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San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department names Matt Turturici as new chief
The San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department has selected a new chief, the department’s board announced this week. Deputy Chief Matt Turturici will assume his role as fire chief on Sunday, the board...
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Charging forward: ‘Lithium Valley’ could offer prosperity for marginalized...
CHRIS BENNER AND MANUEL PASTOR have had front row seats to the changes taking place in the so-called Lithium Valley, the region around the Salton Sea, where a network of companies have hatched a plan...
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San Carlos Airport may operate with unstaffed control tower as contract talks...
As negotiations for a new air traffic control service at the San Carlos Airport continue this week, the San Mateo County airport is considering the temporary use of unstaffed tower procedures.The...
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By 2050, 17% of the world’s population will be over 65. Policy changes need...
YOU’VE LIKELY HEARD the oft-repeated idea that half the five-year-olds of 2025 will live to be 100.For perspective, it means every other kindergartner you see this year will live until 2120.That’s a...
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At 60-year mark, dance pioneer Twyla Tharp still going strong
At 83, choreography pioneer Twyla Tharp’s primary goal has remained the same over her 60-year career. “It is to work,” says Tharp, whose troupe appears in Berkeley on Feb. 7-9. Cal Performances’...
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‘I fear for my community’: East San Jose students walk out over immigration...
EAST SAN JOSE high school students and immigration advocates are protesting recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in San Jose.Hundreds of students from William C. Overfelt High School...
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San Francisco sergeant named ‘Officer of the Month’ for his role in nabbing...
A San Francisco police officer was recognized this week as Officer of the Month for aiding in the capture of the man suspected of fatally shooting a health care company CEO in New York City in...
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Santa Clara County artificial turf ban fails to move forward as supervisors...
A potential artificial turf ban in Santa Clara County is in stasis as officials have failed to come to a consensus.The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors was unable to agree on how to limit...
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Marin County reaffirms $3.9M in community grants despite uncertainty of...
Marin County has one of the highest median household incomes in California and some of the highest home prices and development costs in the country. The county offers millions in grants each year to...
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Families affected by Moss Landing battery plant fire eligible to apply for...
A relief fund has been established that will provide gift cards for Monterey County residents impacted by the battery storage facility fire in Moss Landing last month.Vistra Energy, which operates the...
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Hard work and a whole lot of heart: Caring for animals with vet tech Sarah...
On her rare day off, I spoke with Sarah O’Rourke, a registered veterinary technician who hits the Mendocino road with the renewed “Care-a-Van” spay and neuter program, about her life’s work caring for...
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‘It makes people seen and heard’: East San Jose mural honors Vietnamese...
A new Vietnamese mural brings East San Jose residents agency.The mural’s three panels — which depict Vietnamese people fleeing their homeland, a woman in cultural dress and the beauty of Vietnam — is a...
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Taking a deeper look at DeepSeek, the small Chinese AI startup shaking up...
CHINESE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models that can compete with cutting-edge products from...
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Martinez refinery fire injures 6; health alerts remain in effect for...
A SHELTER-IN-PLACE order for residents near the Martinez Refining Company was lifted Saturday night after a fire that injured at least six people.A public health advisory remained in effect for all...
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‘Big Ass Fans’ company agrees to $450K settlement over alleged false advertising
A Kentucky company called Big Ass Fans has agreed to a nearly half-million-dollar settlement with several California counties for allegedly making false health claims about their products regarding the...
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Amazon accused of compromising anonymity of mobile users by tracking without...
A CLASS ACTION filed this past week in federal court in San Francisco alleges that e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. has violated California’s privacy laws by collecting geolocation data from consumers’...
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One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits for shareholders critics...
Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into customers’ bills that doesn’t have its own line item. A portion of...
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New report offers guidance to improve genocide education in California schools
The Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education has released a report this week on International Holocaust Remembrance Day with recommendations to improve genocide education in California...
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Amid competitive market, West Contra Costa ramps up search for its next...
THE WEST CONTRA COSTA Unified School District is joining about a dozen other California school districts in search of its next leader. The superintendent position is the district’s highest-paid job,...
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Sonoma supes split registrar of voters from clerk-recorder-assessor into...
Sonoma County is seeking to join the growing ranks of counties in the state to split the positions of registrar of voters and clerk-recorder-assessor. The county board of supervisors gave preliminary...
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