners posted a note to the business website saying "all good things come to an end" and that "it has been a pleasure."

Gusts above 80 mph were recorded in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon as a storm blew through.The highest speeds in the National Weather Service data as of 4 p.m. were 82 on Mount Umunhum and 81 on Mount Alison, in the Mission Peak preserve.Most of the peak gusts came between 1:30 and 2 p.m., although San Francisco International Airport's 62-mph reading was at 3:25.

The first storm from an atmospheric river series brought 2 inches of rain to most Bay Area cities and more than 7 inches to some Santa Cruz Mountains locations.The chart shows the National Weather Service's precipitation totals from Thursday, March 9, until 8 a.m.Monday, March 13.The next round of rain is expected to arrive Monday night.

The heavy rain that blew through the Bay Area early Tuesday is expected to give way to showers and unsettled weather until the evening.The following totals from the National Weather Service are from Saturday when rain began in the evening for most of the Bay Area through 7 a.m.Tuesday.They are raw numbers, not yet checked for quality control.

The first week of the year saw two big storms bridged by intermittent rain in the Bay Area, bringing rainfall totals of up to 15 inches.The following totals from the National Weather Service are from Dec. 30 through 6 a.m.Friday, Jan. 6.They are raw numbers, not yet checked for quality control.The site of the greatest total, Scott Creek, is at 2,300 feet elevation near Empire Grade, south of Big Basin State Park.

The first wave of the latest atmospheric river storm was characterized by high winds and moderate rainfall 1 to 2 inches in most of the Bay Area.After a lull early Thursday, rain is expected to resume for several hours.(Track the storm's progress on this map.)The following are the storm's totals through 6 a.m.

The Counter, a longtime staple for customized gourmet burgers and milkshakes, has ended its 14-year run in Walnut Creek, just one of a slew of restaurants that said goodbye in 2022.The restaurant at 1699 N. California Ave. was part of the popular fine-casual chain offering seemingly endless customizations - via a paper-and-pencil-form - for your burger, from turkey, buffalo and meatless patties to the type of bun, sauce, cheese and other toppers.

They called it an engineering marvel, and it was, even by today's standards.The aqueduct project to bring fresh water 160 miles - from the Sierra Nevada's Hetch Hetchy Valley to the Bay Area - took 24 years to build and cost $102 million and the lives of dozens of construction workers.On Oct. 28, 1934, crowds from San Francisco gathered on the Peninsula to see and hear the first bursts of mountain water.

This week's first storms brought 1 to 2 inches of rain to most Bay Area cities.The chart shows the National Weather Service's precipitation totals from Sunday, Feb. 26, through Tuesday, Feb. 28.The next round of rain is expected to arrive on the weekend.Location Inches Peninsula & South Bay Huddart Park (Woodside) 3.7 Uvas Reservoir 3.31 Saratoga (Hwy 9/Pierce) 2.95 Foothills Preserve 2.8 Los Trancos 2.72 I-280/Edgewood 2.55 Rancho San Antonio 2.48 Stevens Canyon 2.48 Los Altos Hills (Moody Road) 2.37 Coyote Reservoir 1.97 Morgan Hill 1.73 Calero Reservoir 1.7 Los Gatos (Rinconada) 1.61 Redwood City 1.58 San Jose (Alum Rock) 1.56 Pilarcitos Lake 1.47 Half Moon Bay airport 1.46 Los Altos Hills (Maryknoll) 1.42 San Jose (downtown) 1.34 Vasona Lake 1.3 San Francisco (Duboce) 1.19 San Francisco airport 1.08 San Jose (Lynbrook) 1.06 Palo Alto 0.99 Sunnyvale 0.82 East Bay Tilden Park 2.16 Orinda 2.12 Upper Crow Canyon 2.02 Dublin/San Ramon 1.93 UC Botanical Garden 1.93 Castro Valley 1.75 Del Valle park 1.73 Palomares Road 1.71 Richmond 1.71 Rossmoor 1.67 St. Mary's College 1.64 Chabot Reservoir 1.62 Union City 1.36 Mission Peak 1.31 Fremont (Auto Mall) 1.27 Rodeo 1.27 Oakland airport 1.21 Lake Merritt 1.19 Hayward airport 1.19 Tassajara 1.18 Concord 1.13 Antioch 0.75 Santa Cruz Mountains Uvas Canyon 4.88 Sanborn Park HQ 3.89 Mt.

Bacchus Management Group, a restaurant group with numerous Michelin stars scattered across Northern California, will open a new restaurant in San Jose.The new Santana Row restaurant, which is yet unnamed, will occupy the now-vacant space left behind by dim sum and cocktail outfit Sino.The San Francisco Business Timesreports representatives for Bacchus and the property developers confirmed the company signed a lease for the space at 377 Santana Row, Suite 1000.

SAN JOSE Cisco Systems has disclosed plans to jettison well over 600 jobs in the Bay Area, an ominous signal that the tech sector's brutal season of layoffs in this region has extended into 2023.The fresh round of Cisco job cuts affects workers in San Jose, Milpitas and San Francisco, official filings with the state Employment Development Department show.

Of the 70 Michelin-starred restaurants in California, half of them are in the Bay Area.The list released Dec. 5, 2022, includes six three-star restaurants in the region.There are 14 in the United States.The restaurants marked with an asterisk are new to the list this year.Find the full article on the Michelin announcements here.

Of the 70 Michelin-starred restaurants in California, half of them are in the Bay Area.The list released Dec. 5, 2022, includes six three-star restaurants in the region.There are 14 in the United States.The restaurants marked with an asterisk are new to the list this year.Find the full article on the Michelin announcements here.