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Review: Comedy lifted to sublime heights in San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Play...
“The Play That Goes Wrong” is apparently foolproof. Of the Broadway touring version in San Francisco in 2019, I wrote, “hilarious,” and “my stomach hurt from laughing,” and “funny every step of the...
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California to apologize for slavery as part of reparations push in...
California’s governor has signed a slate of bills aimed at beginning the process of reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people, including a measure that requires the state to apologize for...
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Economists like Newsom’s plan to control gas prices; refiners say it could...
FALL IS IN the air, and that means California drivers are gearing up for seasonal price increases at the pump. A plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom to hold down those spikes cleared the Assembly petroleum...
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Pass the Remote: Great Bay Area film festivals: Mill Valley, Drunken, SF Dance
The Mill Valley Film Festival’s storied tradition of bringing major-league stars and high-profile indie features to the Bay Area carries on with its 47th program running Oct. 3-13. This year boasts a...
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Santa Cruz County agrees to 11.5% pay boost in tentative pact with largest union
Santa Cruz County has announced that it reached a tentative agreement on an 11.5% pay increase for its largest union, representing more than 1,800 employees including parks, roads and social...
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‘Change is necessary’: Buster Posey elevated to leadership role after Giants’...
After a season that began with the signing of high-priced free agents and postseason expectations ended with a losing record, the San Francisco Giants said Monday they have fired President of Baseball...
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Need to escape the heat? Bay Area counties open cooling centers amid...
Sonoma County will have several cooling centers open beginning Tuesday for residents who need to escape the heat. Health Officer Dr. Tanya Phares issued a health advisory Monday in response to the...
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Coast Guard says no wildlife harmed after petroleum spill threatens San...
U.S. Coast Guard crews were able to contain a petroleum product that leaked into Stockton’s Smith Canal over the weekend, preventing it from fouling the San Joaquin River. The leak from a 380-gallon...
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Bay Area firefighters join search and rescue efforts as Southeast digs out...
Two Bay Area firefighters traveled to Florida on Tuesday last week, ahead of Hurricane Helene, and a third is on the way.They are members of California’s Task Force 4, one of 14 Urban Search and Rescue...
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‘The perfect place’: GLBT museum may soon get a permanent home in SF’s Castro...
The GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archives may soon get a permanent home in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is expected to...
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Golden Thread tackles war from Arab American perspective in ‘11Reflections:...
Like many Americans who lived through 9/11, Andrea Assaf has vivid memories of the day. As an Arab-American living in the East Village not far from the World Trade Center in 2001, her reaction was...
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Bonta sues Catholic hospital that allegedly denied woman emergency abortion care
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against a Humboldt County hospital accused of breaking state law by failing to provide emergency abortion services to a woman whose life was...
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No drug screen and treatment, no money. Should Valley’s poorest be tested to...
Central Valley leaders are asking voters to weigh in one of the oldest public policy questions: Which works better, the carrot or the stick?A new ballot initiative in front of voters in San Joaquin...
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With millions of square feet vacant, San Jose considers tax breaks to fill...
CITY LEADERS WANT to give new businesses a tax break and parking benefits to lure them into downtown.The City Council on Tuesday was expected to pass a downtown office incentives policy in an effort to...
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Pavement rehabilitation project on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County resumes for...
A four-mile paving project on state Highway 1 in the Aptos area of Santa Cruz County has resumed last week, according to Caltrans. The pavement rehabilitation project from about a mile north of the...
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Public survey available for Hwy 85 transit corridor development in Santa...
Public input is being sought for a transportation study on the Stevens Creek Boulevard/West San Jose Corridor in Santa Clara County. The stretch of state Highway 85 from West Carlos Street, near the...
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Temperatures as high as 110 degrees expected in parts of Bay Area Wednesday
An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect through Wednesday night in much of the greater Bay Area because of temperatures that could reach 110 degrees in some inland locations and up to 96 degrees in...
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As former president Jimmy Carter turns 100, his support for affordable...
Former President Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday. His birthday was celebrated from his eastern hometown of Plains, Ga. to the west coast Monterey Bay office of Habitat for Humanity, one of his...
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West Contra Costa schools superintendent to retire in December; search on for...
West Contra Costa Unified School District Superintendent Kenneth C. Hurst will retire in December after more than three years of leading the district, the district said Monday.Hurst joined WCCUSD in...
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Pelosi celebrates 30 years of Presidio park: Honor military history,...
California U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi joined hundreds of Presidio Trust members and national park rangers this week, braving a rare San Francisco heat wave to celebrate the 30th anniversary of...
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