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‘Make it!’: Market Street Arts launches grants for SF artists, expands gigs...
More arts vendors might line Market Street in the coming months via a program launched this week that gives grants for artists to set up shop on its sidewalks. Dubbed the “Make it! On Market”...
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Price bristles at Newsom’s ‘disappointment’ in her office’s ability to handle...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price strongly denied claims made by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week about the ability of her office to prosecute crime in the county. Newsom visited Oakland on...
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Hopping back from the brink: Biologists work to restore threatened toad to...
The San Francisco Zoo’s conservation team recently completed its first successful reintroduction of an endangered toad species back to Yosemite National Park. For over a decade, the Yosemite toad,...
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Empty the Shelters: Overcrowded Antioch Animal Services offers free pet adoption
As part of a national Empty the Shelters campaign, Antioch Animal Services will waive pet adoption fees through the month of July. Of the 187 animals currently housed at the municipal shelter, about...
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San Jose leaders back harsher penalties for drug dealers in retail theft...
San Jose’s top political leader supports harsher penalties for drug dealers as voters consider new measures to hold thieves and drug suppliers accountable. California voters passed the criminal...
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‘Am I still an outsider?’: An Indian American questions her identity in the...
I HAVE LIVED in America for close to 40 years, almost my entire adult life. I’ve been an American citizen for decades and I think of myself as an American first and an Indian second. In my younger...
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Napa County property values assessed at $55.2 billion, 2024-25 fiscal year...
Napa County’s property values grew by $2.4 billion, according to their 2024-2025 fiscal year assessment roll released this week. As of Jan. 1, the assessed value of the county’s land was $55.2...
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Trump assassination attempt: Local leaders take to social media to denounce...
Bay Area and state political leaders expressed alarm Saturday after former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was in the middle of remarks...
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‘One inch from potential civil war’: Near miss in Trump shooting a close call...
WITH AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump,...
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Franklin Ridge wilderness area expands with land trust’s purchase of...
John Muir Land Trust has finished its fundraising to buy two properties and expand its preservation of Franklin Ridge in Martinez. The campaign raised $6.5 million to acquire and permanently protect...
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San Francisco supervisors finalize ordinance that aims to crack down on...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has granted final and unanimous approval for a pilot program that will limit the hours retail businesses can operate in the Tenderloin neighborhood. All retail...
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Oakland Ballers’ new investment campaign offers fans chance to own piece of...
Want to own a baseball team? The Oakland Ballers unveiled a community investment campaign Thursday, aiming to “revolutionize the sports ownership model by giving fans a real seat at the table,” the...
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Buckle up for the thrills: NHRA Nationals to return to Sonoma Raceway in July...
The National Hot Rod Association, also known as the NHRA, will return to Sonoma Raceway in July 2025 with its booming engines and breakneck speeds, the raceway announced last week. Next year will be...
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Sun sets on Sears: Now just a nothingburger, once-mighty retailer swayed...
THE GRIM REAPER of Retail finally came for the Stockton Sears store, which will close on Aug 16. It may not seem like it now, but that moth-eaten store had a huge impact on Stockton. It shouldn’t be...
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Fairfield police use Flock surveillance cameras to catch two alleged retail...
Fairfield police used surveillance cameras earlier this week to track a vehicle driven by two people believed to be behind a retail theft spree, both of whom they ended up arresting. Police said at...
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Eradicated: Oriental fruit fly quarantine lifted in Contra Costa, but ag...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared an end to an Oriental fruit fly quarantine in Contra Costa County following the eradication of the invasive pest. Thursday’s declaration...
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San Mateo judge to determine DNA testing guidelines in Scott Peterson’s bid...
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson has returned to court virtually on last week with the Los Angeles Innocence Project in his effort to be granted a retrial. Peterson was convicted in 2004 of killing...
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Drawing from experience: A cartoonist’s-eye view from inside the Republican...
I BOARDED THE plane to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee with a hard nugget of dread in my stomach. I was not squeamish about political antagonism. As a Legal Affairs reporter for Bay...
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Martinez Marina in need of new management after contractor decides it’s time...
The city of Martinez has been notified by Suntex Marinas — the company that recently acquired the city’s longtime marina operator, Almar Marina Management — that Suntex will exercise its option to...
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CPUC opens doors for possible PG&E rate hike next year; group ‘outraged’ by plan
The California Public Utilities Commission has opened the door to potential PG&E rate increases as soon as next year, adopting a new rate making process that will let the utility recoup its costs...
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