SF Weighs Prop. C $125M Housing Fund Amid $1M Apartment Build Costs
With construction costs reaching $1 million for a two-bedroom apartment and $500 to $700 per square foot in San Francisco, researchers…
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5 Candidates Vie for Northwest Berkeley District 1 Council Seat
Five candidates competing to succeed outgoing Councilwoman Rashi Kesarwani in northwest Berkeley’s District 1 outlined sharply…
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SJSU Unveils Filipino History Mural; NASA Ames Tests Artemis Lander
San Jose State University unveiled a $100,000 mural honoring Filipino American history, NASA Ames researchers in Mountain View…
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SF Launches District 5 Grocery Pilot as Startup Fragment Raises $56M
San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood announced a privately funded District 5 bulk grocery pilot for 600 residents, local AI startup…
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Bay Tides Peak +1.9 Ft Friday With Slight Halloween Rain Chance
The National Weather Service forecasts high tide at San Francisco to reach 1.9 feet above normal at 2:39 p.m.
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Menlo Park Candidate Builds 3D Housing Map as Gilroy Reviews Policy
Menlo Park District 1 council candidate Wonman Lee launched an interactive 3D simulator modeling the city’s 2,946-unit housing…
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Alameda Filings Detail Vella’s EdTech Donors as APD Makes Arrest
Campaign disclosures show Alameda mayoral candidate Malia Vella received a $5,900 maximum donation from Amira Learning co-chair…
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Sutter Drops Emeryville Hospital Plan as Oakland Weighs Park Sale
Sutter Health abandoned plans for a 17-story, 325-bed hospital in Emeryville in favor of an outpatient campus citing CEQA uncertainty,…
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DOJ Subpoenas CA Election Workers as Legislative Spend Tops $128M
Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to at least four California election officials after Judge David O.
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SF Prop. B Public Bank Study Projects 6,000 Homes as Warriors Surge
A Climate and Community Institute report models 1,000 10-year simulations showing San Francisco’s Proposition B public bank could…
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Santa Clara County Leads U.S. in EV Adoption as Bay Area Sweeps Top 5
Santa Clara County leads the nation with about 24% of households driving at least one electric vehicle as Bay Area counties sweep the…
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Key Witness Set for Day 11 of Oakland Trial as Parishioners Protest
Cooperating witness Mario Juarez is scheduled to take the stand Friday on Day 11 of Oakland’s federal public corruption trial after…
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UC Berkeley In-State Cost Hits $54,674 as District 4 Candidates Debate
UC Berkeley listed an all-in 2026-27 estimated cost of $54,674 for new in-state students living on campus, while District 4 council…
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Livermore’s Zephyr Grill and Pleasanton’s Cook’s Seafood Close Doors
Zephyr Grill & Bar at 1736 First St. in downtown Livermore will close on Saturday, Oct. 31 after 22 years in business, days after…
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Tri-Valley Nonprofits Awarded $34,500 as Student Builds Scam-Call App
The Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance announced $34,500 in final 2026 grants to 11 local organizations, alongside the November 7 Patriots…
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Bay Area High Tides Hit +1.9 Ft as SF Opens Chinatown Special School
Across the Bay Area on Oct. 29, 2026, high tides running 1.9 feet above normal triggered a Bay shoreline Coastal Flood Advisory…
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58% in Bay Area Poll Can’t Afford Kids as Prop 40 Fight Tops Ballot
Across the Bay Area on Oct. 29, 2026, a Joint Venture Silicon Valley and Bay Area News Group poll of 1,800 childless adults under 50…
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Berkeley Weighs Measure X 10% Rent Cap as Oakland Fire Deal Advances
Across Alameda County on Oct.
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Gianni Schell Opens Le Nocturne French Supper Club in Livermore
Local restaurateur Gianni Schell has opened Le Nocturne at 2470 First Street, Suite 100 in downtown Livermore, combining a…
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Life Magazine Returns Nov. 23 as Quarterly Print Edition With Figma
Nearly 90 years after Henry Luce founded Life magazine in 1936, the iconic photojournalism title will relaunch on Nov. 23, 2026, as a…
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Alameda 9-Year-Old Uses Claude AI to Build Talking Skeleton Display
Nine-year-old Nathalie Chabas and her father, Jim Chabas, spent several weeks using Anthropic’s Claude AI to reprogram a Home Depot…
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Devon Conley Leads Mountain View School Board Fundraising With $7,400
Campaign finance filings show incumbent Devon Conley leading the four-candidate race for two seats on the Mountain View Whisman School…
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Alameda Flood Advisory Extended Through Oct. 31; UC Berkeley COSI Set
The National Weather Service has extended the Coastal Flood Advisory for Alameda through Saturday, October 31, at 6 p.m., with the…
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DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17B as Alphabet Drops 15.8% & FTC Acts
San Francisco-based delivery giant DoorDash announced a $17 billion acquisition of grocery platform Instacart on Thursday, adding more…
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Pleasanton Hosts Free November Cultural Celebrations at Local Parks
The City of Pleasanton will host two free cultural celebrations in November 2026: Día de los Muertos on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 1 to 3…
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Mill Valley 7.9-Foot High Tides, Peninsula Schools & CA Cost Pressures
In Marin County, 7.9-foot high tides flooded low-lying roads along Miller Avenue in Mill Valley.
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Oakland Bars Open at 9:30 a.m. for Valkyries Game 6; Fremont Noise Row
Bars and restaurants across Oakland, Alameda, Antioch, San Francisco, and San Jose opened early Thursday for the 9:30 a.m.
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Military Food Pantry Opens Near Mountain View as PPIC Polls Voters
The all-volunteer Cost of Courage Foundation opened a new food pantry near Mountain View to provide groceries and essentials to…
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Menlo Park Council Candidates Debate Measure P and Belle Haven Growth
Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, Menlo Park City Council candidates Wonman Lee and James Rohr in District 1 and Charlotte Reed and Laura…
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Secret Tapes Played on Day 9 of Oakland Trial as AC Transit Detours 28
On Day 9 of the Oakland federal public corruption trial, prosecutors played secret audio recordings made between November 2023 and…
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Pleasanton Launches Storm Watch Campaign With 24/7 Sandbag Station
Ahead of the winter rainy season and anticipated El Niño storms, the City of Pleasanton has launched its Storm Watch preparedness…
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Connie Chan’s Cantonese & English Messaging Draws Scrutiny in SF Race
Translated interviews reviewed ahead of the Nov. 3 congressional election show San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan criticized Mayor…
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Palo Alto Down Payment Takes 50 Years as Square Pie Guys Closes Friday
Calculations using methodology from a new Center for Responsible Lending and Julian Bond Institute report show a typical Palo Alto…
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UC Davis Study Warns OAK and SFO Face El Niño Holiday Flooding Risks
A new UC Davis study authored by Road Ecology Center director Fraser Shilling warns that Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and…
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San Mateo Farm Hub Mobilizes With $2.5M Grant as King Tides Peak
On the San Mateo County coast, Brisa Ranch, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and the California Association of Food Banks have…
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Lima Nikkei Opens in Mill Valley’s 1947 El Paseo Space on Throckmorton
Novato contractor Edwin Sandoval and his family have opened Lima Nikkei, a 125-seat Peruvian-Japanese restaurant led by chef Wilmer…
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UC Faculty Petition Targets 25.5:1 Ratio as Cal’s Flores Wins ACC Nod
The UC Faculty Association—representing more than 14,000 Academic Senate faculty across all 10 University of California…
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Peninsula Campaign Filings Detail Final Push as Leyla Bakery Launches
Pre-election campaign finance disclosures released Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 detail fundraising and independent expenditures across the…
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Bay Area Groups Launch $11M Crab and Whale Collaborative
The Marine Mammal Center, The Nature Conservancy, and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations unveiled an $11…
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Jurors Hear Recordings in Thao Trial; Oakland Artist Sabogal Profiled
Federal jurors in San Francisco listened to approximately 40 minutes of secretly recorded California Waste Solutions board meetings…
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Dublin School Board Candidate Seema Badar Addresses Online Comments
Dublin Unified School Board Area 5 candidate Seema Badar addressed 256 comments posted on a social media share of her candidate…
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Upstairs Cafe Soft-Opens Above Snail Bar on Shattuck in Oakland
Creative Director Sammy Chang has opened Upstairs, a cozy daytime cafe and community lounge in a converted apartment above Snail Bar…
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Rebecca Black Sells Out SF’s Castro Theatre on Sophomore Tour
Pop artist Rebecca Black is headlining a sold-out, all-ages show at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) behind her…
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Prop. 45 CEQA Ballot Measure Splits Bay Area Housing Advocates
Proposition 45 on California’s Nov. 3 ballot has divided pro-housing advocates: Oakland Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and Eden Housing…
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San Jose Renames Downtown Park “Plaza de San Jose” in Unanimous Vote
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rename downtown’s 1797 park from Plaza de Cesar Chavez to Plaza de San Jose…
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Lurie’s $164M Network Reshapes SF as Prop. 40 Trails 46%–52%
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, his family, and allied donors have directed $164 million since 2023 across political campaigns,…
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Things to do
Family’s Love of LEGO Brings BrickRealm Convention to Santa Clara
The inaugural BrickRealm LEGO fan convention debuts Halloween weekend, October 31 and November 1, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Santa…
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