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Judge seemingly unpersuaded she should block OpenAI’s shift to for-profit...
A federal judge sitting in Oakland has appeared skeptical of granting a preliminary injunction that would bar OpenAI, the nonprofit corporation that ultimately owns the ChatGPT artificial intelligence...
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Oakland’s budget problems get personal for 77 employees informed they’re...
Oakland’s ongoing fiscal crisis has hit home for 77 city employees who were served layoff notices related to the City Council’s budget balancing decisions.In a message to staff this past Friday, City...
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At 20 years, Black Choreographers Festival spurs creativity, honors roots
When Kendra Kimbrough Barnes and Laura Elaine Ellis cofounded the Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now, they wanted to bring communities together and to nurture and cultivate aspiring Black...
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‘I just wish we could do it every day’: Health fair gives resources to SJ...
For more than a decade, one California state senator has hosted an annual health and resource fair for homeless people, and every year he wishes he could do more.State Sen. Dave Cortese brought more...
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California colleges see spike in demand for student immigration legal services
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP begins his second term with a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and a steadfast pledge of mass deportations, California’s colleges and universities...
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Best Bets: Sports at SFMOMA, ‘Great Gatsby Ballet,’ Geoff Sobelle’s ‘Food,’...
Freebie of the week: Free First Thursday at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is always a good deal, but this week it’s also a great reminder that there’s not much more time to catch the fun,...
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Sonoma issues evacuation warnings due to landslide risks, Russian River...
An evacuation warning has gone out for parts of unincorporated Sonoma County and the city of Santa Rosa on Wednesday evening, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. The Sheriff’s Office is warning of...
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Bolinas Museum appoints longtime local Shaefer as its new executive director
The Bolinas Museum has appointed Jessica Shaefer as its new executive director, the museum announced.Jessica Shaefer is the newly appointed executive director of the Bolinas Museum. (Bolinas Museum via...
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‘A pointed attack’: Unions file restraining order to stop ‘buyout’ of federal...
The Bay Area is the regional headquarters for thousands of federal workers who received an email last week from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management inviting them to resign by Thursday to receive...
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Sunnyvale taps Santa Clara County to provide animal shelter after loss of...
The City of Sunnyvale has partnered with Santa Clara County Animal Services for animal sheltering after its previous shelter provider bowed out, city officials announced.The new shelter partner is...
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Oakland hit-and-run collision claims life of renowned UC Berkeley sociology...
A well-known 77-year-old University of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision while crossing the street near Oakland’s Lake Merritt on Monday.Police said retired...
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San Mateo County leaders urge residents to vote ‘yes’ on measure to remove...
As ballots for a special election begin arriving in the mailboxes of San Mateo County residents, a crowd of local leaders stood in solidarity with Sheriff’s Office employee unions to support Measure A,...
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‘We’re not equipped for this’: Mental health experts weigh impact of...
For Bay Area licensed clinical psychologist Carolynn Gray, the second President Donald Trump term is already different.As someone who has worked with migrant communities for 15 years through...
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Should ‘aiding’ or ‘abetting’ a homeless camp be illegal? It may soon be a...
As communities up and down California ban homeless encampments, one Bay Area city is trying to go a step further. The East Bay city of Fremont is set to vote on a new ordinance that would make it...
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Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Thing About Jellyfish’ a dazzling production of a...
If you’ve ever been a middle-school girl whose best friend drifted away (maybe because she became interested in boys and you didn’t, or she got sucked into the popular crowd and her values seemed to...
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Sunnyvale getting down to nuts and bolts on housing with plans for former...
SUNNYVALE WANTS TO replace a vacant Orchard Supply Hardware site with hundreds of new homes.The Sunnyvale Planning Commission heard proposed plans on Jan. 27 for a 5.24-acre development at 777...
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No clapping, no cheering: Silicon Valley officials limit public expression...
Audiences at Silicon Valley government meetings are running into an increasingly common rule: no applause.Local governing bodies like the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and San Jose City...
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‘A thundering verdict against evil’: Man gets 450-year prison sentence for...
A judge sentenced a convicted child molester to over four centuries in state prison, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said.Lonnie Smith, 72, from Anderson, California, was sentenced to...
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2 deaths reported in Sonoma County related to this week’s stormy weather,...
Sonoma County, Calif. Sheriff’s Officehe Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported two deaths related to the stormy weather that hit the county this week.The first case was reported at 4:41 p.m....
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Berkeley launches portal so public can see how license plate cameras are...
Berkeley police have created a public portal through which residents can see how the department is using its Flock traffic cameras around the city to track and catch vehicles connected to crimes.The...
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