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UC Berkeley warns students, public of rising electric scooter thefts as fall semester starts
University of California, Berkeley authorities are warning students and the public against electric scooter theft as the fall semester starts. In an ...
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Thousands in California’s county jails have the right to vote—but here’s why many won’t
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Bowing to opposition, SJ scraps plan to sell tiny home site to county to house mentally ill
AFTER ANGRY COMMUNITY protests, San Jose officials are scrapping plans to sell Santa Clara County a tiny homes site to house incarcerated people with ...
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Oakland sues local school district for not paying over $1.5M in election-related costs
Oakland legal battle is playing out in Alameda County Superior Court over election costs.  The city of Oakland filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing ...
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Bay Area comedian Alicia Dattner preps for the apocalypse with shocks and chuckles
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Buckle up, kids: Child Passenger Safety Week reminds parents proper way to use car seats
This week is Child Passenger Safety Week, and the Union City Police Department is encouraging parents and caregivers to ensure their children ride safely ...
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BART finishes seismic work on Transbay Tube on its 50th anniversary, talks rider recovery
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‘A beautiful addition’: Sunnyvale older adults to get living center and convalescent hospital
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Review: Cal Shakes, 50, opens gender-bending ‘As You Like It’ in Orinda
The excitement was palpable at the opening night of “As You Like It” at California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda. The 50-year ...
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Marin County gets $11M to build broadband network to 3 unincorporated communities
Marin County has been awarded $11 million by the California Public Utilities Commission to build a broadband network to homes and businesses in the ...
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San Francisco’s Propositions D and E go head-to-head in battle of commission reform
Two competing ballot measures this November will ask San Francisco voters to reduce the number of citizen commissions operating in the city, but the propositions have major differences that has ...
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‘No one will intimidate me’: Sheriff Corpus stands behind her embattled chief of staff
A kerfuffle involving the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and its rank-and-file deputies intensified last week when Sheriff Christina Corpus and the ...