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Best Bets: Christmas in the Park, ‘Waitress,’ Scrooge, sock skating, ‘Merry-Achi Christmas’
The 50-foot Community Giving Tree is a centerpiece of San Jose's three-pronged downtown holiday celebration. (Christmas in the Park via Bay City News) ...
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Newsom appoints judges to fill vacancies on Alameda, Santa Clara county superior courts
Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced three judicial appointees and the nomination of a fourth affecting Alameda and Santa Clara counties. Charles A. Smiley, an ...
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As torrential rains soak state, farmworkers await flood aid they were promised in 2023
AFTER FLOOD WATERS from heavy rainstorms deluged two small farmworker towns in early 2023, California set aside $20 million each for the communities to ...
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Interfaith Winter Shelter program returns for season, expanding SF’s shelter bed capacity
San Francisco has opened its Interfaith Winter Shelter for the season. Now in its 36th year, the program officially operates through March 30 and ...
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Sonoma County Transit continues transition to all-electric fleet; 7 new buses on the way
Sonoma County supervisors have approved the purchase of seven all-electric, locally made transit buses at a net cost of $1.2 million. The buses will ...
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No crab by Christmas? Commercial fishermen pessimistic as start of season delayed again
The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the ...
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Bay Area will have something to look forward to on Thanksgiving — a reprieve from rainfall
An extended period of rain that has seen some parts of the Bay Area receive nearly two dozen inches of precipitation in the last week is expected to end ...
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San Jose’s LGBTQ+ community grapples with Torres scandal, perpetuation of stereotypes
THE ALLEGATIONS WERE hard to believe. Initial reports of a child sex abuse investigation into San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres reeked of a political ...
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ACT debuts ‘A Whynot Christmas Carol,’ a comedy about putting on a play
Last year, American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon was overseeing the final production of predecessor ...
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California’s slow vote count sows doubt — Here’s how one group is trying to fix that
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‘A fitting tribute’: U.S. Senate OKs resolution to rename SF post office for Dianne Feinstein
A bill to rename a San Francisco post office after the late former mayor and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bill ...
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Super girl saves the day: Antioch 10-year-old punches vehicle thief with siblings inside
Antioch police say a 10-year-old girl likely saved her siblings from a thief with a barrage of punches aimed at the suspect trying to steal her mother’s ...