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Cash-strapped San Jose school district to close three elementary campuses...
ANOTHER SAN JOSE school district is closing schools due to declining enrollment and a multimillion-dollar budget deficit.After intense debate and a two-week postponement, the Franklin-McKinley School...
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Bill seeks to boost college access for students who experienced homelessness
Students who experienced homelessness in high school would get additional financial assistance to attend three California State University campuses under a pilot program proposed in the California...
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SFPD sweep results in dozens of drug arrests in a single evening in city’s...
San Francisco’s ongoing efforts to stamp out blight and cut down on crime culminated in dozens of arrests in one night last week in the heart of the city.Nearly 90 people were arrested Wednesday night...
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‘It’s time to wind this down’: Residents brace for closure of Bayview Vehicle...
IN AN OLD parking lot behind the site of the former Candlestick Park in San Francisco, tensions are running high.In early December 2024, the city delivered an unexpected message to the roughly 35...
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San Jose approves hundreds of affordable homes in SoFA district, clearing...
A 15-story multifamily affordable housing development is about to become part of downtown San Jose’s SoFA district after almost a decade of planning.San Jose Planning Director Chris Burton approved the...
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Rising suicide rates, tied to socioeconomic struggles, are hitting Native...
Data work by Emma RubinSuicide is an irrevocable act with implications not just for individuals but also their families and communities. It stems from intense feelings of despair and hopelessness, and...
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Until the wells run dry: Why replenishing California’s groundwater is...
AFTER ABUNDANT RAINFALL and moderate snowfall this year in the northern half of the state, California’s largest reservoirs are holding more than 120% of their historical average. But underground, the...
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Downtown SJ street becomes permanent pedestrian mall, boosting LGBTQ+ businesses
San Jose officials have approved the permanent restriction of vehicle traffic at a popular downtown street in an effort to increase fast-growing economic vibrancy in the business district.The City...
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Former Yolo County public health official to lead Sonoma County health...
Former Yolo County public health official Nolan Sullivan has been selected to be the next director of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.Sullivan had been with the Yolo County Health and...
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Oakland spares 4 fire stations from closure despite deep cuts to close $130M...
The City of Oakland says it will keep open four fire stations rather than temporarily close them in the face of a nearly $130 million budget shortfall.Three other stations are still “browned out”...
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Guns, gangs and drugs: Vallejo a focal point as Solano County raid nabs...
A Vallejo day care center and a motel were two of multiple locations targeted by federal and Solano County law enforcement agencies recently in an operation that seized 16 pounds of methamphetamine,...
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Ocean Beach Park to open in April; public invited to weigh in on its...
San Francisco’s newest park, along what will shortly become the former Upper Great Highway, will officially open on April 12. The opening of the park, which was created through the controversial...
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Pass the Remote: Cinequest’s huge lineup in San Jose boasts films with local...
The Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in Silicon Valley this month is a powerhouse, with a 238-film slate. Some of the offerings tell Bay Area stories and sometimes feature Bay Area talent. (For...
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Leslie May’s lifetime of advocacy: From civil rights protests to Antioch...
She marched with civil rights movement leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez, her advocacy beginning when she was just a child.Now 73 years old, Leslie D. May’s continued activism...
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‘It’s a big question’: Silicon Valley women’s wage disparity among highest...
For decades, women have been fighting to level the playing field with men when it comes to how much they earn on the job, especially in Silicon Valley.Local cities have some of the nation’s highest...
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WCCUSD board compromises on staff cuts, potentially leaving less for student...
IN A MOVE consistent with dozens of California school districts, West Contra Costa Unified board members have had to choose between eliminating staff and services for students or exploding its budget...
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Gabriella Smith, yMusic premiere climate-action themed ‘Aquatic Ecology’ in...
Composer Gabriella Smith, whose music is often inspired by the natural world, was born and raised in Berkeley, but her compositions have premiered in cities other than her hometown. That will change...
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Activists protest Perdue Farms products at Berkeley Trader Joe’s, urge...
Activists opposed to one of America’s biggest poultry producers protested sales of Perdue Farms products at a Berkeley Trader Joe’s over the weekend.Animal welfare advocates inside and outside the...
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Pedal pushers: Redwood Bikeshare program comes to Santa Rosa with app-based...
The city of Santa Rosa joined a bikeshare program this week that is already operating in other cities in the counties of Marin and Sonoma.The Redwood Bikeshare program rolled out in Santa Rosa with 35...
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More California communities join in federal lawsuit defending sanctuary policies
More than a dozen cities and counties in California have joined a federal lawsuit first filed by the counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara challenging the Trump Administration’s effort to compel...
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