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Domestic violence victims eligible for $1,000 monthly stipend in San Mateo...
San Mateo County supervisors will give $1,000 a month to help domestic violence survivors with children leave their abuser.The pilot program, approved Tuesday, offers the guaranteed income for one year...
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Commission signs off on permanent closure of Upper Great Highway SF voters...
The California Coastal Commission has given its unanimous nod of approval for the permanent closure of San Francisco’s Upper Great Highway, which was supported by city voters through Proposition K’s...
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Saving valley dragons: How a conservation group helps save endangered lizard...
At first glance, a valley dragon doesn’t seem to have much in common with a grizzly bear or a condor. Though it has a striking look, large adults can measure a very non-intimidating 15 inches from nose...
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Fewer California workers were dying on the job. Then fentanyl took a...
As the nation continues to struggle with an opioid crisis now supercharged by fentanyl, overdoses have become one of the leading causes of workplace deaths. California is no different: Workplace...
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How licensing unique cannabis strains could revolutionize industry and...
ALMOST EVERYONE IN the Emerald Triangle remembers the free-spirited days of the back-to-the-land movement in the 1960s and ’70s. People from all over California and other parts of the U.S. flocked to...
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Marin health officials warn against consuming raw milk after suspected bird...
Marin County health officials warned the public against consumption of raw milk products after they detected a suspected case of bird flu in a child who drank raw milk. Marin County Public Health said...
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Concord City Council selects new leadership; former mayor recognizes...
Concord officially has a new city councilperson and a new mayor who isn’t totally new.Mayor Carlyn Obringer, who was reelected last month and was appointed mayor by her fellow councilmembers in 2019,...
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Bay Area climate justice groups fear losing progress if federal funding is...
WHEN THE ROSE FOUNDATION’S New Voices are Rising program received a federal grant in 2022, the effort — which is led by youth of color from predominantly underserved communities around the East Bay —...
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Yet another invasive tree-killing beetle found in Felton area in Santa Cruz...
A new tiny but devastating invasive Asian beetle was identified this week in Santa Cruz County.The California Department of Food and Agriculture has identified the new non-native invasive beetle as...
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Silicon Valley water district maintains hiring freeze amid million-dollar...
Silicon Valley’s main water supplier will maintain a hiring freeze in order to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in a budget shortfall.Valley Water officials instituted a hiring freeze in February...
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Clock ticking on ethnic studies, which is still an unfunded mandate; what...
THREE YEARS AGO, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation mandating that high schools offer ethnic studies “upon appropriation,” starting in 2025-26.Now, those two words — upon appropriation — loom large....
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Santa Clara seeks applicants for Salary Setting Commission to decide mayor,...
Santa Clara is looking for anyone interested applying for the city’s Salary Setting Commission which sets the compensation for the mayor and councilmembers.The commission has two vacancies, terms of...
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Storm cuts power to thousands as rain, wind, tornado threat hit Bay Area,...
Over 150,000 customers lost power in the Bay Area and Central Coast while San Francisco experienced its first recorded tornado warning over the weekend, as a storm with wind gusts of more than 80 mph...
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Extensive damage and injuries caused by tornado in Scotts Valley, weather...
Several people were injured, and a “wide range” of property damage was reported in the Santa Cruz community of Scotts Valley over the weekend after a rare tornado hit the area, the National Weather...
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Berkeley police fully embrace automated license plate readers after...
A trial period ended Thursday and Berkeley police are now officially using automated license plate readers, or ALPRs.In July 2023, the Berkeley City Council approved placing ALPRs at 52 locations...
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SF’s first flu death of season prompts health officials to urge residents to...
San Francisco’s public health officials are urging people to get their flu shot this year on the heels of the city’s first reported influenza death of the season. The San Francisco Department of Public...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hospitalized during overseas trip in Luxembourg
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, has been hospitalized after being injured during an overseas trip in Luxembourg, her office said confirmed last week.Pelosi was traveling with a...
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City audit finds abuse and lack of oversight in San Francisco police overtime...
An audit of San Francisco police overtime spending found repeated violations of limits set by department policy and the law, costing the city tens of millions of dollars. Overtime has quadrupled from...
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‘This is meaningful’: Sunnyvale council OKs winter hotel rooms for homeless...
Homeless residents in Sunnyvale will be able to find local shelter from the elements this winter instead of going beyond city limits to get out of the cold.The Sunnyvale City Council on Tuesday...
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Pass the Remote: SF Bay Area film critics select ‘Anora,’ ‘Brutalist’ as...
The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle convened on Sunday to select the best from the film world in 2024. Forty-eight regional film journalists honored quite a few Bay Area-connected filmmakers...
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