Bay Area Election Chiefs Challenge Federal Voter Roll Demands
Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Kristin B.
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Civic life
Concord Weighs $17.4M Upgrade for Police HQ and Emergency Center
The Concord City Council is considering a $780,242 construction management contract with Cumming Group and $1.53 million in fund…
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Walnut Creek Sets Nov. 11 Veterans Day Ceremony at Lesher Center
The City of Walnut Creek will hold its annual free Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Lesher…
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Billionaires Spend $300M Against Prop. 40 as Feds Probe SFUSD Course
Campaign finance filings show California billionaires have spent roughly $304 million opposing Proposition 40 and backing competing…
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Menlo Park Downtown Housing Plan Faces Up to $45M Funding Gap
Menlo Park’s plan to partner with Related California to build at least 345 affordable apartments on three downtown parking lots faces…
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King Tides Flood Mill Valley Roads After Golden Gate Bridge Crash
King Tide flooding closed portions of Miller Avenue, Camino Alto, and the Redwood Highway frontage road in Mill Valley on Tuesday…
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Alameda Delegates Reflect on Boys & Girls State as Altarena Opens
Nine Alameda high school seniors sponsored by American Legion Post 647 shared insights from the California Boys & Girls State civic…
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Defense Grills FBI Agent in Ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Trial
As the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and her partner Andre Jones entered its second week Tuesday,…
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UC Berkeley Engineers Show Hula Hooping Relies on Full Lower Body
A new study in Nonlinear Dynamics by UC Berkeley mechanical engineering researchers Oliver O’Reilly, Chrystal Chern, and Theresa…
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Martinez Announces Marina Closures for King Tides Through January
The City of Martinez has announced temporary daytime closures at the Martinez Marina and Waterfront Park for five extreme high tide…
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Hops & Scotch Closes at Avalon as Lesher Center Unveils Holiday Lineup
Hops & Scotch Taproom & Whiskey Bar has closed after more than eight years at Avalon Walnut Creek on Treat Boulevard, even as…
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Realtors and Labor Unions Pour Nearly $100K Into Mountain View Race
Campaign finance filings show the National Association of Realtors has spent $38,922.08 each in independent expenditures supporting…
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Santa Clara County Rejects DOJ Demand to Verify 902 Voter Ballots
Santa Clara County Executive James Williams sent a letter to the U.S.
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Bipartisan House Pledge Urges Lawmakers to Seat Midterm Winners
Among the eight Republicans and one Republican-caucusing independent in California’s U.S.
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Report Urges Direct Intervention Powers for New K-12 Commissioner
A new report published through the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence by researchers Heather Hough and Jason Willis…
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California Prepares K-12 Overhaul Under New Education Commissioner
Under Assembly Bill 181—proposed by Gov.
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Sonoma County Drone Settlement Sets Warrant Rules After ACLU Suit
Sonoma County’s recent settlement of a 2025 ACLU of Northern California lawsuit over hundreds of warrantless code-enforcement drone…
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Delta View Golf Course Data Center Expansion Paused 45 Days
Pittsburg residents protesting the Avaio data center project at the former Delta View Golf Course urged the City Council to…
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Pittsburg Council Votes Unanimously for 45-Day Data Center Pause
Following a heated public hearing and demonstrations outside City Hall, the Pittsburg City Council voted unanimously to impose an…
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Federal Jury Convicts SF Man in $370K Carjacking; Morgan Hill Approves 105 Homes
A federal jury in San Francisco convicted 32-year-old Cankun He of conspiracy to commit an armed carjacking targeting a cannabis…
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San Jose Votes on Plaza del Pueblo Name as Bollinger Safeway Closes
The San Jose City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a Parks and Recreation Commission recommendation to rename downtown’s Plaza…
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Fund Misuse Audits Center Stage in Santa Clara Board of Education Race
Incumbent Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Raeena Lari faces challenger Karla Dominguez Vega in the county’s sole…
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CSU Faculty Union Opens Strike Authorization Vote Through Nov. 19
The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 professors and university employees across the California State University…
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Experts Warn of AI Disinformation Targeting Immigrant Voters
As the Nov. 3 midterm elections approach, researchers from the National Conference on Citizenship, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and…
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Community
Kayaker Films Great White Shark Near Half Moon Bay; SFDanceworks
Kayak fisherman David Slavich captured dramatic footage of a 6-to-7-foot great white shark circling his boat off Pillar Point in Half…
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49ers Trade Fourth-Round Pick to Colts to Reacquire DeForest Buckner
The San Francisco 49ers agreed Tuesday to send a fourth-round draft pick to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for 32-year-old Pro…
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Oakland Roots Fall 3-2 in Finale as Piedmont Opens NCS Playoffs
Oakland Roots SC saw its USL Championship playoff hopes end in a 3-2 regular-season finale defeat at Sacramento Republic FC despite…
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Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg Drops 31 as Warriors Beat Nuggets 134-114
Golden State Warriors rookie forward Yaxel Lendeborg posted 31 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists in his fourth NBA game to power a…
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Stokes and Burton Lead Valkyries Past Dream 64-55 in Finals Game 5
Backed by 13 points and eight rebounds apiece from Kiah Stokes and Veronica Burton—plus 12 points each from Tiffany Hayes and Cecilia…
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SF Women’s Skate Group Hosts First Skate Jam at Sunset Dunes Park
Coordinated by the SF Women’s Skate Group and local surf and skate shops including Aqua Surf Shop, the first skate jam at Sunset Dunes…
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Richmond’s Temple Beth Hillel Celebrates 80th Anniversary
Current and former members of Temple Beth Hillel gathered Saturday in Richmond to celebrate the Reform congregation’s 80th anniversary…
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San Jose’s Independence High Halts Marching Band for School Year
The principal of Independence High School in San Jose sent a letter halting the school’s 76th Cavalry marching band program for the…
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Weather & safety
Berkeley Police Make Two Hit-and-Run DUI Arrests in Three Hours
Berkeley police arrested two motorists on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and driving under the influence within three hours Monday…
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UC Berkeley Study Questions Police Drone Claims as Hearings Heat Up
As nearly 60 California law enforcement agencies operate drone programs and cities including Berkeley and San Francisco hold mandatory…
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High Tides Flood Mill Valley Roads as Peninsula Preps for El Niño
Caltrans closed Miller Avenue in Mill Valley on Monday as ocean levels running up to 22 inches above predicted tides stranded vehicles…
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Tire Chemical 6PPD-Quinone Spikes 240% in Santa Cruz Salmon Creeks
Water testing across Santa Cruz County coho salmon recovery streams found that concentrations of the toxic tire-rubber oxidation…
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San Jose Speed Cameras Start Warnings Dec. 14 and Fines Feb. 14
San Jose will begin issuing warning notices on Dec. 14, 2026, and citations ranging from $50 to $500 on Feb. 14, 2027, from 33…
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AC Transit Closes 14th Ave. Stop on Line 96 Oct. 27–28 for Construction
Due to non-AC Transit construction, AC Transit will close the Line 96 stop at 14th Avenue and International Boulevard (Stop ID 54845)…
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Things to do
Livermore’s Bankhead Theater Unveils November and December Lineup
Livermore Valley Arts has announced the November and December 2026 holiday season at the Bankhead Theater on First Street, featuring…
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Fremont Art Association Hosts Rachel Maple Chinese Painting Demo
The Fremont Art Association will host guest artist Rachel Maple on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at its gallery at 37697…
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Fremont Cultural Arts Council Names Moon Writing Contest Winners
More than 150 visitors at Half Price Books in the Fremont Hub cast 581 individual votes in the Fremont Cultural Arts Council’s “Living…
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‘Farmer Mike’ Marks 40 Years of Giant Pumpkin Carving at Half Moon Bay
Mike Valladao, a cybersecurity systems engineer known for four decades as “Farmer Mike” and the “Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers,”…
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Chabot Space & Science Center Hosts Third Annual Science Drag Show
Chabot Space & Science Center hosted its third annual space-themed show “Science is a Drag!”
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Real Estate
Gavin Newsom’s Childhood Home in Cole Valley Sells for $5.85M
The upper Cole Valley residence across from Sutro Forest where Gov.
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Anthropic IPO Filing Spurs SF Housing Debate and Founder Questions
San Francisco officials and real estate brokers say Anthropic’s initial public offering—which Chief Economist Ted Egan notes could…
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LinkedIn Pays Mountain View $1.6M to Extend Campus Timeline to 2034
The Mountain View City Council unanimously extended LinkedIn’s development timeline by five years to February 2034 for two six-story…
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Business
California and FTC Sue Dollar General Over Checkout Price Overcharges
California joined the Federal Trade Commission and 19 other states on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S.
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Health
Officials Advise Avoiding Canada Geese at Alameda’s Crown Beach
State public health officials are advising shoreline visitors to avoid year-round resident Canada geese in the Alameda Crown Beach…
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