Federal grant would shrink high school’s community for more effective learning DALY CITY — Jefferson High School’s 1,300 students could get a taste of life at a smaller school with the help of a nearly $800,000 federal grant.
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MENLO PARK — The release of new quake-risk maps by the California Geological Survey this week means developers will need to perform additional assessment and mitigation when building on parts of the Peninsula.
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New wireless service for commuters is scheduled to start next SeptemberSAN CARLOS — Ben Dziuba, of San Francisco, is the just the type of commuter Caltrain wants to reach out and hold on to with its plan to offer high-speed Internet to riders in coming months.
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Agency hopes high-tech aid will let them top 2005 totalSAN CARLOS — Second Harvest Food Bank is turning to the World Wide Web this holiday season, encouraging donors to show their support through their Internet connections as well as the collection bins.The nonprofit agency serving mainly low-income families and seniors in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties kicked off its holiday food drive on Monday, hoping to raise at least $4 million and 1.8 million poundsof food by the beginning of January.
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Board will take input on wetlands plan this weekREDWOOD CITY — Supporters and opponents of a controversial plan to build a new Redwood Shores school in an area with wetlands are expected to sound off in a school-board meeting Thursday.
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The City’s Planning Department believes it’s on the right track in coming up with development plans for the eastern neighborhoods, but some city supervisors and now a public policy think tank are trying to raise the bar.Supervisor Sophie Maxwell drafted a resolution asking the Planning Department to meet some very high goals for development and zoning plans for San Francisco’s eastern neighborhoods — the Mission District, South of Market, Potrero Hill and the Central Waterfront.
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For 25 years, Lucretia Rauh has been watching tourists try to scale the walls around the Fay-Berrigan House, located near the crooked part of Lombard Street, to take pictures of its famed gardens.Now, after eight years of work, one of The City’s most celebrated gardens is becoming its newest public park."Now they can go into the garden and not only take pictures but smell the roses," said Rauh, who has lived across the street from the house for the past 25 years and knew its last owners.
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For 25 years, Lucretia Rauh has been watching tourists try to scale the walls around the Fay-Berrigan House, located near the crooked part of Lombard Street, to take pictures of its famed gardens.Now, after eight years of work, one of The City’s most celebrated gardens is becoming its newest public park."Now they can go into the garden and not only take pictures but smell the roses," said Rauh, who has lived across the street from the house for the past 25 years and knew its last owners.
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A push to make venerable Mission High School into a civic landmark is making headway in City Hall, but despite $31.5 million in bond money for improvements to the building, the school district can’t get funding to replace the torn curtains in its classic auditorium.
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The Jefferson Elementary School District is seeking outside help to bring order and efficiency to their often fractious board, but the move is generating controversy of its own, with some critics arguing it is an attempt to stifle the minority.The board authorized District Superintendent Barbara Wilson to hire a consultant to work with the board on meeting protocols and efficiency last Wednesday, in response to ongoing concerns about the district’s tense politics.
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