November 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
Facebook’s move to Menlo Park late last year has created a small windfall for one of the richest communities on the Peninsula. The town of Atherton, a wealthy enclave near the new Facebook campus, received $350,000 from the social media giant last month to allay its concerns over...
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July 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
As San Francisco implements new measures to improve pedestrian safety, the number of pedestrians killed this year is on pace to surpass the death toll from each of the two previous years. There have been 10 pedestrian fatalities this year, according to the San Francisco Police Department...
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September 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
Of the 15 million Californians who commute to work, 2.7 million spend at least 45 minutes getting to their jobs, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The latest estimates come from the 2005-09 American Community Survey, which has half of commuters clustered in the 5- to-24-minute range....
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April 8, 2011, 12:05 AM
Ever feel as though you’re losing your mind as you sit in your car, inching along at one mile per hour in rush-hour traffic? New science suggests you really may be. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that short-term exposure to traffic pollution causes...
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