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Celebrities join golf’s biggest stars this week for annual Pebble Beach...

Some of the best golfers in the world are in Monterey County this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a tournament in the second year of its new format as a PGA Tour Signature Event.The...

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Sonoma State University coaches organize legal challenges to proposed sports cut

SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY coaches and sports supporters have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the university and are threatening further legal action after the campus announced plans to...

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San Francisco leaders speak out against deportations, reaffirm sanctuary city...

Hundreds of people from local unions, nonprofits, law enforcement and city government stood on the steps outside San Francisco City Hall to reaffirm the city’s sanctuary policy and stand in unity...

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New regulations proposed for battery energy storage facilities following Moss...

In the wake of the fire earlier this month at Vistra Corporation’s Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed new standards for...

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Trump, Newsom embrace in fire-ravaged LA, but now the president wants to tie...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly railed against California’s governor as “Newscum,” spread misinformation about the causes of the Los Angeles fires and suggested that California will not receive...

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San Francisco leaders kick off Lunar New Year celebrations with a bang in...

This year’s Lunar New Year kicked off with a bang in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Wednesday as 10,000 firecrackers were set off on Kearny Street.Hundreds of spectators packed Portsmouth Square, with...

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Artists, festival organizers and nonprofits encouraged to apply for Berkeley...

Let a thousand flowers — or festivals, arts programs and works of art — bloom in Berkeley, the city’s Civic Arts Program is saying.Actually, it might not be as many as a thousand, but artists, festival...

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Oakland Zoo takes in mountain lion cubs Fern, Thistle and Spruce from San...

Oakland Zoo has three new orphaned mountain lion cubs. The zoo said Wednesday on social media the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) brought the cubs to the zoo Sunday for rehabilitation...

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Identity crisis: Lawsuit alleges tech company violated privacy laws by...

SAN FRANCISCO’S FEDERAL court is home to some of the country’s most ambitious lawsuits, including suits against Big Oil for the costs of climate change, and Meta for the consequences of teen addiction...

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San Jose homeless shelter gets a facelift, providing residents more space and...

SAN JOSE’S LARGEST congregate homeless shelter serving individuals has been updated to offer more privacy for residents.The 250-bed Boccardo Reception Center on Little Orchard Street, operated by...

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Hooked on Books: Lost but never forgotten-Families torn apart by slavery...

“MR. EDITOR – I desire some information about my mother. The last time I saw her was in Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1852 or 1853. Her name was Hannah. She belonged to Lawyer Tibbs who sold her...

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Ukiah High School alum Will Hawkes gets Oscar nomination; film screens in...

Will Hawkes, a Ukiah High School graduate and co-founder of the production company Kindred Films, will return to his Mendocino roots when his Oscar-nominated film “The Last Ranger” screens in Ukiah....

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Dry January puts ‘significant dent’ in state’s water delivery forecast;...

Allocations from California’s State Water Project continue to slowly trend upwards this winter, with water managers announcing a 5% increase in requested deliveries compared to last month.Officials...

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February 2025 author events: Genny Lim, Chris Hayes, Martin Yan, Geraldine...

Memoirs, histories, thrillers, short stories, poetry, novels and books addressing current events are among offerings local and visiting writers are promoting this month. To submit an event to the...

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This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop Trump’s chaos-inducing...

Scrambling to respond to the Trump administration’s late Monday night directive to pause a wide, but as-yet-unspecified, swath of federal spending programs, California’s Democratic elected officials...

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Anatomy of a divided Palo Alto Unified School Board’s vote on ethnic studies

In hour two of a meeting that stretched to nearly five, Josh Salcman, barely two months on the Palo Alto Unified School Board, said aloud what other school board members no doubt realize at some point...

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Redwood City appoints Baraka Carter to lead fire department; new chief begins...

Baraka Carter has been appointed as the new fire chief for the Redwood City Fire Department, which also serves San Carlos, City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz announced.Baraka Carter is the newly...

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How AI tech companies, Trump could impact future of SF’s commercial real...

Leaders from various commercial real estate firms sat on a panel this week to discuss the future of the industry in San Francisco after 2024’s record-high office vacancy rate. Office vacancy rates in...

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Writing to right the pain: Incarcerated share powerful narratives about...

BEHIND THE WALLS of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, incarcerated individuals are writing powerful narratives to share with the world about childhood trauma.It was a first-of-its-kind graduation on...

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Taking aim at ageism: Stanford summit looks at changing the conversation...

THE STANFORD CENTER on Longevity tackled a big topic at its annual Century Summit last week at Stanford University: “Ageism and the Intergenerational Future.” In collaboration with The Longevity...

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