UC Berkeley Joins California-Israel Natural Science Grant Program
UC Berkeley has partnered with nonprofit California-Israel Collaborations in Research, funded by the Koum Family Foundation and the…
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Earlier stories
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Civic life
California Orders Lenders to Explain Wildfire Claim Payout Delays
California’s Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation have ordered…
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Outside PACs Spend Record $6M+ in California Insurance Chief Race
Independent expenditure committees have spent a record $6 million-plus in the Nov. 3 race for California insurance commissioner…
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9th Circuit Questions DOJ Demand to Set Aside 20,000 Mail Ballots
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.
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FBI Agent Returns to Stand in Sheng Thao Trial Week Three
The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Andre Jones, and David and Andy Duong enters its third week in…
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Over 400 Cars Drop Off 30 Tons of Trash at Oakland Bulky Block Party
More than 400 cars carrying 385 Oakland residents lined up along Edgewater Drive in East Oakland on Saturday to dispose of more than…
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DeSaulnier Objects to DOJ Demand Over 400 Contra Costa Ballots
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Walnut Creek) objected to U.S.
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Contra Costa and Four Bay Area Counties Vote Nov. 3 on $980M Annual Regional Transit Tax
On Nov. 3, voters across Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties will decide on the Regional Transit…
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Berkeley Voters Weigh Measure Z Parcel Tax to Establish Municipal Public Bank
Voters in Berkeley are deciding on Measure Z, a November ballot measure that would levy a six-year square-footage parcel tax to…
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Proposition 40 Billionaire Tax Divides California Unions and Economists Ahead of Nov. 3 Vote
With Election Day set for Nov.
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Proposition 45 Splits Bay Area Pro-Housing Groups Over CEQA Timelines and Sprawl
Proposition 45 on the Nov. 3 ballot would impose strict review and litigation deadlines under the California Environmental Quality Act…
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Oakland Committee Advances $30 Minimum Wage Proposal to Dec. 1 Council Vote
Oakland’s Rules and Legislation Committee voted 4-0 to place a proposed $30 hourly minimum wage measure before the full City Council…
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Community
Cal Women’s Soccer Falls 3-1 to SMU Despite Early Van More Goal
Sophomore Mia Van More gave Cal women’s soccer a 1-0 halftime lead with a fifth-minute goal, but SMU rallied with three second-half…
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East Bay Sophomore Builds Blockwork Site for Safe Teen Chores
Aaditya Kamat, a 10th grader at American High School in Fremont, created Blockwork (blockwork.online) to connect teenagers with…
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Wheelchair Basketball Builds Community at California Medical Facility
Launched publicly in late 2022 at the California Medical Facility, a wheelchair basketball program unites able-bodied and disabled…
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Valkyries Bring ‘Ballhalla’ Crowd to Chase Center for Game 5
With the WNBA Finals tied 2-2 against the Atlanta Dream, the Golden State Valkyries return to Chase Center — nicknamed "Ballhalla" —…
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Alameda Father-Son Skateboard Brand Raises $2,000 for Celiac Research
Eleven-year-old Alameda fifth-grader Carmelo Kamler and his father, Josh Kamler, have donated more than $2,000 in profits from their…
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Build Machine Learning Radiation Blood Test
Researchers Jian-Hua Mao, Jamie Inman, and Hang Chang at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed Sparse CBC, an…
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14th Annual Napa Valley Give!Guide Launches Nov. 1 With 98 Nonprofits
The 14th annual Napa Valley CanDo Give!
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Pleasanton opens applications for Dec. 5 Hometown Holiday Parade
The City of Pleasanton has opened participant registration, volunteer sign-ups, and announcer video auditions through Sunday, Nov. 22,…
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Contra Costa Nonprofit Grants Antioch Vietnam Veteran and Wife One More Safari West Adventure
Arranged by Contra Costa County nonprofit An Elderly Wish Foundation, 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran Jim Ledbetter and his wife, Lynn…
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UC Berkeley Astronomers Help Lead NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Mission
Twenty-seven years after UC Berkeley physicist Saul Perlmutter and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory colleagues first proposed the…
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San Francisco Bay Ferry Commissions 12-Megawatt-Hour Battery Charging Pier at Alameda Seaplane Lagoon Terminal
Modular shore-side LFP energy storage plaza and dual-plug megawatt charging connectors at 1901 Ferry Point power zero-emission…
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SFMTA Commissions 8-Megawatt Battery-Buffered 600-Volt DC Trolleybus Substation at Potrero Yard to Power Hill-Climbing Electric Coaches
Second-life transit LFP battery bank and solid-state DC rectifiers at 2500 Mariposa Street stabilize overhead wire voltage and capture…
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Caltrain Commissions 10-Megawatt Wayside Regenerative-Braking Battery Substation at San Jose Diridon Electric Terminal
Trackside lithium-titanate energy buffer at 65 Cahill Street captures 25-kV overhead catenary braking power from electric trains to…
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Golden Gate Ferry Commissions 10-Megawatt-Hour Floating Battery Barge and Pantograph Charger at Larkspur Terminal
Substation-on-a-float at 101 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard delivers 4-megawatt rapid DC turnarounds for high-speed electric…
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Port of Oakland Commissions 12-Megawatt-Hour Solar and Battery Microgrid at Oakland Airport to Power Electric Tarmac Fleet
Three-megawatt solar carport array and lithium-iron-phosphate storage bank on Earhart Road energize 48 electric baggage tugs and…
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BART Commissions 2-Megawatt Magnetic-Levitation Flywheel Energy Storage Substation at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station
Vacuum-sealed steel rotors spinning at 16,000 RPM on Warm Springs Boulevard capture 1,000-volt third-rail braking bursts and return…
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Things to do
Berkeley Theaters Stage Fall Lineup With Under-35 Ticket Deals
Berkeley theater companies—performing locally since 1957—are staging four fall and winter productions across Shotgun Players, Berkeley…
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San Ramon, Danville, and East Bay Cities Set 2026 Tree Lightings
Communities across San Ramon, Danville, Martinez, Fairfield, Dublin, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Concord, and Pleasanton have announced…
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Fruitvale Día de los Muertos Festival Set for Nov. 1 in Oakland
Oakland’s annual Día de los Muertos Festival returns to Fruitvale Transit Village on Sunday, Nov. 1, featuring a 34-foot La Catrina…
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Children’s Fairyland Stages Indigenous Puppet Show Through Nov. 29
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland has partnered with the urban Indigenous women-led Sogorea Te’ Land Trust to present the puppet show…
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Pleasanton Library Van Zippy Visits Ridgeview Commons Nov. 5
The City of Pleasanton Library and Recreation Department outreach vehicle, Zippy, will visit Ridgeview Commons Senior Community on…
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ASUC SUPERB Hosts Free Votechella Concert on Upper Sproul Plaza
Hundreds of UC Berkeley students packed Upper Sproul Plaza and the Mario Savio Steps on Friday for Votechella, a free afternoon…
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Tri-Valley Veterans Day parade and concert set for Nov. 8
The 29th Annual Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and Concert will take place Sunday, Nov. 8, starting at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial…
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Isaac Cruz’s Two Pick-Sixes Power Napa High Past Previously Unbeaten San Rafael, 41–13
Senior defensive back Isaac Cruz returned two third-quarter interceptions for touchdowns of 41 and 74 yards and senior linebacker Alan…
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First-Year Saint Mary’s Swim Teams Fall at Cal a Day After Historic First Men’s Win
One day after the first-year Saint Mary’s College men’s swim team earned the first dual-meet victory in program history (146–140 over…
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Weather & safety
Hayward Police and Marine Mammal Center Rescue Seal From Roadway
Hayward Police Department officers responded to a call about a seal wandering in the middle of a roadway and kept the animal safe…
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California Coalition Launches Whale and Dungeness Crab Initiative
The Marine Mammal Center, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, and The Nature Conservancy have launched the…
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High Tides Prompt Flood Advisory Along San Pablo Bay Through Saturday
The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory through Saturday for low-lying bayshore locations along San Pablo Bay…
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State Climate Assessment Warns of Six-Day Bay Area Heat Waves and Rising Wildfire Power Costs
California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment warns that statewide temperatures are projected to rise 3.5 to 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit by…
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Caltrans Closes Highway 37 Between Mare Island and Sears Point for El Niño Storm Prep
Caltrans closed Highway 37 in the North Bay between Mare Island and Sears Point from Friday night through early Monday morning so…
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Chevron Richmond Refinery Sulfur Release Topped Six Times State Limit, Air District Says
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District reported that hydrogen sulfide levels from the Chevron Richmond Refinery reached more…
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Real Estate
California Builds 692,000 Homes Since 2019 Yet Lags Annual Need
State housing director Gustavo Velasquez told the Little Hoover Commission that more than 692,000 homes have been built in California…
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Business
Alcatraz Island Closing Three Weeks for Ferry Dock Piling Repairs
The National Park Service will close Alcatraz Island from Oct. 30 through Nov. 19 to repair pilings supporting the island’s ferry…
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San Francisco AI Lab Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO Under Ticker ANT
San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic filed its Form S-1 registration statement Monday to list on the Nasdaq under…
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Putter’s Mini Golf in Walnut Creek to Close Nov. 29 for Housing
Putter’s Mini Golf at 1275 S.
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