Sunnyvale aims to preserve retail spaces in underserved northern neighborhoods
Sunnyvale wants to preserve retail space in an underserved community, but the city will have to convince developers the investment is worthwhile.The Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday...
View ArticleRideshare drivers rally for fair compensation as talks continue over wage...
Uber and Lyft drivers rallied outside San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday as part of statewide protests demanding fair compensation from the ride-hailing companies as settlement discussions continue...
View ArticleHooked on Books: Didion’s ‘Notes to John’: Invasion of privacy or insight...
It turns out that Joan Didion, who probed the depths of her grief for her late husband John Gregory Dunne in the powerful 2005 memoir “The Year of Magical Thinking,” had a previous history of exploring...
View ArticleStockton man, 102, booted from voter roster after county thought he was dead....
A 102-YEAR-OLD Stockton man was bumped from San Joaquin County’s voting rolls because officials mistakenly thought he had died.Marvin Lykins, a retired physician and World War II veteran, was removed...
View ArticleJudge orders striking VTA workers back on the job, ending 17-day transit...
A Santa Clara County judge has ruled against striking VTA union workers, bringing bus and light rail services back to the region.Superior Court Judge Daniel Nishigaya ruled Wednesday that members of...
View ArticleFallen officer honored: Monterey County flags lowered for King City police...
A King City police sergeant died after experiencing a medical emergency while on-duty early Tuesday morning.King City Police Sgt. Ryan Kenedy passed away unexpectedly at about 12:45 a.m. after the...
View ArticleConcord City Council changes tenant protection ordinance only year after...
The Concord City Council changed its residential tenant protection ordinance, more than a year after the contentious, years-long battle was seemingly settled. The council voted 3-2, with Dominic Aliano...
View ArticleReview: Impeccable cast lights up San Francisco Playhouse’s explosive ‘Fat...
“Fat Ham,” James Ijames’ 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner onstage in a Northern California premiere presented by San Francisco Playhouse, is explosive. With oblique references to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” it...
View Article‘Onramps aren’t campgrounds’: Mahan wants to remove homeless camps near freeways
SAN JOSE HAS been clearing homeless encampments along city waterways, and is looking to do the same for people living under freeways.Mayor Matt Mahan is exploring a partnership with Caltrans to...
View ArticleSF social media personality hit with more federal charges, this time for...
A San Francisco social media personality was federally indicted on charges of allegedly producing child sex abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office on Tuesday. Ricci Lee Wynne, 39, is...
View ArticleCampbell City Council temporarily bans new tobacco shops as retailer numbers...
One small West Valley city has some of the most smoke shops per person in Santa Clara County. Officials are taking steps to change that statistic.The Campbell City Council unanimously approved a...
View ArticleSurrender a firearm, get a gift card during gun buyback event in Stockton...
The Stockton Police Department is hosting a gun buyback event Saturday where people can receive cash gift cards in exchange for firearms.The event is planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a parking lot at...
View ArticleStockton’s Applied Aerospace acquires firm that created component for Webb...
A STOCKTON-BASED aerospace company is reaching for the stars with the acquisition of a firm that, among other things, was part of the team that created the deployable sunshield on the James Webb Space...
View ArticleThe Musk effect: Will Tesla’s troubles wreck San Joaquin County’s growing...
IT IS YET to be seen how a backlash against Elon Musk’s government budget-cutting efforts will affect Tesla sales. But based on recent news reports, the prospects don’t look good.A dip could hurt...
View ArticleLimited Santa Clara County bus service resumes; light rail likely to return...
With the union worker strike over, some VTA bus service resumes Friday, with more bus lines and light rail services restarting over the next few days.VTA has yet to determine which bus lines will...
View ArticleMajor League Cricket returns to Oakland for weeklong series of matches at the...
The sport of cricket is coming to the Oakland Coliseum in June.Major League Cricket announced Wednesday that its season will kick off at the Coliseum on June 12 with the first of nine matches across...
View ArticleRohnert Park police seek more alleged victims of SF influencer indicted for...
Police in Rohnert Park are concerned that there may be alleged victims in their city of a San Francisco social media personality who was just federally indicted for allegedly producing child sex abuse...
View ArticleHicks: Wings of an angel — Pilot, 82, donates his time flying cancer patients...
BOB TUCKNOTT DECIDED knee replacement surgery probably spelled the end to his giant slalom ski racing hobby a few years ago.He was in his late 70s.Now 82, throwing himself down frozen mountains at...
View ArticleState law trashes prospects for relocating San Jose flea market to former...
SAN JOSE BERRYESSA Flea Market vendors say a city-owned landfill is their best option for a new home, but a state law is stopping the idea from becoming a reality.The 90-acre Singleton site, a former...
View ArticleFamily raises funds for Lodi woman killed in Brisbane crash; suspect pleads...
A 37-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run and other charges for a collision that killed a woman in Brisbane earlier this week, prosecutors said.Hector...
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