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The $1.83 billion budget San Mateo County Manager John Maltbie is recommending for the next fiscal year is $80 million larger than the current one and shows a $28 million deficit.

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A majority of seats on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are open but the money is on the only countywide race, the battle for the office of district attorney, in the June 5 primary.

Dear Gary: Here in the Santa Clara Valley, we live too close to town to have deer.

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A top prosecutor confirmed this week that a criminal probe into the accounting practices of a former top Woodside and Portola Valley school official includes a review of renovation work done at his Redwood City home by an architecture firm that has worked on significant projects in both school districts.

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Plans to improve access to the Palo Alto Baylands and complete a key section of the Bay Trail in East Palo Alto could receive a big boost under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss.

Jamie Wojtowicz, 11, blows bubbles as she plays with a hula hoop during a fitness event at the Portola Valley library on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

After a brief discussion of available options, the council gave its unanimous approval on May 9 to an initiative by Mayor Maryann Derwin to install voice-activated microphones, most likely before July 1. Each council member will have one, staff will have three, and presenters and members of the public will have a portable version.

A San Mateo County voters will consider several business-related taxes and a handful of school parcel tax and bond measures in the June 5 primary.

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Already struggling to address a projected deficit of $854,000 in the next school year, the Portola Valley School District has gone into high gear to try to cover an additional, unexpected shortfall estimated at more than $500,000 after auditors late last month found evidence of possible misappropriation of funds.