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Bay Area Air District sending $4 million to communities needing filtration...
The Bay Area Air District Board of Directors has approved sending $4 million to communities around the region to support home and school air filtration programs. At its Wednesday meeting, the Board...
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Safety net for struggling colleges is expiring — and the Bay Area will likely...
THIS JUNE, STRUGGLING California community colleges will stop getting yearly cost-of-living increases to their budgets. These increases have kept many districts afloat for the past six years while...
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Cheryl Cotton returns to lead WCCUSD as first African American woman...
The West Contra Costa Unified School District has appointed Cheryl Cotton as its next superintendent after its Board of Education meeting this week, according to school district officials. The board...
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Livermore recreation district heads to court in quest to exit tax-sharing...
The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District wants out of a 1992 tax-sharing agreement with the East Bay Regional Park District, and it has filed a lawsuit with the Alameda County Superior Court to...
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2 officers injured, 60 arrested as ICE protest in SF leads to vandalism,...
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE arrested approximately 60 people, including juveniles, after a protest in the city’s Financial District escalated into violence on Sunday evening, resulting in injuries to two...
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Santa Rita Jail medical provider pays $2.5M to family of man who lay dead in...
The private company responsible for medical care at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a dead inmate’s family....
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‘Unacceptable’: Bay Area leaders condemn detention of SEIU President David...
BAY AREA LABOR AND ELECTED LEADERS denounced the arrest and detention of Service Employees International Union President David Huerta during protests against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles....
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California is failing to provide a vital safeguard against wrongful convictions
A CALMATTERS INVESTIGATION has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the...
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Community, politicians give Mayor Barbara Lee ‘Oakland love’ at inaugural...
OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE took the stage during a community mayoral inaugural celebration over the weekend that brought revelers and politicians alike to Jack London Square. Lee was sworn in as...
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At 27, Healdsburg Jazz Festival again boasts big names in bucolic settings
Healdsburg Jazz Festival Executive Director Gayle Okumura Sullivan enthusiastically shares what Downbeat magazine said about the annual event: “All killer, no filler.” The description fits 2025’s...
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President Trump ignored Newsom by sending in National Guard — that’s rare in...
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S call-up of 2,000 citizen soldiers from the California National Guard against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom has few precedents in U.S. history. Trump insists the federalized...
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SF Mayor Lurie responds to Sunday violence, announces preps for more anti-ICE...
SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR DANIEL LURIE and city officials announced preparations for more protests after police arrested 148 people Sunday night when an anti-ICE demonstration turned violent on city...
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Mayor Lurie says city won’t tolerate violence after SF police clash with...
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED and marched through San Francisco’s Mission District on Monday evening to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, but some protesters were met by police...
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Recent Napa County activity isn’t related to immigration enforcement —...
The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said that a recent law enforcement operation in north Napa was related to a criminal investigation and has nothing to do with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,...
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‘Full steam ahead!’: SMART making tracks to Healdsburg, lines up funding for...
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District has been granted $81 million in state funding to extend passenger rail service to communities up through Healdsburg in northern Sonoma County, according to...
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SF nonprofit director threatens hunger strike over Lurie’s proposed cuts to...
The head of a nonprofit that provides free legal service to low-income people in San Francisco has pledged to go on a hunger strike over Mayor Daniel’s Lurie’s proposed cuts to the city’s legal aid...
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Monterey sheriff’s office urges caution after 2 recent mountain lion...
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is advising residents in the community of Las Lomas to take precautions after two mountain lion sightings in recent days. Employees of a local water company...
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Safety advocates rally for firearms controls in SF during Gun Violence...
ADVOCATES FOR GUN CONTROL rallied against firearms violence on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Friday as Mayor Daniel Lurie proclaimed it Gun Violence Awareness Day in the city. Organizers...
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Alcohol licenses abound in the San Joaquin Valley. How many is too many?
IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood...
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Terence Blanchard on 2025 SFJazz fest: New outdoor concerts, community...
Eight-time Grammy Award-winning composer, trumpeter and band leader Terence Blanchard, named SFJazz’s executive artistic director in 2023, is on a mission to revamp the San Francisco Jazz Festival to...
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