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Planning commission backs targeted density in major residential zoning update
Mountain View is making strides with its plan to rezone parts of the city to create more opportunities to build more homes, ...
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No new ADUs here: When California law and homeowner association rules collide
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 ...
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Do homeowners associations trump CA’s ADU laws?
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 ...
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Should fossil fuel companies be forced to pay for Los Angeles wildfire losses?
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 ...
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‘It’s a lifeline’: Inside the Palo Alto chapter of a global running group fostering community a mile at a time
Palo Alto’s Byxbee parkrun is the only Northern California affiliate of an international running group founded in London 20 ...
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Arts briefs: Diana Gameros, Martha High’s Funky Divas, ‘The Gods of Comedy’ and more
This week: concerts with Latin folk musician Diana Gameros and Martha High's Funky Divas; a tribute to the music of Willie Nelson will raise funds for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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Review: Don’t sleep on West Bay Opera’s ‘La sonnambula’
West Bay Opera spins some vocal confections with Bellini's sleep-walking melodrama "La sonnambula." The opera is rarely staged, so this production offers quite an opportunity to catch it.