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Mendocino County residents warned of increase in phone, email and retail scams
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of scams targeting older adults and local businesses. According to the Sheriff’s Office, scammers are calling or emailing older adults who...
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SF’s Props L, M ask voters to consider changes to business taxes, rideshare...
San Francisco voters will decide on two tax measures at the ballot box in November. Proposition L would impose an additional tax on revenue from rideshare companies and autonomous vehicles, while...
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Enrollment ticks up at CSU, its first increase since 2020, but remains short...
California State University’s fall 2024 enrollment has risen to 461,000 students, driven by record gains among first-time, first-year students that nonetheless left the system short of its fall 2020...
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Santa Rosa police say Oregon man spilled hundreds of gallons of hazardous...
Santa Rosa police said a man hauling a horse trailer from Petaluma to Oregon last month allegedly spilled liquid hazardous waste from the trailer all over Santa Rosa. Police said at 10:03 a.m. on Sept....
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San Francisco court clerks authorize labor strike unless contract...
San Francisco Superior Court clerks have voted to authorize a labor strike amid stalled negotiations on a new contract. The contract for court workers who are members of the Service Employees...
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Oakland Unified’s budget deficit grows 9.2% to $95M as pay, benefit increases...
The Oakland Unified School District’s projected deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal year has grown 9.2% to $95 million, the chief business officer said.The deficit widened from an earlier estimate of $87...
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Bay Area nonprofit acquires 750 acres of land to expand 2 state natural reserves
Two state natural reserves in Northern California will grow in size after a Bay Area nonprofit acquired forest land adjacent to the reserves. Save the Redwoods League announced Thursday morning that it...
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Voting FAQs
How to Vote Step 1: Register to vote by Oct.21, by going to vote.gov/register and selecting your residing state. You will be prompted to fill out your address, party affiliation and ballot-related...
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State gives San Jose millions to clear homeless camps, but advocates say it’s...
The state plans to give San Jose $4.8 million to help clear encampments and provide support to unhoused residents. But it’s a mere drop in the bucket compared to what the city needs to tackle...
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Pass the Remote: Films and more at United Nations and Green fests, Doc...
Documentaries and a handful of narrative shorts dominate the Bay Area film festival scene this week as the United Nations Association Film Festival, the Green Film Festival and Doc Stories get...
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Santa Clara County reports slight drop in homeless deaths despite opioid crisis
Homeless deaths in Santa Clara County are down so far this year despite an opioid crisis and thousands of people living on the streets.There have been 159 deaths as of Oct. 6, compared to 169 deaths...
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Review: TheatreWorks’ ‘King James’ details a fascinating friendship over 12...
Those who have seen Rajiv Joseph’s plays—among several produced in the Bay Area are TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “The North Pool” and Marin Theatre Company’s 2017 “Guards at the Taj”—know he’s an...
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Santa Clara County officials warn of invasive tree-killing beetle detected in...
Santa Cruz County agriculture officials are asking property owners and residents to be on the lookout for an invasive beetle called the invasive shothole borer beetle that was detected in Felton. The...
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Defending champ’s 2,471-pound pumpkin takes top prize at Half Moon Bay weigh-off
Defending champion Travis Gienger of Minnesota won top prize in the 51st annual Safeway World Champion Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay on Monday. His 2,471-pound prize gourd came just 8 pounds shy...
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Wayward parachutist sends two spectators to the hospital after Fleet Week...
A mishap during a Fleet Week performance by the U.S. Navy’s parachute team in San Francisco sent two people to the hospital on Sunday afternoon.San Francisco Fire Department personnel treated two...
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Chief Mitchell hands over reins of leadership at Oakland PD — but it’s only...
Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell has handed over his responsibilities to Acting Chief James Beere while he attends state-mandated training, police said this week.Mitchell, a former police chief in...
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Bay Area celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day with powwows and global...
Monday was Indigenous Peoples’ Day in California and the Bay Area recognized it in several ways. In an early celebration on Saturday, tribes from around the country gathered for a powwow celebration...
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Imperiled penguin gets a break: Cal Academy performs innovative surgery on...
A SLIPPED ANKLE tendon sounds like something attributed to a hulking NFL star on a team injury report.But for a small penguin, such an injury used to mean amputation or even death.No more, said the...
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SF jury hears opening statements on Momeni murder trial for death of Cash App...
The high-profile trial of Nima Momeni, accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in 2023, has kicked off in a packed San Francisco courtroom. Momeni is accused of murdering Lee by stabbing...
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Teachers are still leaving, but these aspiring educators are excited to join...
Amid a statewide teacher shortage, talk of teachers leaving the profession or simply not going into it in the first place is widespread. In a 2022 UCLA study, 1 in 5 California teachers said they would...
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