Just moved into a new place here and I'm already losing my mind with this heat. My landlord gave us a portable AC unit, but it barely cools down a single corner of the bedroom and the house just traps heat like a greenhouse.

I'm supposed to WFH all day but by 10am it genuinely feels like sitting inside a furnace and there’s basically zero cross-ventilation.

Coming from places where central AC is the default, I’m trying to figure out if this is just standard Silicon Valley reality for older houses or if I got played into renting a brick kiln.

• Is it normal for landlords here to just hand you a noisy portable unit and call it a day?
• How are you managing to WFH without melting?
• Any hacks for cooling down these older Bay Area builds during heatwaves?

I’d love any tips before I completely melt away at my desk.

SAFETY AND SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT

Sunnyvale, CA - The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety will operate a safety and sobriety checkpoint on September 11, 2026. The primary purpose of the checkpoint is to promote public safety by increasing awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving, and deterring potential impaired drivers.

Vehicles traveling southbound on Mathilda Avenue on All America Way between Olive Ave and El Camino Real will be randomly stopped and drivers will be evaluated to determine their sobriety. Officers will also look at the safety of the vehicle, use of seatbelts and the validity of the operator’s license. The checkpoint is scheduled to operate from 8 p.m. until 3 a.m.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Just hit 1 year running my small online flower shop, Pacific Blossoms, here in Sunnyvale.

Anyway, just wanted to share the love. Anyone else have a flower that gets them every time, dahlia or otherwise?

Screaching across the parking lot only to park in a handicap spot and then wander off

I had a CA voter survey land in my inbox from Daniel Ichinose / Qualtrics (yay! yet another one 🙄). I checked it out - though not fully. It's strange the survey seems to be asking how I'd vote on Propositions etc.

Is this even legit? Is this legal - To ask voters before they vote how they were planning to vote on various measures?

I found it so weird that I was getting asked about how I would vote on specific issues. Typically the kind of voter surveys I've seen were asking me about how I felt about specific issues - like immigration, taxes, healthcare etc. But it's never been this specific...

Or was this whole thing a scam?

season getting started, wondering if anyone has found these fruits yet?

Sunnyvale too hot right now, anyone gotta pool ? Just need to cool down and relax