• Transfer club at Oaklands Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities

  Merritt College professor Claudio Duran, right, speaks to students and faculty members during a meeting of Club Altazor on Monday, May, 6, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Duran started the club to help his community college students figure out how to transfer to top universities. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News ...

• With Boston on the mind Bay to Breakers participants still have a grand ol’ time

  Dressing up for the Craigslist Bay to Breakers is an annual tradition for Irvine resident Jolene Manginelli and three of her best friends. In past years, they've worn M&M outfits and "Alice in Wonderland"-themed attire, and once designed costumes that looked like gum on the bottom of a sneaker. But this year, the group of four decided to keep it simple with T-shirts bearing a ...

• Driver fees could help combat gridlock

  Downtown San Francisco will be mired in gridlock unless changes are made soon to alleviate automobile traffic -- and the most effective method could be a long-discussed and controversial congestion-pricing scheme. Unless private automobile traffic is reduced by 27 percent over the next three decades, congestion levels in The City will be unmanageable, with vehicles stuck at a standstill and ...

• Redwood City seeks to increase water and sewer rates

  In response to a steady increase in the price it pays to buy water from San Francisco, Redwood City wants to increase its monthly water and sewer rates by 9 percent a year for the next three years. Sewer and water services require rate increases to maintain and pay for the complex system that delivers services to residents, city spokesman Malcolm Smith said. While the city's rate increases ...

• Older job-seekers fall behind as Peninsula tech market heats up

  Instructors from vocational schools and community colleges understand that older students will have a hard time competing for tech jobs with the latest class from ...

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