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Pressure from education advocates derails legislation to eliminate teacher...
A CONTROVERSIAL BILL that would have eliminated teaching performance assessments — the last licensure test California teacher candidates are required to take — has been dramatically revised under...
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Wine lovers invited to judge Mendocino County wines in annual People’s Choice...
The Olympics may have wrapped up in Paris last weekend, however the battle for medals continues Saturday in Hopland when local wineries seek to impress judges during the 45th annual Mendocino County...
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‘A huge disappointment’: $20B housing bond yanked from fall ballot amid...
A regional bond to build housing will no longer appear on ballots in November after the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority unanimously voted to pull the measure Wednesday. The $20 billion bond...
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Liv Schaffer connects dancers with purpose across generational and cultural...
The ancient practice of dance connects people across language and cultural barriers, so why not generations? That’s the question asked and answered by dancer, educator and choreographer Liv Schaffer....
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Ex-Stockton councilmember Ralph Lee White sues county, city over ballot...
FORMER STOCKTON CITY Councilmember Ralph Lee White is suing the city and the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters for damages after he was declared ineligible and then reinstated from the March...
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East Palo Alto mayor calls for collaboration with cities to clear homeless...
East Palo Alto Mayor Antonio Lopez stood outside Redwood City Hall and announced his plan to tackle homelessness while calling for other city leaders on the Peninsula to also adopt a strategic...
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Fighting fentanyl: Assembly committee seeks solutions to rise of opioid...
The urgency of combatting the rise in overdose deaths among young people in recent years — primarily due to ingesting fentanyl — was the focus of an informational hearing this week by the California...
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SF public health officials call for revisions to make methadone treatment...
San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax joined other medical directors at a press conference this week to call on legislators to pass a bill that would ease restrictions on...
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‘We gotta be somewhere’: Homeless Californians react to Gavin Newsom’s crackdown
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s message on homelessness in recent weeks has been clear: The state will no longer tolerate encampments, and cities shouldn’t either. Californians who live on the streets, as well...
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As student enrollment falls, San Jose school districts forced to consider...
DECLINING ENROLLMENT RATES are forcing school districts across San Jose to stare down campus closures and sharp budget cuts. California education data shows almost every school district in the city...
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Levi’s Stadium, San Joaquin rail commission to renew partnership for ACE...
In an effort to have more Levi’s Stadium visitors take public transportation to events, stadium officials announced they will renew their partnership with the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission....
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Caltrain’s holiday deal: Grab an ugly sweater or a retired diesel locomotive...
It is never too early to start holiday shopping, especially when it means snagging the first-ever Caltrain ugly holiday sweater. The commuter rail service has joined BART in offering transit-themed...
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BART Board of Directors approves 2 contracts to build police HQ and install...
The BART Board of Directors has voted to approve two multi-million-dollar contracts — one to build a new police headquarters in downtown Oakland and one to install new fare gates designed to keep...
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VTA creating citizen advisory committee as it aims to crack down on problem...
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is looking for public citizens to help the department implement a program to ban “troublesome” riders from transit. The program stems from a 2023...
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Richmond, Chevron reach $550M compromise that puts brakes on November tax...
Just hours before a deadline to pull measures off the November ballot, the Richmond City Council on Wednesday officially accepted a settlement with Chevron, bringing the city more than a half billion...
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‘This is sexual abuse’: SF takes on purveyors of nonconsensual deepfake...
Concerns about artificial intelligence — also known as AI — have moved to the forefront of American discourse at a time when disinformation is already plentiful. AI is everywhere, and ranges from...
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San Francisco sees agricultural renaissance, opens state’s first farm bureau...
Bees, peas, chickens and worms — the city of San Francisco just opened the first new farm bureau in the state in 50 years. The new organization is a local chapter of the American Farm Bureau...
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Judge rules 3 to be tried for murder of officer Le, 1 suspect only facing...
An Alameda County Superior Court judge in Oakland has ruled that there is sufficient evidence to try three men for the shooting death of a police officer last December but decided that a fourth...
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What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for college students and higher...
Vice President Kamala Harris is now the official nominee for the Democratic Party as the 2024 presidential election fast approaches. Given President Joe Biden’s late exit from the presidential race,...
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Low v. Liccardo: Just how progressive are the finalists for South Bay...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S hottest congressional race may come down to which of two establishment Democrats can expand their base and capture more young progressive voters. While former San Jose Mayor Sam...
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