Valley Water Execs Donate to Board Candidates Ahead of Nov. 3 Vote
Incoming Valley Water CEO Aaron Baker donated $499 each to District 1 incumbent John Varela and District 6 candidate Milan Balinton…
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Tech Giants Fuel Record $128M Outside Spending in CA Legislative Races
Technology companies and executives including Google, Meta, Uber, Sergey Brin, Chris Larsen, and Tim Draper have contributed at least…
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San Leandro Marina Inn Faces Lease Crisis as Voters Weigh Transit Tax
San Leandro Marina Inn owner Dennis Miller warned that stalled negotiations for a 9-year city lease extension could force the…
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Eight Candidates Vie for Three Cupertino Council Seats on Nov. 3
Cupertino voters are choosing from eight candidates for three City Council seats on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in a contest centered on…
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Tri-Valley Voters Decide Livermore, Dublin School & Park Board Races
Tri-Valley voters are deciding three major regional governance contests this week: Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s transition to…
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Half of California School Board Candidates Run Unopposed, Study Finds
Roughly half of California’s school board candidates are running unopposed on the Nov. 3 ballot amid budget deficits and 40-hour…
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Richmond Faces AC Transit Cuts if Tax Fails; Hercules Weighs 1% Tax
West Contra Costa voters face two pivotal tax decisions on Tuesday: a 14-year half-cent Regional Tax Measure providing $58 million…
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UC Berkeley, UCSF & Stanford Labs Test Psilocybin Replicability
Neuroscientists across five laboratories at UC Berkeley, UCSF, and Stanford University published a parallel four-year study in the…
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SF Indian Restaurant Week Opens for Diwali After Día de los Muertos
San Francisco’s Diwali edition of Indian Restaurant Week runs Nov. 1–14 across six chef-driven restaurants offering $75 and $85…
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San Francisco Sets Wednesday Embarcadero Parade for WNBA Valkyries
San Francisco is hanging violet banners along The Embarcadero for Wednesday’s noon-to-2 p.m.
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CoveredFarmers Releases 9-State ACA Guides as Housing Reports Debut
With federal Open Enrollment opening Nov. 1 for 2027 coverage, CoveredFarmers published plain-English health insurance guides across 9…
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Kentucky Man Drives 11 Hours for High School Band; Steffa Drops Memoir
A former band booster from Kentucky drove 11 hours to Sapulpa, Oklahoma to watch the Sapulpa High School band perform at halftime and…
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Florida State Fires Mike Norvell at 3-5; Mizzou Tops Arkansas 34-10
Florida State University fired head football coach Mike Norvell on Sunday, Nov. 1 after 8 games of his 7th season left the Seminoles…
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Canada’s Carney & Trump Report Progress in U.S.-Canada Trade Talks
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S.
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Judge Dismisses Alaska Senate Suit; Rep. Stevens Backs GOP’s Rogers
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason in Juneau dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S.
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San Francisco Fillmore Rapper Willie Hen Drops ‘THE FLYEST’ Single
San Francisco Fillmore rapper Willie Hen — who began rapping in 1990 on the group album Both Sides of the Bay and later collaborated…
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San Mateo County Deploys 6-Radar Network Ahead of El Niño Storms
San Mateo County is deploying a 6-radar weather network developed by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San…
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Mario Juarez Alleges $300K Demand in Oakland Trial Ahead of Election
Political operative Mario Juarez testified in Oakland’s federal public corruption trial alleging former Mayor Sheng Thao demanded…
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Nassau Charges $8M Ghost Pharmacies as Bergen Dining Spots Expand
Nassau County authorities charged two alleged Long Island “ghost pharmacies” accused of billing $8 million ($5 million paid) for…
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Trump Eyes Reflecting Pool for Final Pitch; Sen. Murphy Recovering
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday upon landing in Iowa ahead of a Kansas rally that he plans to make his closing midterm election…
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DAHON Launches 3 Folding Bike Lines as SFO Tops TSA Wait-Time Survey
Folding-bicycle pioneer DAHON — founded in California in 1982 by Dr. David T.
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Warriors Weigh Roster & Cap Options Amid Kristaps Porzingis’ Absence
With 7-foot-2 center Kristaps Porzingis away from the Golden State Warriors indefinitely due to a health issue notified the day before…
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California Decides Governor & Billionaire Tax Tuesday Amid Roll Suit
As California voters prepare to elect a new governor and vote on a billionaire tax on Tuesday, the U.S.
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Sunset Social Club Plans 400 SF Block Parties as 5 Dining Spots Debut
Sunset Social Club founders Josh Nesbit and Sandi Lam Harder are recruiting 400 hosts west of 19th Avenue for the “Sunset Wave”…
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Millennium Tower 1-Bedroom Rents for $10,000 as Marina Suit Hits Court
A 773-square-foot one-bedroom condominium on the 23rd floor of San Francisco’s 58-story Millennium Tower leased for $10,000 a month to…
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Oakland’s Delage Revives Lunch; POJ Brings Kintsugi to Berkeley
In downtown Oakland’s Swan’s Market at 536 9th Street, 10-year-old Japanese restaurant Delage has revived midday dining with $27 to…
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AC Transit Contingency Plan Weighs 16% Bus Cuts If Measure RTM Fails
With voters deciding Tuesday on the Regional Transit Measure to address AC Transit’s $200 million budget shortfall, the agency has…
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Compare Fresh Opens With 52 Jobs in National Housing & Safety Roundup
José Luis and Lisset Ureña opened a 17,000-square-foot Compare Fresh supermarket employing 52 workers at 159 Main St. in Hempstead…
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Tariffs Squeeze Cheese & Wine Imports as Ricoh Plans NYC GR Space
Specialty retailers like Alexandria’s The Cut Butchery have pulled Canadian cheeses following a 50% U.S. tariff as first-half 2026…
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USC Upsets No. 2 Ohio State as College Hoops Tips Off in Rome
USC head coach Lincoln Riley earned the biggest victory of his Trojans tenure on Saturday night by upsetting No.
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Pelosi’s $1.25B Legacy Looms Over SF Race as Oasis Grill Closes
Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen.
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Golden State Valkyries Beat Atlanta 68-63 to Win First WNBA Title
Behind 30 points from Finals MVP Gabby Williams, the second-year Golden State Valkyries defeated the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 on…
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Richmond Weighs $120M Fire Bond as Antioch Sets Nov. 14 Coat Drive
Richmond voters are deciding Measure Q, a $120 million general obligation bond requiring two-thirds approval to repair and replace the…
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Comeback Captain Jose Valencia Leads No. 19 Las Positas Soccer
Las Positas College men’s soccer captain Jose Valencia — a left-footed left back who developed with Mustang Soccer in Danville and…
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Liberty Tops Clayton Valley 21-14 to Host San Ramon Valley in NCS
Second-seeded Liberty High School (25-1) defeated Clayton Valley 21-14 on Saturday afternoon to reach the North Coast Section girls…
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Remodelers Publish Induction Kitchen, Bath, and Cabinetry Guides
Three home remodeling and cabinetry providers published new homeowner planning guides in the Castro Valley Forum: Elegant Kitchen and…
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Anthropic Donates $900K to California Democrats Before Election
San Francisco AI company Anthropic contributed $900,000 across California Democratic committees in Friday campaign filings — including…
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California Warns Menlo Park Must Amend Housing Plan if Measure P Wins
The California Department of Housing and Community Development warned Menlo Park in an Oct. 30 letter that if voters approve Measure P…
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FBI Contacts Alaska Senate Donor as France Deploys 70,000 Police
An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a Petersburg, Alaska, donor who gave $500 to Senate candidate Dan J.
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AI Super PAC Leading the Future Cuts October Spending to $4.1M
AI industry super PAC Leading the Future spent $4.1 million in October despite holding nearly $24 million in cash on hand — bringing…
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Santa Rosa Maker Debuts Robotic Paint Booth as CA Firms Add Tools
Santa Rosa manufacturer Platinum Finishing Systems showcased its FANUC-equipped Orion-R robotic paint booth and 3-stage Nova powder…
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Alameda Shelter Seeks Home for Dog Duke Amid Island Halloween Tour
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) at 1590 Fortmann Way is seeking a foster or adoptive home for 1-year-old dog Duke, while…
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Warriors Erase 25-Point Deficit to Beat Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center
Steph Curry scored 31 points and Golden State’s bench outscored the Lakers 50-7 to complete a 25-point comeback win at Chase Center,…
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Lyft Drivers Average $792 in $272.5M California Wage Settlement
Newly disclosed figures in San Francisco Superior Court show 308,000 California Lyft drivers who worked at least 80 hours between 2016…
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Things to do
OpenAI Debuts Grid Program as Omen AI Buys Aquatic Labs for $16M
OpenAI launched its Grid Protectors Program in Georgia with up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response projected to save…
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Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots Herald Rise of the Agentic Web
Twenty-five years after Tim Berners-Lee proposed the Semantic Web in 2001, autonomous AI agents including Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots,…
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