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Pass the Remote: A look at 2025’s best picture Oscar nominees
And the nominees are… Those four words carry a tremendous amount of weight, eliciting rounds of applause or vitriolic rants from movie fans as names and film titles are revealed. Reactions to last...
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Veteran TV journalist Judy Woodruff kicks off East Bay Leadership Council...
AMERICAN BROADCAST JOURNALIST Judy Woodruff will be featured in the first event of the East Bay Leadership Council’s 2025 Leadership Series on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The East Bay Leadership Council...
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San Francisco Bay’s Point Buckler Island sold at auction for $3.8M to John...
A long-running legal dispute over the fate of a small island in San Francisco Bay came to an end last week when Point Buckler Island was sold at auction to the John Muir Land Trust, a nonprofit...
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How much did the youth vote shift to the right in California? Experts weigh in
In November 2024, when President Donald Trump won 38.3% of the vote in California, this was 4 percentage points more than he won in 2020. It was a small shift to the right, owing to many factors among...
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Vallejo City Unified considers closures, consolidations amid enrollment decline
The Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) Governing Board reviewed options for school closures and consolidations during a study session last week, the board announced. Declining enrollment and...
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Santa Clara County officials talking tough on artificial turf; supervisors...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY is preparing to ban artificial turf on all county-owned property, citing health and environmental concerns.The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will vote on a policy limiting...
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Fairfield opens upgraded, more user-friendly portal for police data on crime...
Fairfield’s Police Department has upgraded access to law enforcement data through an internet-based Police Transparency Portal.The portal is intended to be more user friendly than the interface on the...
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Frosty overnight and morning temps this week to give way to chance of raining...
The Bay Area is in for several days of cold overnight and morning temperatures, giving way to the strong possibility of some moderate rain later in the week. Starting Monday morning and running through...
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Keeping hummingbird habitats happy means trimming trees prior to nesting,...
Trimming trees and shrubs now, in the winter season, could save the lives of hundreds of baby hummingbirds and other birds later on, a wildlife rescue center said.Birds and small mammals are usually...
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Amid financial crisis, Santa Rosa City Schools reaches record-high 86%...
The graduation rate in Santa Rosa City Schools, facing bankruptcy by the end of the year, climbed to 86.3%, a two-point gain from the rate before the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Saturday.The...
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Harden your home against fires: Santa Rosa urges residents to create...
City of Santa Rosa officials are encouraging residents to reduce their wildfire risk by creating defensible space and what is described as “home hardening.”Defensible space is the buffer homeowners can...
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Backed by new state laws, Vallejo police to get CHP assistance in combating...
Vallejo police will be getting help from the California Highway Patrol in combating illegal sideshows and reckless driving.Gov. Gavin Newsom recently enacted legislation designed to strengthen...
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Richmond mayor, city manager pledges to oppose federal immigration policy...
Richmond’s mayor and city manager have issued a joint statement pledging to stand by the city’s majority Latino population as federal immigration policy changes.“In light of recent threats from the...
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Elevated levels of heavy metals measured in Elkhorn Slough following battery...
Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire at...
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New report shows SJ plummets in economic rankings, but experts see signs of...
A recent report shows Silicon Valley’s economic growth faltered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, though local experts say business has been recovering.The Milken Institute, a global think tank,...
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SF Chinatown blooms with Flower Market Street Fair, celebrating Lunar New Year
Watched over by seven panda statues, with oranges, tangerines, flowers and plants for sale, the annual Flower Market Street Fair took place in San Francisco’s Chinatown over the weekend celebrating the...
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Beware of ‘jewelry swap’ scams: Swindlers targeting Santa Clara residents...
Swindlers who get close enough to their victims to switch real jewelry for junk are preying on individuals walking alone in Santa Clara, police said. The scam, known as “jewelry swap swindling,”...
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Alameda County supervisors form committee to protect rights of immigrant...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formed a new committee to provide advice and guidance on how to respond to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, which are widely lambasted...
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Alameda County supervisors pick Superior Court Judge Dickson as new district...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors selected Superior Court Judge Ursula Jones Dickson as the county’s new district attorney at the end of a nearly four-hour special meeting this week. Supervisors...
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Best Bets: Punk rock at New Farm, Hearts in SF, John Santos, Pivot Festival,...
Freebie of the week: It’s called the New Farm, but its roots go back to mid-1970s San Francisco, when nobody thought twice about a working farm also being a community center, environmental art gallery...
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