Oakland files suit against Southwest Airlines, alleging violation of worker...
Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines alleging ongoing violations of city and state sick leave laws.The suit, filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior...
View Article‘It’s not fair at all’: San Jose sweeps Columbus Park after homeless...
Emotions ran high at a homeless encampment near a San Jose park as the city began sweeping the streets that unhoused residents called home.Two years ago, the city cleared the sprawling homeless...
View ArticleAt the epicenter of AI integration: Growing tech firms see San Jose as the...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIVES and breathes thanks to tech innovators of the 1980s and 90s who saw Silicon Valley as the landscape to develop the more than trillion-dollar computer industry.Though AI...
View ArticleSF museum showcases ‘Tenderloin Blackness’ at monthly evening art Walk
During this week’s First Thursday Art Walk in San Francisco’s Tenderloin Museum, neighbors and guests celebrated “Tenderloin Blackness,” an upbeat exhibition about the notable personalities who made...
View ArticleSF311 app expands language support, now available in Chinese, Spanish and...
Representatives of San Francisco’s 311 Customer Service Center announced updates to its free app, which now supports service requests in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino in addition to English.Roughly...
View ArticleMeasure M seeks to clarify process of how information is sent out by Stockton...
Measure M, placed on the ballot in the November election for Stockton voters, seeks to clarify the process for how the city sends out information to the public and who is responsible for the...
View ArticleCollector car worth $2M perishes in fire after Pebble Beach exhibition;...
A classic luxury car valued at an estimated $2 million was destroyed by fire after being shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Monterey firefighters said Friday.The 1934 Hispano-Suiza J12...
View ArticleSF students drink bottled water while district seeks solution to...
THE FIRST WEEKS of school meant fresh supplies of pens, notebooks and bottled water for children in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood — along with a weary skepticism among parents that...
View ArticleSF mayor proposes new entertainment zones where to-go alcoholic drinks could...
San Francisco is seeking to create four new designated “entertainment zones” that allow restaurants and bars to sell to-go alcoholic beverages that can be consumed in within those areas. The city...
View Article‘Been a long time coming’: San Jose police denied immunity in excessive force...
A legal shield protecting police officers from excessive force lawsuits has taken a major blow in San Jose. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied qualified immunity for Michael...
View ArticleLong COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs, but research finds damage may be...
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19.Efforts...
View ArticleSanta Cruz County homeowner turns back on deal to house convicted kidnapper,...
A homeowner has turned back on an agreement to house a convicted kidnapper and rapist in a town in Santa Cruz County, forcing officials to place him elsewhere, according to the county’s District...
View ArticleConstruction of San Ramon trail overcrossing to necessitate week of detours...
Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon will be completely closed between Camino Ramon and Market Place all next week so workers can build a “critical phase of construction” on the Iron Horse Regional Trail...
View ArticleLeaded legacy: Oakland has received millions to clean up its lead, so why...
A Leaded LegacyOakland received millions to clean up its lead, so why hasn’t it been spent?By Cole Reynolds • Bay City NewsWhen Calvin Brown saw his young son’s first seizure, all he could do was stand...
View ArticleContra Costa offers health care to undocumented ineligible for Medi-Cal,...
Contra Costa Health has announced it is offering affordable health care coverage to undocumented and uninsured county residents who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal or Covered California. Residents who may...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence art is facing a copyright problem. Here’s what it...
This summer, X (formerly Twitter) introduced its subscribers to Flux, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence image generator developed by Black Forest Labs. Soon after, the platform became saturated...
View ArticleReparations supporters plot comeback after being dealt bitter defeat in the...
STILL GRAPPLING WITH the fallout from the defeat of two bills in the Legislature’s final hours, backers of reparations geared up for a grinding fight they said could last a decade and debated whether...
View ArticleWhy playing is the key to learning: Experts urge more creativity in early...
Singing the ABC song. Learning the days of the week from a nursery rhyme. Making a finger-painted collage of little handprints. Arts education has always been center stage in early education because...
View Article2 years after death of rapper Young Slo-Be, Manteca police continue search...
Manteca police are asking the community for information regarding a black Mercedes-Benz that is believed to have been involved in the slaying of a Stockton-based rap artist who died in 2022.Police...
View ArticlePort of Oakland seeks developers for Howard Terminal revamp after A’s...
The Port of Oakland is asking for requests for qualifications from developers who are interested in taking on the old Howard Terminal property. In a media release Friday, port officials announced the...
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