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California’s Legislature returns to the Capitol to begin 2025 session — 5...
WITH THE ELECTION and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returned to Sacramento on Monday to kick off a new session in earnest. It will be several more months before the political...
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$5.6M grant to support Bay Area colleges in training manufacturing...
A partnership of six Bay Area colleges has secured a $5.6 million grant to help people prepare for high-demand occupations as manufacturing technicians and machinists.The grant will fund the Silicon...
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Santa Cruz seeks public help in reporting debris sightings following wharf...
The City of Santa Cruz is asking the public for help in the removal of debris from the collapse of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. According to city officials, community members can report...
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Former Rep. Barbara Lee files her paperwork for upcoming Oakland mayoral...
Former U.S. Representative Barbara Lee filed paperwork with the city of Oakland on Monday in a sign that she plans a potential run for the mayor’s office.Lee filed the “Statement of Organization:...
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Wind advisory in effect for parts of Bay Area
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for much of the Bay Area this week.Winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph, are expected in the East Bay hills, Marin hills, Santa Cruz...
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Lurie’s pick for SF’s first public safety chief faced allegations he abused...
San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s appointment for a newly created public safety role faced allegations in a 2018 civil suit of abusing his authority and intimidating a man who he rear-ended in a...
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Contra Costa County DA charges ‘Gone Girl’ kidnapper with San Ramon abduction...
The man at the center of the so-called “Gone Girl” Vallejo kidnapping case who was recently charged with two more sexual assaults in Santa Clara County is now being charged with an alleged kidnapping...
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Oakland leadership shuffle: Jenkins becomes interim mayor, Gallo temp council...
IN AN EVENTFUL and somewhat convoluted day in Oakland’s civic life, Councilmember Kevin Jenkins is now interim mayor, Councilmember Noel Gallo is temporarily council president and Barbara Lee filed...
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Successful steak out: Over $1,000 in stolen meat recovered after Cupertino...
Over $1,000 worth of stolen meat was recovered by sheriff’s deputies last week in Cupertino in what is being described as a “rare case” by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to...
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Campbell’s business district: A hidden gem for eccentric wares and local...
Hundreds of miniature antique soldiers line the shelves, with crouching archers drawing bows and others bearing shields in historic scenes from centuries ago. The market for these novelties is still in...
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Nobody goes there anymore: Silicon Valley office vacancies up as workforce...
SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES are adjusting their needs for in-person work spaces as employees refuse to go back to the office.Commercial vacancy rates continue to climb, even though development is making a...
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Meals on Wheels Diablo Region to sell fire-damaged headquarters in Walnut Creek
Meals on Wheels is putting its Diablo Region headquarters building in Walnut Creek up for sale, the organization announced.The building at 1300 Civic Drive can no longer accommodate the organization,...
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Krissy Keefer celebrates decades of dance activism, building community in SF...
For dancer, choreographer and teacher Krissy Keefer, 2025 is a big year. It marks five decades since she started the seed of Dance Brigade, her unabashedly feminist contemporary troupe, and 25 years...
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Phony AMBER Alert ‘representatives’ trying to scam victims of personal info,...
The California Highway Patrol is warning the public to beware of fraudsters posing as “AMBER Alert representatives” offering to “register” children.“They ask for confidential info and to meet at your...
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Bay Area firefighters head to Los Angeles County to combat massive Palisades...
Bay Area firefighters joined forces with other crews to contain a vast wildfire that started Tuesday morning and has already razed nearly 3,000 acres in Los Angeles County.Dubbed the Palisades Fire,...
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Martinez refinery project to bring more noise, traffic and flaring — with...
Martinez Refining Company has scheduled a maintenance project that will run from early January through early April and will result in more traffic in the area, periodic noise and increased flaring, the...
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Berkeley residents encouraged to sign up for free emergency response training...
The City of Berkeley is inviting residents to take emergency preparedness classes with fellow community members to learn practical skills that can be put into action during and after disasters.The...
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Law enforcement uncover more alleged crimes against ‘American Nightmare’ perp
Law enforcement officials said that Matthew Muller — the man at the center of the Vallejo kidnapping case that was outlined in the Netflix documentary “American Nightmare” — may have committed sexual...
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From 1,000 to zero: The loss of public news racks in San Francisco
Editor’s note: Julia Gitis is the founder of Community News Lab, a nonprofit working to modernize print news racks into digital kiosks. Gitis plans to get community input at the 24th Street BART...
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Best Bets: Indie bookstore crawl, Gaffigan and Chen, ‘Rachmaninoff and the...
Free bookstore crawl, with chocolate: San Francisco’s prize-winning sci-fi author Charlie Jane Anders, host of the long-running Writers with Drinks series and the organizer behind the less frequent...
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