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SF mayor’s shift in harm reduction policy targets distribution of safe...
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has announced he is modifying the city’s policy of handing out clean drug use supplies in an effort to combat the fentanyl crisis. “Fentanyl has changed the game,”...
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‘I have needs’: State schools chief gets $200K — and takes on side gigs to...
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly taken side jobs running Bay Area nonprofits during his tenure as California’s elected schools chief, earning tens of thousands of...
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San Mateo County supes have green light to remove embattled Sheriff Christina...
A San Mateo County measure giving the board of supervisors temporary authority to remove the sheriff was certified Thursday and voters overwhelmingly supported it by 84 percent. Now it’s up to the...
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‘Hands Off!’ day around the Bay: Thousands join in protests of all things...
SOME CARRIED SIGNS, others chanted slogans, and all had a message for President Donald Trump and Elon Musk: they’ve had enough of the executive orders and dismantling of government institutions being...
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More dead gray whales turn up in the Bay as scientists work to learn what...
Two more dead gray whales have turned up in San Francisco Bay, just days after one was found floating offshore of Alcatraz Island.The latest two discoveries were east of Angel Island State Park on...
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San Jose hands off troubled former motel to housing authority for permanent...
San Jose is transferring ownership of a former motel rife with issues to the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, with plans to convert it from temporary homeless housing to permanent apartments.The...
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Contract resolution clears way for new company to staff San Carlos Airport...
San Carlos Airport, in San Mateo County, will remain fully staffed with air traffic controllers after a deal was reached between the Federal Aviation Administration and a new contractor. A new company,...
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Cut off at the tap: Homeless people living in San Jose park struggle to find...
DOZENS OF HOMELESS RESIDENTS living at Columbus Park in San Jose have struggled to get drinking water, as local sources in the park have been off and on for weeks.Residents encamped in RVs and vehicles...
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Dungeness crab fishing closed for half the coast to protect whales from...
In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials have announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month along the...
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Oakland CHP ‘surge’ strategy shows success at reducing crime, car thefts,...
The California Highway Patrol’s so-called “surge” operations in Oakland have netted nearly 400 arrests so far this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said.In addition to the arrests, CHP officers...
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