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‘It is scary to us’: Santa Clara County court mural is racist, Silicon Valley...
Silicon Valley groups are calling for a mural they say is racist to be removed from the Palo Alto branch of the Santa Clara County Superior Court.Several groups including the NAACP San Jose/Silicon...
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Ohad Naharin shares inspiration for Batsheva Dance’s ‘MOMO’ onstage this week...
Ohad Naharin, house choreographer of Batsheva Dance Company, the acclaimed Israeli troupe, says his main inspiration comes from being in the same room with the dancers and then the research, discovery...
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West Contra Costa community rallies around educators protesting district’s...
SAN PABLO MOM Gabriella Garcia said her fourth-grade son sometimes comes home in tears after being bullied about his speech impediment.Her son receives help through Zoom calls with a speech specialist....
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Fire, light smoke at Moss Landing battery storage facility prompt warning...
Monterey County residents near Moss Landing were told late Tuesday to close their windows and doors overnight after a fire broke out at the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage facility near the...
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Alameda County court clerks plan strike amid contract dispute, potentially...
Employees at the Superior Court of Alameda County will go on strike on Wednesday, after negotiations on a new contract failed to achieve a deal. The strike could affect services at criminal, civil and...
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EBMUD extends boat launch ramp closures in effort to prevent spread of...
Boat launches at all East Bay Municipal Utility District reservoirs will remain closed in an effort to keep invasive golden mussels from infesting the public water supply, the agency said.Golden...
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Modern day ‘bird seers’ track environmental health at longest running avian...
IN ANCIENT ROME “bird seers” were priests, or augurs, who delivered prophecies based on their observations of birds. The right combination of bird behaviors augured favorable conditions, but the wrong...
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Port of Oakland appoints McKenney as next executive director; first woman to...
The Port of Oakland’s Board of Commissioners has voted to appoint current Chief Operating Officer Kristi McKenney as its new executive director.McKenney will take over for Danny Wan, who is retiring on...
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Community service organizations start to see funding dry up amid Oakland...
Oakland’s ongoing budget cuts have resulted in the cancellation of contracts for over a dozen community service organizations. In a collective effort, organization leaders and workers spoke publicly on...
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Pass the Remote: Pixar hits big in ‘Win or Lose’ on Disney+, Jewish Film...
Pixar, in its first time at bat for an original Disney+ series, knocks it out of the park. The Emeryville studio’s “Win or Lose,” streaming starting Feb. 19, focuses on eight characters that have a...
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Ursula Jones Dickson sworn in as Alameda County DA, pledges to ‘get back to...
Former Alameda County Superior Court judge Ursula Jones Dickson was sworn in as the Alameda County District Attorney this week. Jones Dickson was named to the role by the Alameda County Board of...
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‘We feel helpless’: With contract negotiations looming, San Jose teachers...
A TEACHERS UNION is joining parents in demanding San Jose’s largest school district makes schools safer.Following increased incidents of weapons on campus and social media threats post-pandemic, the...
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Best Bets: Abby Govindan and more comedy, SF Civic Symphony, ‘Heart Sellers,’...
Just for laughs: Let’s face it, we need comedy now like never before, whether to escape or to bore into the existential truth of our utterly surreal world. In the first of a new ongoing comedy roundup,...
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Napa County supervisors pass emergency proclamation for storm repairs,...
A local emergency proclamation was approved by the Napa County Board of Supervisors this week following heavy rainfall and damage from a storm on Feb. 4. The atmospheric river dumped heavy rain...
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2-day strike of court employees disrupting Alameda County Superior Court...
Alameda County Superior Court operations are being disrupted by striking clerks and other employees Wednesday in a labor action that court officials say threatens public safety. Court hearings, lawsuit...
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Arrest made in hit-and-run death of longtime UC Berkeley sociology prof...
Oakland police have announced the arrest of a suspect in the hit-and-run death of renowned sociology professor Michael Burawoy.Kermith Miller, 61, was arrested in Oakland and booked into Santa Rita...
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Marin County Free Library’s Libby app hits major milestone with 1M digital...
The Marin County Free Library has just reached a major milestone, with one million digital checkouts through its “Libby” app, library officials announced.With over 100,000 titles, the Libby app offers...
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NBA All-Star event, Chinese New Year Parade deliver BART best Saturday...
BART last weekend had its highest ridership day for a Saturday since before the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to crowds coming into San Francisco for NBA All-Star Weekend events and the Chinese New Year...
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Police solve 34-year-old cold case murder of Berkeley woman on Tilden Park...
A DNA match has helped authorities determine that a former Martinez man sexually assaulted and strangled Berkeley resident Maria Weidhofer in Tilden Regional Park in 1990.Officials announced Wednesday...
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Audit reveals $135K in misused Head Start funds in Santa Clara County...
A federal investigation has found more than $135,370 earmarked for preschool education program Head Start was misappropriated to pay for non-Head Start staff and credit card purchases, according to the...
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