East Bay Rents Drive Altamont Super-Commutes as Trial Reaches Day 13
Housing displacement across the Altamont Pass, federal courtroom cross-examination in Oakland, and community animal shelter outreach…
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Lafayette Advances BART Bike Station as Wrubel Leads Berkeley Race
Transit infrastructure, ranked-choice election tallies, and community media anchored Lamorinda and neighboring East Bay civic news on…
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Livermore Battery Expansion, Brentwood Air Taxi & Delta Farm Report
Clean energy deployment, next-generation transit, and agricultural land preservation topped the Tri-Valley and eastern Contra Costa…
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Oakland Tallies Election Leads as 1.2 kW Plug-In Solar Takes Effect
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Measure EE win decisively alongside council victories for Charlene Wang (65.62%), Janani Ramachandran…
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Contra Costa Tallies 184,200 Ballots as El Cerrito Races Tighten
Contra Costa County Elections officials report 184,200 unprocessed ballots—nearly 40% of the 464,886 estimated ballots cast—while…
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Livermore and Dublin Host Holiday Theater, Meditation and Boutique
Tri-Valley cultural programming kicks off this weekend with a free Nov.
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Pleasant Hill Sets Nov. 21 Tree Lighting as Antioch Names Animal Chief
The City of Pleasant Hill announced that its free annual Light Up the Night holiday festival will take place in Downtown Pleasant Hill…
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Walnut Creek Voters Pass Measure U BART Rezoning With 71% Support
Walnut Creek voters approved Measure U with 71% support in Tuesday's municipal election, authorizing the rezoning of a 2.4-acre…
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