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Beloved pachyderm perishes: Oakland Zoo’s former elephant Donna dies...
Donna the elephant, who moved from the Oakland Zoo to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in 2023, died on Christmas Eve.The Oakland Zoo said on social media Friday morning that, after eating normally...
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Antioch 911 dispatcher’s training results in lifesaving Christmas gift for...
Antioch police say one of their dispatchers helped save the life of a man whose boat sank on Christmas Eve.Dispatcher Autumn Turnage received a 911 call from a man whose boat sank near Sherman Island,...
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VTA bus, light rail service to offer free New Year’s Eve ride to avoid...
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, will provide free transit service on New Year’s Eve to help deter drinking and driving. Bus and light rail service will be free from 8 p.m. on...
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Silicon Valley minimum wage to rise next year, but workers say it’s not...
Next month will bring a minimum wage bump to workers in Silicon Valley, but it’s barely enough for these earners to survive in one of the most expensive places in the country.Once a trailblazer in...
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A new California law prevents schools from requiring teachers to ‘out’ LGBTQ...
AMID A FLURRY of recent school board policies aimed at the rights of transgender students, California passed a new law in July that prevents schools from requiring staff to notify parents if a student...
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Improved San Jose-PG&E relations may lead city to abandon its own power...
Improved relations with PG&E could lead San Jose officials to drop the proposal for a city-owned power utility despite unanimous support from City Hall.As San Jose plans for growth to the north and...
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Silver and black attack: Raiders-clad suspect in ’92 Hayward triple killing...
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public assistance in solving a 32-year-old case of three males killed in Hayward.Around 11:50 p.m. on Dec. 27, 1992, three males were killed in an...
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‘This was a record event’: Santa Cruz wharf was felled by largest ocean swell...
City officials in Santa Cruz are working with state and federal partner agencies to clear a massive debris field that has stretched 10 miles south to Manresa State Beach, following the collapse of a...
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San Jose conducts homeless count along Coyote Creek ahead of sweep in January
San Jose officials have homed in on a stretch of waterway to clean up debris and ban homeless encampments.A 12-mile stretch along Coyote Creek is slated to be cleared of homeless people starting in...
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Young influencers are promoting underconsumption on TikTok — what it means...
With the rise of influencer culture, the pressure to overconsume is nearly everywhere on social media. That being said, owning one pair of shoes in 10 colours or immediately purchasing the newest...
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100 bylines by the Bay: Former editor in India reclaims reporter’s stripes as...
AS I WRITE this essay, I have one foot in 2025 and the other in 1959. That’s the year British-Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey published his novel The Final Diagnosis, a staggering saga about medical...
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Silicon Valley health care provider plans two medical campuses to relieve ER...
One of Northern California’s largest health care providers has plans to build two medical campuses, as patient overflow is straining Silicon Valley emergency rooms with long wait times and...
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Bay Area, national leaders weigh in on death of former US President Jimmy...
Bay Area and California political leaders and President Joe Biden weighed in on the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday in Plains, Georgia at the age of 100.Carter’s...
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Newsom pledges to extend CHP partnership with Oakland if city ends...
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced at an Oakland news conference Friday he is extending the state’s law enforcement partnership with the city beyond its initial end-of-the-year deadline, but warned the city’s...
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City officials warn of fundraising scam following Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf...
City officials in Santa Cruz say swindlers claiming to represent businesses on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf are soliciting donations following the structure’s partial collapse. “This is a scam,”...
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Remembering Silicon Valley’s eventful 2024 — the protests, politics and...
FROM A HISTORIC election recount to a San Jose councilmember’s arrest: 2024 was one for the books. As the South Bay turns a page into 2025, San José Spotlight is looking back at the pivotal moments...
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‘A tireless advocate’: San Jose’s beloved civil rights leader Rev. Jeff Moore...
Silicon Valley leaders are reeling after the sudden death of the Rev. Jethroe “Jeff” Moore II, a beloved civil rights activist who devoted his life to fighting for social justice and human rights.Moore...
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Trump allies warn California leaders they could go to prison over sanctuary...
CALIFORNIA’S SOUTHERN BORDER, long ‘ground zero’ in the fight between federal and local officials over immigration policy, is now at the center of renewed controversy over how far local leaders can go...
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Pass the Remote: Three notable documentaries stream on PBS in January
Documentaries and their viewers continue changing. For a thorough overview of what’s happening, check out writer Eve Batey’s insightful Vanity Fair article, which includes savvy observations from the...
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Oakley’s self-service sandbag station opens
The City of Oakley has announced the opening of a self-service sandbag station for residents. According to the city’s post on social media, the self-service station is located at Ironhouse Sanitary...
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