Bay Area Air quality advisory issued for Tuesday due to wildfire smoke Updated Apr 13, 2025 Fire crews have made significant progress containing the massive Six Rivers Complex Fire in Northern California, but the blaze continues to se…
Local News San Mateo County police reports: Tuesday • Aug. 2, 2022 Updated Apr 13, 2025 Chilly reception — A hotel guest requested a refund because when they turned on the heater there was a burning smell and the front office wasn…
+2 Columnists The nose knows By Erika Pilpre Mar 20, 2021 Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, anosmia or smell loss, made headlines as a major symptom of patients who were infected. Since then, an estim…
+2 Columnists When COVID hits home By Josette Thornhill Jan 9, 2021 For the past week or so, my house has been divided not-so-neatly into two — quarantined with illness and quarantined without, partitioned by a…
Lifestyle Bees, bats and bombs By Ken White Sep 23, 2019 Back a few weeks to my Labor Day column, I mentioned bees used to detect explosives. As promised to a doubting reader, this is my further expl…
Community Labor Day Updated Apr 13, 2025 There are several theories about the history of Labor Day but none I’ve found pay any attention to the other than human animals used in labor,…
Guest Perspectives The fading magic of local bookstores By Haley HiraiUpdated Apr 23, 2019 You know that new book smell? Growing up, I was small, awkward and I liked to smell my books. I don’t know exactly how to describe the new boo…
+2 Local News Featured Trapped: Carnivorous plant business opening in Half Moon Bay By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff Updated Sep 11, 2018 Half Moon Bay native Joshua Brown has been collecting carnivorous plants since seventh-grade. In college, the collection lived in a terrarium …
World Fruit’s pungent smell mistaken for gas leak, prompts panic The Associated Press May 1, 2018 Â
