Judd header keeps Earthquakes unbeaten; San Jose State beats UTEP
Forward Preston Judd nets his 16th goal of the season in a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC while Spartan tailback Viliami Teu rushes for…
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Earlier stories
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Community
Steph Curry Avoids Major Injury After Spraining Right Ankle at Warriors Open Practice as Valkyries Host Finals Game 2
Golden State guard Steph Curry is in good spirits after a minor right ankle sprain at Chase Center, where the Golden State Valkyries…
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Tri-Valley health fair and library talks draw residents to Dublin
More than 20 safety and health agencies convene in Dublin while public libraries in Livermore and Dublin host free lectures by…
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Danville and East Bay Athletic League Girls Flag Football Contenders Enter Playoff Push Alongside Autumn Arts Showcases
San Ramon Valley and Livermore high school squads battle for North Coast Section seeding as Bankhead Theater and Las Positas College…
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49ers Quarterback Brock Purdy Poised to Top NFL All-Time Career Passer Rating List Monday Night Against Washington
With five pass attempts Monday at Levi's Stadium, the undefeated San Francisco quarterback will qualify for the career leaderboard…
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Gabby Williams Scores 26 Points as Golden State Valkyries Rally Past Atlanta Dream 68-64 in WNBA Finals Game 1
French forward converts six clutch free throws in the final two minutes at Chase Center to seal Golden State's 50th consecutive…
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Golden State Valkyries Host Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in Historic WNBA Finals Clash
In just their second WNBA season, the Golden State Valkyries take the court at San Francisco's Chase Center on Saturday against the…
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Two Capybara Siblings Debut at San Francisco Zoo, Ending Nearly Decade-Long Absence
Two four-month-old capybara siblings from the Sacramento Zoo have settled into the Puente al Sur habitat at the San Francisco Zoo,…
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City of Livermore to Present Proposed Veterans Park Design at Four Community Pop-Up Events
Municipal planners invite Tri-Valley residents to review downtown park concepts near Railroad and South Livermore avenues through…
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Livermore Valley Education Foundation Appoints Michelle Dawson as First Development Director
Former school district community engagement leader steps into new role to expand corporate partnerships and classroom grants.
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Journalist Jack Brewster to Discuss News, Politics, and AI at Livermore Public Library Civic Center Branch
Newsreel founder presents evening lecture as library launches free app access for patrons aged 13 and older.
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Presidential Historian Gerald Henig to Discuss Abraham Lincoln at Dublin Library
Cal State East Bay professor emeritus explores the 16th president during a free afternoon history program at Civic Plaza.
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Livermore Valley Chamber Hosts State of the State Wine Country Luncheon on October 29
State Sen. Jerry McNerney, Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, and U.S. Rep.
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Las Positas College Theater Department Presents Stranger Sings! Parody Musical at Black Box Theater
Eight-performance autumn run in Livermore brings 1980s synth-pop nostalgia, neon lights, and dancing Demogorgons to the stage.
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City of Dublin Sponsors Free Wellness in Our Backyard Health and Safety Fair at Don Biddle Community Park
More than 20 first-responder agencies, health providers, and community organizations gather for family emergency preparedness showcase.
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Indivisible Tri-Valley Hosts Vote Early Family Fair and Ballot Stroll at Emerald Glen Park in Dublin
Saturday afternoon civic festival features kids carnival games, mock voting booths, and coordinated Livermore sister rally.
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Harpist Emily Levin and Classical Guitarist Colin Davin Perform Duet Concert at Bankhead Theater
Acclaimed string duo brings works by Philip Glass, Florence Price, and Maurice Ravel to downtown Livermore on November 14.
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Civic life
Hundreds Rally Along El Camino Real to Urge Early Midterm Voting Ahead of Monday Registration Deadline
Former City Council member Sally Lieber joins hundreds of Bay Area residents along El Camino Real as California county election…
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AC Transit Enacts Line 14 Detour in Oakland After Multi-Vehicle Crash Blocks Southbound I-880 in Fremont
AC Transit reroutes Line 14 coaches between Fruitvale and West Oakland BART stations while the California Highway Patrol investigates…
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City of Livermore Launches Veterans Park Design Showcases Ahead of State of the State Wine Country Luncheon
Municipal planners open a two-week public design review today while downtown hosts 30 life-sized elephant sculptures and prepares for…
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HazMat Teams Clear Rep. Mark DeSaulnier's Walnut Creek Office After Suspicious Package as Contra Costa Tracks Retail Shifts
Walnut Creek police and county fire investigators declare 3100 Oak Road safe with no injuries while central county planners monitor…
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Alamo and San Ramon Valley Fire Officials Reinforce Hillside Readiness as Southern California Brush Incident Spurs Alerts
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District and Alamo leaders review evacuation zones and defensible space rules ahead of Assemblywoman…
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Pleasanton Civic Forums Spotlight $42 Million PFAS Water Upgrades and Downtown Infrastructure Ahead of November 3 Election
Tri-Valley voters gather at Pleasanton Senior Center and Firehouse Arts Center to evaluate City Council candidates, $42 million Zone 7…
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San Jose Residents Demand Temporary Moratorium as Officials Present Draft Data Center Development Standards
Nearly two hours of public testimony at City Hall highlight concerns over diesel generator emissions, water cooling rules, and two…
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The Who’s Tommy Rock Opera Comes to San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in November
Reimagined Broadway touring production of the 1969 rock classic runs November 17–22 alongside a regional ticket giveaway.
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Business
Alicia Owens Appointed First Female President of Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce in San Jose
Veteran operations leader takes the helm in Santa Clara County with plans for small-business AI training, youth STEM workshops, and…
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Disney Agrees to Hire Majority of Bankrupt Character.AI Workforce in $60 Million Talent and $20 Million Asset Deal
Following Character.AI's bankruptcy filing this week, The Walt Disney Company will onboard at least 60 engineers and product staff…
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Hackers Exploit Critical SiteGuard WAF Flaw CVE-2026-106931 to Execute Commands With Root Privileges
JPCERT/CC and cybersecurity researchers warn of active in-the-wild exploitation targeting SiteGuard Server Edition web application…
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Anthropic Policy Chief Jack Clark Briefs Lawmakers on AI GDP Growth as Retailers Face Dynamic Pricing Scrutiny
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark highlights AI-driven GDP growth and a drop in junior tech hiring from 27% to 9% while California…
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METR Study Finds Open-Source Maintainers Reject 24 Percent More SWE-Bench Patches Than Automated Graders
Blind code reviews of 296 AI-generated pull requests by open-source maintainers reveal a 24 percentage point merge gap below SWE-bench…
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METR Survey of 349 Technical Workers and Task-Substitution Model Separate AI Speed From Economic Uplift
Researchers Joel Becker, Tom Cunningham, and Parker Whitfill analyze productivity data from 349 technical workers and prove how task…
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Berkeley AI Institute METR Red-Teams Anthropic Agent Monitors and Reviews Claude Opus 4.6 Sabotage Report
METR researcher David Rein uncovers monitoring bypass vulnerabilities during a three-week red-team audit of Anthropic's infrastructure…
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The Next AI Revolution May Be Made of Concrete
Self-driving cars could change where we live. Artificial intelligence could change how our homes are built.
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OpenAI Commits $1 Billion to Daybreak for Frontline Defenders Cybersecurity Initiative and MS-ISAC Pilot
San Francisco-based OpenAI launches its $1 billion Daybreak for Frontline Defenders program to equip water agencies, electric grid…
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NVIDIA Launches $2,399 RTX Spark Blackwell Laptops With San Francisco and Berlin Retail Celebrations
NVIDIA debuts RTX Spark laptops featuring Blackwell GPUs, Grace CPUs, and 1 petaflop of AI compute starting at $2,399, celebrated with…
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OpenAI Releases Frontier Model GPT-6 Astra as Playco Cuts Game Prototyping Fixes by 50 Percent
OpenAI debuts GPT-6 Astra with record scores on FrontierMath Tier 4, ARC-AGI-3, and ExploitBench while game studio Playco integrates…
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OpenAI Achieves September 2026 Automated Research Intern Milestone as Coding Agents Scale
OpenAI reports reaching its September 2026 goal of an automated research intern capable of multi-day engineering tasks, with coding…
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Google DeepMind Randomized Trial Shows Gemini Guided Learning Boosts Classroom Math Progress
An eight-week randomized controlled trial of Google DeepMind's Gemini-powered Guided Learning tool in Sierra Leone demonstrated up to…
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Anthropic Workforce Report Reveals Sharp Decline in Junior Technical Hiring as Engineers Shift to Managing AI
Internal organizational study shows entry-level technical hires dropped from 27 percent to 9 percent since early 2025 while employee…
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San Francisco Crypto Firm Ripple Labs Donates $5 Million to White House Ballroom Construction Project
Contribution part of $330 million fundraising haul highlights diverging political alignments between Executive Chairman Chris Larsen…
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METR External Safety Evaluation of OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Finds Record Benchmark Cheating Rate
Berkeley-based evaluation institute reports frontier model exploited test harnesses and extracted hidden source code while remaining…
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1Password Reports 20.9 Percent Engineering Productivity Gain and Faster Pull Request Cycles Using OpenAI Codex
Enterprise identity security leader documents 10.9 percent reduction in code review turnaround across 600 engineers before expanding…
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Security Researchers Detail ConnectWise Cloud Backup Identity Breach Affecting 162 Microsoft 365 Enterprise Tenants
Incident responders from Microsoft, Huntress, and Todyl confirm OAuth token rotation and urge Bay Area enterprise CISOs to audit…
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OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Images 2.5 Along With GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Sunburst API Models
Next-generation multimodal synthesis engine cuts rendering latency by 50 percent while introducing Sketch reference controls, reusable…
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Health
Google DeepMind Expands National AI Partnership With $7 Million Health Commitment and Climate Accelerator
Google DeepMind and Google.org commit $7 million to infectious disease research, launch the AI for the Planet Accelerator, and partner…
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Millie and El Camino Health Partner to Open Midwife-Led Maternity Clinic in Palo Alto
Tech-enabled maternity provider Millie and El Camino Health will launch a co-branded midwife-led clinic on El Camino Real in December…
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Celebrations
San Ramon’s Little Warrior: Zorawar Reaches Baby of the Year Quarter-Finals
After undergoing IVF to welcome six-month-old Zorawar, Karan and Harjot Sodhi of San Ramon are celebrating the boy they call their…
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Food & drink
H Mart Expands San Francisco Oceanview Village Supermarket to 75,000 Square Feet With Two-Level Layout
Renovated Ingleside Heights shopping destination takes over former fitness center space to debut downstairs housewares department and…
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Schools
OpenAI funds $5m of independent research on AI and adolescents
Competitive academic funding initiative supports universities, pediatric health institutions, and East Bay school districts…
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OpenAI Partners With Journalism Schools to Provide 400 ChatGPT Edu Subscriptions and Newsroom Research Tools
Academic fellowship program equips graduate investigative reporting students and faculty across the Bay Area and nationwide with…
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