.Staff Report

This November, voters will decide the fate of 10 thorny policy proposals, including crime, health care, rent control and taxes.

A suite of five bills introduced this week seeks to protect election integrity from bad actors using AI, especially on social media.

Kiss that year goodbye, and hug the person next to you (unless of course it’s a work party, since an HR complaint is a bad way to start a new year).

Metro’s Year in Review issue was inspired by Esquire magazine’s annual Dubious Achievements awards, a tradition begun in 1962 to recognize “stupidity, mendacity and general corruption.”

The SJPD wants to purchase military equipment that can be used against criminal suspects and unruly protestors.

Willow Glen welcomes a new restaurant on the block. Copita Willow Glen celebrates all things street tacos and agave-based spirits.

The Tech Interactive will award its 2023 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award to musician will.i.am on Saturday, Nov. 4.

Daneille Waldman was a Palo Alto-born 24-year-old who was tragically killed at the Supernova music festival in Israel.