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Bullet points: Police intercept 8 illegal guns, collect 167 overall during...
Eight illegal firearms were collected in a gun buyback event in Stockton this past Saturday, police said. Officers collected a total of 167 firearms, eight of which police said were illegal, and...
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Blacks, Hispanics make up disproportionate number of criminal bookings in...
African American and Hispanic suspects represent higher percentages of those arrested and booked into county jail than their overall representation in Contra Costa County, according to a report...
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Costco breaks ground in Brentwood, viewed as harbinger of ‘more good things...
Costco is officially on its way to Brentwood. The retailer broke ground Tuesday on the store, which city officials expect to open early next year. “Residents of Brentwood have excitedly awaited the...
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SF supervisors approve plan for 3,500 homes atop parking lots at Stonestown...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has given final approval for a new project that will convert swaths of surface parking at the Stonestown Galleria mall into approximately 3,500 new homes, acres...
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‘We can detect and predict’: San Jose uses AI technology to streamline...
San Jose is a beehive of artificial intelligence innovation, with the city continuing its integration of the technology into every day services to improve the lives of residents. Now that AI is more...
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Free summer outdoor concerts are still happening across the region
With summer well underway, the season still boasts free outdoor concerts across the region. Here’s a quick roundup of some local live-music-at-no-cost offerings. FREMONT Pacific Commons’ 2024...
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How better tenant access to legal help might reduce Silicon Valley’s growing...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY evictions have shot up over the past year, prompting local groups and governments to find ways to support renters. The county recorded 3,180 evictions last year, the highest amount...
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Judge in ethics commission lawsuit against Mayor Thao recall campaign recuses...
An Alameda County Superior Court judge recused herself Friday from a case brought by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission against the group backing the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao. Without explicitly...
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West Contra Costa closes elementary school amid suit alleging poor building...
An elementary school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District will be closing this summer for repairs after “environmental hazards” were found, according to a message Superintendent Chris...
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Covered California enrollees will see increase in both premiums and financial...
Rising health care costs will lead to an average 7.9% jump next year in insurance rates for those who receive coverage through Covered California, the agency announced. Also, for the first time,...
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San Francisco fire chief says she will retire in August, cites ‘unforeseen’...
San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson announced she will retire at the end of August due to “unforeseen medical issues.” Nicholson, who has spent 30 years with the city’s Fire Department, was its...
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Copying a person’s likeness has become easy with artificial intelligence. Is...
Written by Wade Zhou On May 13, OpenAI demoed GPT-4o, the latest version of its popular chatbot. The presenters showed off ChatGPT’s ability to help a child with their math homework, translate speech...
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Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to...
THROUGHOUT JOE BIDEN’S presidency, he leaned on the outspoken former prosecutor and senator he selected as his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the White House’s voice of unflinching support for...
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Santa Clara County DA launches dashboard to promote transparency on court...
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has launched a public data dashboard to support what they said will promote “transparency, accountability, and community engagement” within the...
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Their free phone calls revoked, ICE detainees use hunger strike to protest...
ALMOST 50 IMMIGRATION detainees in Central California began a hunger strike on July 11, escalating a work stoppage after detention center management cut off their once-free phone calls to the world...
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How many workers can AI technology really replace? Estimates are all over the...
Written by Dom DiFurio Wasn’t artificial intelligence supposed to take over your job by now? A year of fear and generative AI adoption in workplaces has yet to culminate in widespread job...
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Kamala Harris is no Hubert Humphrey — how her presidential candidacy won’t be...
STARING STRAIGHT AT the camera, with a grave expression on his face, the president uttered these famous words: “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as...
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Lafayette sales tax measure would generate $2.4M to maintain existing city...
The Lafayette City Council voted to put a sales tax measure on the November ballot, asking voters to authorize a half-cent increase for every dollar spent for seven years to maintain the current level...
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Community-led climate solutions receive $1M in federal funds for SF...
Solar panels, homegrown veggies and new-tech appliances are climate solutions often associated with well-to-do consumers. But a new federal grant in San Francisco will be earmarked specifically for...
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Port of Oakland receives $3M grant to offset ‘existential threat’ posed by...
The port and the city of Oakland announced they have received a $3 million grant from the state to help cope with sea level rise and groundwater intrusion. The Caltrans grant will be spent on plans to...
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