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Special election to oust San Mateo sheriff will proceed after legal challenge...
San Mateo County’s special election to give temporary authority to the county Board of Supervisors to remove the county sheriff can proceed, after a legal challenge to halt it failed. Sheriff Christina...
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Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area authors – February, March 2025
These are among the new titles released by Bay Area and Northern California writers, listed in alphabetical order by author names:(Courtesy Jean Shinoda Bolen) (Courtesy Chiron) “Ever Widening Circles...
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Four Bay Area writers share distinctive memoirs in Berkeley
Memoirs are hot in 2025. Four truly gifted Bay Area writers taking on varied topics and wildly different approaches in their storytelling are appearing at the Hillside Club in Berkeley on March 3. As...
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Legislators racing to fix ‘lemon’ vehicle law again — no one is happy about...
FOR MORE THAN half a century, California’s “lemon” law was considered one of the best in the nation at giving consumers the legal right to demand car companies fix or replace defective vehicles still...
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Affordable housing development for veterans breaks ground in Menlo Park
An affordable housing development for veterans that has been a few years in the making officially broke ground in Menlo Park this week.Dozens of local leaders, funders and developers of the project...
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Activists plan protest against ICE’s possible use of FCI Dublin for immigrant...
Activists are planning to protest Saturday at the former Federal Correctional Institution Dublin against the Trump administration’s possible plan to house immigrant detainees there. The All Out Against...
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With reservoir levels in good shape, state’s water managers increase delivery...
State and federal water managers have announced significant increases to water allocations across California thanks to early February storms and healthy reservoir levels.The California Department of...
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Vienna Philharmonic returns to Berkeley, playing varied Viennese programs
With a long tradition of international touring, the legendary Vienna Philharmonic’s distinctive sound has spread far beyond Austria. On March 5-7, the esteemed orchestra returns to Cal Performances’...
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Newsom’s homeless funding tracker website holds counties accountable for...
RED MEANS FAILURE, green means progress. Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new tracker tool this week that shows how local agencies are using state funds to eradicate homelessness and rates their...
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State says 12 cities in Contra Costa County have very high fire hazard...
Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and Pinole are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new...
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Amid the erasure of Black history, climate justice leader’s stories bridge...
BORN IN A CAR in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1958, carrying DNA from France, Nigeria, Nova Scotia and Thailand, Catherine Coleman Flowers entered the world at the swell of the civil rights movement.Five...
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Moss Landing residents sue Vistra over business losses, health issues due to...
A lawsuit was filed this week in response to the impacts of the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra’s Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage Facility. Attorneys for Kim and Luis Solano, owners of The Haute Enchilada...
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Column: Online dating after 50? Here’s a first important tip — get realistic...
I STARTED ONLINE DATING just before I qualified for the senior discount at Denny’s.I’ve since used that discount and became a member of AARP (many discounts exist once you’re 55 but remember to ask —...
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‘A clear path forward’: San Jose mayor wants to indefinitely shift affordable...
AMID A BUDGET SHORTFALL, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants to move money allocated to affordable housing toward temporary housing solutions — indefinitely.San Jose is facing a potential $60 million...
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Pleasant Hill Mayor Sue Noack elected as new chairperson of transportation board
Pleasant Hill Mayor Sue Noack was unanimously elected new chairperson of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the commission announced this week. Noack served as Contra Costa County...
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Oakland Unified to cut nearly 100 full-time jobs as district struggles with...
Nearly 100 Oakland Unified School District teachers and staff are targeted for layoffs as part of the district’s plan to balance its budget. The Oakland Unified School District Board of Education voted...
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Where’s the water? Sierra snow level at 85% of normal as winter season...
As California’s rainy season enters its final stretch, state water managers announced Friday that the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 85 percent of normal for this time of year.That statewide...
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Debt to society paid: State law frees juvenile offenders from making...
UNDER A NEW LAW, juvenile offenders now do not have to pay restitution to the victims of crime in California.Assembly Bill 1186, otherwise known as the REPAIR Act, was signed into law by Gov. Gavin...
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SJ wants to send homeless people back to families, but some say it’s not that...
San Jose is launching a program to relocate and reunify homeless people with their families as the city strives to end unsheltered homelessness.Homeward Bound, a pilot program proposed by Mayor Matt...
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Sonoma County modifies eviction ban, extends protections for Lower Russian...
Sonoma County renters in the Lower Russian River area gained extended protection from evictions this week after the county Board of Supervisors passed an eviction moratorium. The ban on evictions...
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