In the last hour of Monday night, following nearly three hours of passionate public comments, the San Rafael City Council approved a series of resolutions that will pave the way to buy land for an interim housing project. On Tuesday, Marin County approved a grant to the city that will complete the deal. The planned […] The post San Rafael interim housing project receives council’s OK despite neighborhood backlash appeared first on Local News Matters.| Local News Matters
Santa Clara County students continue to outperform statewide averages in core subjects, according to the 2025 California School Dashboard released Thursday. This year’s data shows 59.8% of Santa Clara County students met or exceeded English language arts standards, compared with 48.8% statewide, the Santa Clara County Office of Education announced. In math, 53.2% of county […] The post Dashboard data reveals Santa Clara County ahead of state in reading, math and science appeared first on ...| Local News Matters
CALIFORNIA IS A MAJOR HUB for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state’s energy use, climate and public health remains an open question for researchers. A new report released last week by the environmental think tank Next 10 and a UC […] The post California data centers scrutinized as report flags rising emissions, strain on energy grid appeared first on Local News Matters.| Local News Matters