Angela Swartz

'I don't want to be homeless, and I could be if circumstances got that bad' Redwood City voters will decide on a rent control measure this November as renters push for relief.

‘Poppy Montgomery Gets Even’ celebrates the ‘joy of the amateur sleuth’

When a lonely 80-something-year-old woman finds herself investigating murders at her friend's retirement home, she stumbles into many hijinks and forms a meaningful community in the new novel “Poppy Montgomery Gets Even.”

The projects are a 'mixed bag' Rendering of a proposed structure at 127 Lytton Ave. in Palo Alto, Calif. Courtesy of SC Design Group / City of Palo Alto

The 'whole idea of privatizing a public park is really nonsensical,' protester says FILE: The Junior Giants play a game of baseball at Westlake Park on Friday, July 1, 2011, in Daly City, Calif.

Parini Shroff, who grew up in Los Altos, follows a 2023 bestselling debut with a novel about the twists and turns of family dynamics. She also practices law part time.

On the wall of Parini Shroff's home office in Mountain View is a framed copy of the first short story she ever wrote. The tale is called “The Magic Hole” and she wrote it at age 7.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On the wall of Parini Shroff's home office in Mountain View is a framed copy of the first short story she ever wrote.

Did you know that bees have five eyes? Or there's an actual place called Unicorn Peak near Mount Rainier in Washington?

Signage for Reading Bug Adventures podcast. Courtesy The Reading Bug. Did you know that bees have five eyes? Or there’s an actual place called Unicorn Peak near Mount Rainier in Washington? Those are some of the factoids shared on Reading Bug Adventures, a kids’ podcast put together by the owners of a San Carlos children’s bookstore. Each episode, there are original stories, songs, sound effects and coloring exercises.