21-story towering senior home finally receives some council support A proposal for what could be the tallest building — a high-end senior home — in downtown Redwood City by over 10 stories returned to the table at the City Council meeting Monday.

My god. That's going to block the sun and ruin Climate Best By Government Test

www.rwcpulse.com/redwood-city...

Suburban Living the Worst for Carbon Emissions — New Research A new study indicates that people in urban areas, on average, have the smallest carbon footprints, while those living in the suburbs have the highest.

Living in a dense urbanized city is one of the best choices you can make to protect the planet - a fun fact you can deploy against people who want to get all self-righteous about the supposed evils of cities.

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

This is one of the saddest pieces I’ve read in a long time; brace yourself, it’s devastating

I wish RFK Jr and his MAHA movement would read it (they won’t)

🎁 Link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

MANHATTANIZATION IN REDWOOD CITY ALERT

"Supply & demand is broken: a greater supply of more units no longer means lower prices, due to the hyper high cost of construction, etc. "

Once again: that's not how Supply and Demand and Prices work!!!!!

Kind of struck by how the VA redraw was *extremely* brazen compared to CA

Going from 43-9 to 48-4 is really kind of minor compared to going from 6-5 to 10-1

CA went from 82% —> 92% D seats
VA went from 55% —> 91% D seats

And they released the map in advance! It was kind of insane! lmao

“Renae would ask me, “What could it be?” I told her once the doctors figured it out, they could make her better. Her voice got weaker and she started sleeping more and more.

Within a couple weeks, Renae had stopped talking and eating. Her last food was cotton candy and an Oreo doughnut”

<chuckles in Californian>

There’s a reason he’s polling in the single digits while he gets $$$$$$$$$ from places like Woodside and Los Altos Hills.

Ooh… an Actuary Off.

Any one have this for SF, San Mateo, or Santa Clara?

Although the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office on FB joked that someone tried to make the Starbucks on Homestead in Cupertino a drive thru (pics 1 & 2), I'm pretty sure someone confused forward and reverse in the parking spot in Google Maps pic 3

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Table. Headed: "Sexual misconduct allegations against prominent Bay Area men - All deny the allegations against them except for Charlie Hallowell." Page 5 of 8 Table with 4 columns and 44 rows. Currently displaying rows 25 to 30. Sorted ascending by column "Name and title at time of allegation" (column headers with buttons are sortable) Name and title at time of allegation: Jon Jacobo, director, TODCO What was alleged: Multiple allegations of sexual assault and rape became public in 2024; Jacobo denied Immediate outcome: Resigned; criminally charged; pleaded not guilty Current status: Awaiting trial; on electronic monitoring

Good piece from @sfstandard.com. Also don't forget this name, he's young & could have many "second acts" (fingers crossed on the trial) sfstandard.com/2026/04/20/7...

High gas prices gouge Silicon Valley - San José Spotlight Surging gas prices will cut $1.1 billion from household income in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties this year and eliminate 2,600 jobs, according to estimates from a San Jose economic think tank.

Hey @sanjosespotlight.com , I know gas prices are high - but "gouge" has certain connotations which I don't think apply in this case

sanjosespotlight.com/high-gas-pri...

How should the Insurance Commissioner of California be picked if not elected?

The Society of Actuaries of California would converge in convention hall in Sacramento. The doors would be locked, windows shut. No phones. They would vote on a new commissioner, again and again until there's a majority.

Look, it's just trying to update

Assemblymember Laurie Davies, in supporting and asking to be a co-author on AB 1942 (the e-bike license plate bill), cited a crash in which an 81-year-old man was hit by a teen *on an electric motorcycle*.

This is literally a non sequitur!

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

yikes

With the launch of a new housing voucher program, San Jose intends to strike two birds with one stone: Provide below-market rate homes downtown and stabilize a financially struggling residential complex. Under the first rollout of the Lower Income Voucher and Equity Program, approved by the City Council Tuesday, San Jose will provide up to $11.2 million to subsidize rents for 197 apartments at the 23-story glass-walled high-rise in the SoFA District. The property at 10 East Reed St., known as The Fay, is a luxury apartment complex that first opened in 2024. Since then, it has struggled to fill its 336 homes and reportedly faced bankruptcy. “We hope to stabilize that asset and get people actually living in these vacant units, bringing some more foot traffic and some more density to the southern part of our downtown,” District 3 Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, who represents the area, told San José Spotlight.

"With the launch of a new housing voucher program, San Jose intends to strike two birds with one stone: Provide below-market rate homes downtown and stabilize a financially struggling residential complex...San Jose will provide up to $11.2 million to subsidize rents for 197 apartments"

$$$

I don't think it's necessarily about valor stealing - but rather "Hey I can get a Patagonia backpack (that happens to say Theranos) for $15? Nice"

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think taxpayers should be bailing out luxury apartment buildings that are charging rents that are too high and has a vacancy problem by giving rent subsidies (vouchers) - even if it means destabilizing the local real estate situation.

Say a bit more?

Everyone Is Blaming AI for the Water Crisis. We’re Looking at the Wrong Culprit. An expert on environmental policy measured every drop of water he used during months of heavy AI work. The findings reveal we may be worrying about the wrong environmental crisis.

Everyone Is Blaming AI for the Water Crisis. We’re Looking at the Wrong Culprit. “One drive to the work I do on the Colorado River used more than 20 times the water of everything I did with AI in 11 weeks.” [outsideonline.com]

if this polling result surprises you, i am issuing emergency guidance for you to touch grass immediately

I was initially lukewarm on Steyer, but I’ve come around to the idea that it’s actively good to have a billionaire help lead the charge to tax billionaires.

On the other hand, this does sound like those videos where the Left NIMBY is wearing a prada(?) jacket

Maybe it's just from living in Silicon Valley, but I don't assume that just because you have a backpack from XYZ that you're affiliated with XYZ - given what's available in the Goodwills around here.