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Stymied by federal ruling, Mountain View updates its all-electric reach codes
Earlier this year, Mountain View suspended its ban on gas appliances in new homes and commercial buildings to comply with a federal court ruling. Now it has come back with an ordinance that will require new developments to prepare for the possibility of going all-electric in the future.
Lint buildup leads to clothes dryer fire in Mountain View apartment building
A fire broke out in an apartment complex in Mountain View on Wednesday afternoon after a clothes dryer overheated from lint buildup, according to the Mountain View Fire Department.
California home sales drop to lowest level in 9 months despite recent interest rate cuts
California home sales dropped to a nine-month low in September despite the sharpest decline in interest rates since spring. The San Francisco Bay Area was among the only three regions in the state to record sales increases from a year ago.
How inflation concerns could doom California’s proposition to increase minimum wage
Opponents of Proposition 32 to increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour are running ads focused on the cost of living. Proponents are not reaching out to voters very much. And polls show declining support.
Hear traditional Korean music at Stanford museum after-hours event
Musician and composer Hwayoung Shon, the master of the gayageum (a 12-string zither), performs as part of Forms & Frequencies, a Thursday-night series from Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center on Oct. 24.
The latest with State Street Market: Sushi plans, a new pizza vendor and Lá Jawab Treats
Sicilian and “Neapolitan-ish” style pizzas and Pakistani American fusion desserts are the newest offerings at State Street Market – and sushi is coming soon.
This Software Designer Has Been Rating CA Ballot Propositions for Almost a Half Century
In October 1979, when Pete Stahl was living at home while taking a year off from college, his mother suggested that each family member–Pete, his two siblings, and his dad, a nuclear physicist–research a portion of that year’s election ballot.
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Film: United Nations Association Film Festival
The 27th annual United Nations Association Film Festival holds screenings of short and feature documentary films focused on human rights. Through Oct. 27 at venues in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Stanford and San Francisco.
Books: Boo-zy Book Fair
Linden Tree Books hosts a book fair for grownups, featuring an extended happy hour at Murdoch’s bar and a wide variety of books.
TOMORROW
Film: ‘Racist Trees’
Stanford University’s Department of Art & Art History hosts a screening of a film by alums Mina T. Son and Sara Newens. Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs fights to remove a towering wall of trees, believed by some to form a barrier that segregates the community.
Exhibit: Just for the Record: Classic Players & Phonographs
The Museum of American Heritage’s newest exhibition showcases working record players and phonographs, ranging from Edison’s wax cylinder phonograph to Seeburg’s jukeboxes.
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