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Measure B on Gilroy's Nov. 3 ballot would raise the city's transient occupancy (hotel) tax from 9% to a maximum of 13%, with an initial rate of 11% starting Jan. 1, 2027. The ballot question estimates about $700,000 a year from hotel and short-term rental guests. It needs a simple majority.
Measure U on Walnut Creek's Nov. 3 ballot would rezone 2.4 acres of the Ygnacio Center, across from the Walnut Creek BART station, for multifamily senior housing and compatible commercial uses. It needs a simple majority and does not approve a specific building.
Berkeley police and a bomb team spent Wednesday evening investigating luggage left on Amtrak Capitol Corridor Train 540 at the University Avenue station. Authorities later said there was no public-safety threat. A mother and daughter were arrested on suspicion of train-related violations.
Tony Gemignani's fast-casual Slice House opens its first Contra Costa County location on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2523 Sand Creek Road in The Streets of Brentwood. Doors open at 11 a.m. with T-shirts for the first 50 guests and a raffle for a year of free pizza.
Measure H on the Nov. 3 ballot asks Sonoma County voters to continue the one-eighth-cent parks sales tax first passed as Measure M in 2018. It would not raise the rate, would start April 1, 2029, and would run until voters end it. It needs a two-thirds vote.
Benicia voters face three linked tax measures on Nov. 3. Measure X would overhaul the business license tax and raise about $1.6 million in year one. Measure Y would make Benicia a charter city only so it can adopt Measure Z, a transfer tax aimed at newly built homes and sales over $2 million.
PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said Wednesday, Oct. 14, that a San Francisco takeover of the utility's local electric grid would cost the city more than $20 billion, counting assets, property and severance costs. The city valued the assets at about $3.4 billion in April. PG&E files its full analysis with state regulators on Oct. 20.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, Oct. 14, seeking to stop the National Archives from closing its San Bruno research facility and shipping records out of state. Officials say the first boxes, including NASA files bound for Fort Worth, could move as soon as this week.
Measure G on Sunnyvale's Nov. 3 ballot would rewrite City Charter Section 1309 so the City Council can authorize alternative public works contracting methods already allowed under California law, including design-build and construction manager-at-risk. It needs a simple majority and does not raise taxes.
The U.S. Justice Department has given California's Secretary of State 48 hours to review a list of people it says are likely noncitizens who were mailed ballots for Nov. 3, and to set aside ballots it can't confirm. State officials call the demand baseless, and several Bay Area counties say their vote-by-mail process is unchanged.
San Jose police say Kelvin Chiu, a 31-year-old Fremont man who worked as an athletic trainer at Archbishop Mitty High School, sexually battered a 16-year-old student while treating her sports injury on Oct. 8 and recorded it on his phone. Detectives believe there may be more victims.
San Jose officials showed off the city's Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday as they prepare for what could be a record-breaking El Niño storm season. Residents can join a free Zoom workshop on Oct. 21, and Valley Water's free sandbag sites open Nov. 1.
The free Bay Area Science Festival returns Saturday, Oct. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on UCSF's Mission Bay campus, with 125-plus hands-on exhibits. Valkyries Game 1 of the WNBA Finals tips off a block away at 12:30 p.m., so organizers are urging families to take transit and allow extra time.
Marin County supervisors are set to discuss and possibly vote Tuesday, Oct. 20, on a policy resolution that would bar federal immigration agents from staging on county property and require judicial warrants for nonpublic county facilities. A coalition that packed Tuesday's meeting wants a binding ordinance instead.
Measure GG on the Nov. 3 ballot would raise Piedmont's one-time real estate transfer tax from 1.3% to 1.75% of the sale price — $13 to $17.50 per $1,000 — starting July 1, 2027. The city projects about $1.5 million more a year for general services. It needs a simple majority, and no argument against it was filed.
Measure I on the Nov. 3 ballot would renew Dublin Unified's parcel tax, raise it from $96 to $144 a year starting July 1, 2027, and run through June 30, 2036, with annual inflation adjustments. It needs two-thirds approval and is projected to raise about $2.9 million a year.
Measure F on the Nov. 3 ballot would amend San Mateo's city charter to match the district-based council elections used since 2022, give the council 60 days instead of 30 to fill a vacancy, and remove several outdated procedures. It needs a simple majority and does not change taxes.
PG&E began turning off power Wednesday evening, Oct. 14, in parts of the Mount Diablo foothills and Tri-Valley hills around Danville and San Ramon as offshore winds and dry air raised fire risk. Contra Costa County has about 1,605 customers in the broader watch; restoration is listed into Saturday.
The statewide Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill runs Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:15 a.m. Alameda County alone has more than 462,000 people registered. Here is how to take part, how to adapt the drill if you use a cane, walker or wheelchair, and which alert apps officials recommend.
Santa Clara County prosecutors charged Gabrielle Hanson, 32, and Jacob Randolph, 39, with felony child neglect after 8-year-old Aurora Williams died in May following an asthma attack at the family's roach-infested Lancelot Lane home. The county child welfare agency had 12 reports on the household since 2022.
In an Oct. 8 appeal decision, the California Department of Education found that a 2026 Berkeley High yearbook photo of a protest sign calling Oct. 7 "a response not an attack" contributed to a discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students. It is the fourth time since August the state has overturned Berkeley Unified on such a complaint.
Hayward Mayor Mark Salinas is seeking a second term against Tom Wong, a private security businessman and Alameda County Republican Party leader, with the city's budget deficit at the center of the race. Council District 1 has a contest between George Syrop and Brian Schott, while Julie Roche is unopposed in District 6.
Councilmember Igor Tregub, who won a 2024 special election, is seeking a full term in Berkeley's District 4, which covers downtown and parts of central and north Berkeley. His only challenger is Majdi Gaith Abuhamdieh, a policy analyst and co-founder of Jaffa Coffee Roasters. Both want empty downtown storefronts filled and a mobile crisis team back.
Proposition 5 would end the practice of asking voters who should replace a recalled statewide or legislative official on the same ballot. Vacancies would instead be filled by special election or appointment, a change with deep Bay Area roots after the 2021 Newsom recall and Oakland's 2024 Sheng Thao recall.
Prop A is a charter amendment its backers call 110 small fixes. It would move many commissions into ordinary city law that supervisors can change without a public vote, change how legal settlements are approved and give the city administrator more control over real estate deals.
Prop E, one of three Lurie charter measures, would put the city administrator in charge of purchasing rules citywide, including Muni, the PUC, the airport and the port, raise the contract amounts that need supervisor approval and double the administrator's term to 10 years.
South San Francisco City Manager Laura Snideman says subsidized childcare and after-school programs serving more than 800 children could be cut or cost parents more if the state does not fix San Mateo County's in-lieu vehicle license fee shortfall, which the county puts at nearly $230 million this year.
Opening statements began Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the federal bribery trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her partner Andre Jones and California Waste Solutions executives David and Andy Duong, after seven women and five men were seated as jurors. All four have pleaded not guilty.
The owners of the Radisson Hotel Oakland Airport on Edes Avenue and majority shareholder Nupenbhai Patel will pay $600,000 to settle the city's lawsuit over 128 workers paid below Oakland's hotel minimum wage in 2019 and 2020. The City Council takes a final vote Oct. 20.
San Francisco police say four men were arrested Oct. 7 to 9 in Atlanta, Stockton, Irvine and Los Angeles in connection with the Feb. 9 shooting that wounded 49ers defensive end Keion White in the ankle on the 1700 block of Mission Street. The alleged gunman, Gregory Walker, 36, faces assault with a firearm and felon-in-possession charges.
Oakland police say a man attacked one child in a stroller and tried to pull another from a stroller shortly before 9 a.m. Monday near Grand Avenue and Harrison Street at Lake Merritt. An adult man was arrested; neither child needed medical care.
Measure E on Solano County's Nov. 3 ballot would raise the commercial wind turbine business license tax and add new taxes on solar farms, battery storage, natural gas extraction and data centers in unincorporated areas. County staff estimate about $353,000 a year for the General Fund. It needs a simple majority.
Proposition D would raise San Francisco's citizen-initiative signature requirement from about 10,600 to about 42,500, require a Board majority to refer measures, and strip the mayor of unilateral ballot placement. It needs a simple majority on Nov. 3.
Measure P on Marin County's Nov. 3 ballot would add a 15-year special parcel tax of 5 cents per square foot of building area — about $100 a year for a typical single-family home and capped at $5,000 — to expand affordable child care. It needs a simple majority.
Proposition C would amend San Francisco's charter so General Fund contributions to the Housing Trust Fund grow from about $52 million a year toward $125 million, extend the fund to 2058, and lift the down-payment assistance income cap to 200% of area median income.
Proposition B would let San Francisco create a nonprofit municipal finance corporation that could later seek approval to become a public bank. It does not raise taxes or fund the bank; the controller estimates $310 million to $460 million over eight years if the city proceeds.
Five of AC Transit's seven board seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot, including two in Oakland. In Ward 3, longtime director Joel Young faces product manager Adriana Valencia; in Ward 4, incumbent Sarah Syed faces teacher Gabriel Morales. Bus reliability and the regional transit tax dominate both races.
Measure W on the Nov. 3 ballot would let San Mateo-Foster City School District issue up to $498 million in bonds for facility upgrades, career-tech shops, STEM labs, fire and security systems, and teacher workforce housing. The district estimates an average tax of $29 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs 55% approval.
Caltrans will fully close State Route 37 between Mare Island in Vallejo and Sears Point for about 55 hours from 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, to 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, while crews raise eastbound lanes about three feet for flood resilience. Westbound-only overnight closures run Oct. 21 and 22; detours use Highways 121, 12 and 29.
AC Transit will detour eight bus lines and Tempo Line 1T through downtown Oakland from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, while Broadway between 14th and 17th Streets is closed for the Black Panther Party Boulevard ribbon cutting. Several Broadway and Uptown Transit Center stops will be closed; riders should use the listed alternate stops near 12th Street BART and City Center.
A fatal two-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 80 at Air Base Parkway in Fairfield around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday was followed about an hour later by a second crash in which a Tesla struck a CHP patrol car, injuring two officers who were later released. Multiple eastbound lanes stayed closed into Wednesday morning.
The Pride flag that flew at Sonoma Valley High School since 2019 came down Monday after Sonoma Valley Unified trustees voted 3-2 on Oct. 8 to give the board sole say over symbolic flags. At least 250 people rallied on Broadway during a student walkout Tuesday, and police arrested a counter-protester on suspicion of trespassing.
PG&E says a Public Safety Power Shutoff in Berkeley could begin Thursday between 5:15 and 6 a.m., covering the Berkeley Hills along Grizzly Peak Boulevard, parts of downtown and UC Berkeley's main campus. Oakland has 2,570 customers in the watch. Statewide scope rose late Tuesday to about 88,000 customers.
Federal prosecutors say OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan hid an encrypted USB recording device behind a TV in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices. He appeared in court Oct. 13 and remains in custody pending an Oct. 19 detention hearing.
Measure L asks San Mateo County voters on Nov. 3 to add a paragraph to the County Charter preamble declaring long-term resilience to fire, flood, heat, drought and sea level rise a county priority. It needs a simple majority, has no direct fiscal impact and has no organized support or opposition.
A two-car crash just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, pushed an SUV into the front entrance of Jolene's at 16th and Harrison streets in the Mission District. The SUV driver was taken away by ambulance. The owner estimates about $10,000 in repairs and hopes to reopen Thursday.
Measure RTM would add a half-cent sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and a 1-cent tax in San Francisco for 14 years, raising about $980 million a year for BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit and other systems. It needs a simple majority of the combined five-county vote.
Measure Y, a citizen initiative, would tax Berkeley property at 7 cents per square foot of improvements for 12 years, about $105 a year for a 1,500-square-foot home. It would raise about $6.3 million a year for arts nonprofits and needs only a simple majority.
Measure X would amend Berkeley's rent control law to cap annual increases at 10%, keep coverage for tenants whose units weren't exempt when they moved in, let tenants in 5- to 9-unit buildings form associations, and move the registration fee deadline. The City Council placed it on the ballot.
Bayspring Development Partners has applied to replace the Chipotle building at 2675 El Camino Real and 450 Sheridan Avenue with an 85-foot, eight-story complex of 156 apartments, ground-floor retail and 200 parking stalls, the first major El Camino Focus Area proposal north of Page Mill Road.
The Oakland City Council unanimously adopted a resolution designating three blocks of Broadway downtown, home to the Black Panther Party Museum, as Black Panther Party Boulevard. A public ribbon cutting is planned for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at 15th Street and Broadway during the party's 60th anniversary weekend.
County Connection, the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, has posted an Alternative Service Plan to close a $6.5 million operating deficit if no new funding arrives. It would end seven routes, including the 92X, 93X, 95X and 97X expresses and Route 18, and stretch waits on most others to every 60 minutes.
Mayor Daniel Lurie signed legislation Tuesday creating an Office of Food Security Coordination inside the Human Services Agency, plus a Food Security Council, after the Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance unanimously. The move centralizes programs once split across nine city entities.
A man accused of grabbing a Fremont woman's phone and leaving her with a fractured skull and brain injuries outside her San Pedro Drive home on Sept. 30 was arrested Monday. The Alameda County DA will decide on charges.
Six candidates are running to succeed termed-out Mayor Lisa Gillmor on Nov. 3. The 49ers are spending $1.8 million backing Gary Ferraris and opposing Kathy Watanabe and David Kertes, part of more than $2.6 million the team has put into Santa Clara races this year.
The San Francisco food-truck park's second location opened Oct. 9 at 140 S. Montgomery Blvd., near SAP Center and Diridon Station, with 12 permanent vendors, rotating trucks, a full bar, an 18-hole putt-putt course and a kids' Clubhouse. Mayor Matt Mahan says it will support well over 100 jobs.
Eight candidates are on the Nov. 3 ballot for three SFUSD Board of Education seats. GrowSF and the Democratic Party back Phil Kim, Autumn Brown Garibay and Tim Tung; SF Parents Action backs Kim, Brown Garibay and Alida Fisher; the teachers union backs Virginia Cheung, Reina Tello and Ryan Hazelton.
The New York Japanese supermarket chain drew about 1,700 shoppers to its first West Coast store, in a former Sprouts at Stevens Creek and De Anza boulevards. It is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily and has bought Marina Grocery stores in Milpitas, San Mateo and Union City.
Grocery Outlet's second Oakland store opens Thursday, Oct. 22, at 301 E. 18th St. near Lake Merritt, in a Walgreens that closed last year. Independent operator Jorge Cossio will run it; the first 100 customers get gift cards of up to $500.
A man wanted on an outstanding warrant fled San Francisco police on an electric scooter near Mission and Eighth streets Monday, crashed into a bus shelter, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police have not released his name or the warrant details.
BART halted trains between Antioch and Concord after an equipment problem on the track, put Tri Delta buses on the gap, then restored normal rail service with residual delays still expected.
A man stabbed outside Northgate Medical Dental Center at Las Gallinas Avenue and Northgate Drive died at a hospital Monday. San Rafael police detained a suspect and said there was no ongoing public threat.
UPDATED: The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 14, approved Department General Order 10.12, SFPD's first full drone policy. It allows drones for a "public safety response," bans general surveillance and limits most footage to 30 days. Critics at City Hall said it is still too vague; SFPD typically takes about three months to implement new rules.
The CHP arrested Olman Santiago Martinezaguilar, 19, of San Pablo and identified a 15-year-old Richmond boy in a Sept. 26 retaliatory shooting on eastbound I-80 west of the Bay Bridge toll plaza that wounded a passenger.
Planning files for Oakland's first Costco, on the former Army base in West Oakland, show a warehouse of about 166,800 square feet, roughly 400 jobs, 947 parking spaces and a fuel station. No opening date has been set.
Caltrans will shut every southbound lane of Highway 101 between Cesar Chavez and 17th streets from 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, to 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, plus one northbound lane and the westbound I-80 ramp to northbound 101. The detour is I-280, which also serves Chase Center on the day of Valkyries Game 1.
PG&E's Wednesday update puts about 9,757 Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Mendocino and Solano customers in a potential shutoff that could start Wednesday evening, on top of thousands of Alameda and Contra Costa accounts in a statewide watch of about 88,000.
UPDATED Tuesday: San Jose police named Ted Lieu, 69, as the landlord killed Sunday on Locke Drive. SJPD says he fired at least once from a shed; officers returned fire. Chief Paul Joseph said Lieu had prior firearm conflicts and an active warrant.
Two of five San Jose Unified board seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot, months after a 3-2 vote to close five elementary schools. Magaña, who voted yes, faces teacher Tomara Hall and parent Carson Dance in Area 2. Retired teacher Mary Grunthaner and former trustee Michael Melillo want Brian Wheatley's open Area 4 seat.
UPDATED: The Marin County Sheriff's Office says its preliminary investigation points to a double murder-suicide, with retired SFPD Sgt. Kevin Mannix, 68, the suspected shooter in the deaths of retired Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, 65, and their daughter Katie, 24. Another daughter called 911 and escaped. Autopsies are set for Tuesday.
Starting Nov. 17, travelers flying United, Alaska, Hawaiian, American or JetBlue out of SFO can check bags and clear TSA screening at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport, then ride a secure coach straight to SFO's airside. Eight round trips a day, $55 one way, kids 15 and under free.
Mayor Mark Turner is seeking Morgan Hill's first four-year mayoral term against retired nurse Deborah Africa and carpenter Kristopher Clayton. Councilmembers Yvonne Martinez Beltran in District B and Marilyn Librers in District D each face one challenger on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare says uninsured hospital admissions have doubled to about 250 a month and it will spend at least $25 million more on subsidized care. NorthBay Health in Solano County and Napa's Queen of the Valley report increases too, ahead of Medi-Cal cuts that start in 2027.
Councilmember Mark Humbert is seeking a second term in southeast Berkeley's District 8 against systems engineer Michael Wallman and former Rent Board member Mari Mendonca. A fourth name, attorney Fred Feller, is still on the Nov. 3 ballot even though he dropped out in August.
Nine candidates are on the Nov. 3 ballot for the southeastern District 10 seat. Theo Ellington leads in voter-guide endorsements, with DJ Brookter and J.R. Eppler next, and the Hunters Point Shipyard cleanup and 20,000 unbuilt homes top the issues.
Robert E. Hall, 83, a Stanford economics professor and Hoover Institution senior fellow emeritus who lives in Menlo Park, shares the 2026 economics Nobel with Columbia's Michael Woodford for work behind the models central banks use to manage downturns and inflation.
After a cool start to the week, the National Weather Service expects highs 10 to 15 degrees above normal Thursday through Saturday, with the Santa Clara, East Bay and North Bay valleys reaching the 80s and 90s and fire weather turning elevated as the air dries out.
San Francisco's second Raising Cane's opens Oct. 12 at 255 Winston Drive, the Stonestown space a McDonald's held for 30 years. It will stay open until 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 3:30 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
A yes vote reopens the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles from 4 a.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Friday and closes Sunset Dunes Park during those hours. A no vote keeps the two-mile oceanfront park car-free.
Prop F would let the mayor fire most department heads for any reason, reorganize most departments without a public vote and revive deputy mayors, banned since 1991. A no vote keeps commissions' current role.
A yes vote would make citizen-proposed local special taxes clear a two-thirds bar starting in 2027, the same as taxes placed on the ballot by city councils and county boards. A no vote keeps the simple-majority path open.
Celadon House on Adair Street is Artist Space Trust's first permanently affordable home for Bay Area artists. Applications close Nov. 22, and buyers will be picked by lottery.
Newark voters decide Nov. 3 whether to replace a 56-year-old business license tax with a gross-receipts system. The ballot puts revenue at about $6.6 million a year, small businesses would pay as little as $25, and bigger firms would pay more.
Union City voters decide Nov. 3 whether to keep the city's 5% tax on phone, cable, electricity and gas bills for nine more years. It raises about $7 million a year, the rate would not change, and it needs a simple majority.
Post offices and San Francisco and Oakland public schools are closed Monday, BART runs its normal weekday schedule, Muni is on a weekend schedule, and San Francisco parking meters are still enforced.
Hercules voters decide Nov. 3 whether to add a 1% general sales tax worth about $4 million a year. Here is what a yes or no vote does, what it costs shoppers, and who is for and against it.
Measure W would raise San Rafael's one-time real property transfer tax fivefold, from $2,000 to $10,000 on a $1 million sale, for about $6 million more a year in city money. Here is what a yes or no vote means.
Measure R on the Nov. 3 ballot would authorize $100 million in bonds for Burlingame School District roofs, plumbing, electrical work, STEM labs and portable replacements. The estimated tax is $16 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs 55% approval.
Measure H on the Nov. 3 ballot would add a quarter-cent local sales tax, lifting San Mateo's combined rate from 9.625% to 9.875% and sending roughly $7 million a year into the general fund. Groceries and prescriptions stay exempt. It needs a simple majority.
A citizen initiative would roll rents back to July 1, 2025 levels for existing tenancies, tighten eviction rules and fund a city program with landlord fees of about $1.08 million to $2.36 million a year. The mayor is urging a no vote.
A yes vote lifts the city rate from 9.5% to 10% for five years, then to 9.75% for five more, raising about $2 million a year at first. Casino revenue is soft, and an older local sales tax is set to shrink in 2027.
Emilson Garcia-Ponce, who was homeless and asleep on the driveway of Richmond Fire Station 67 when a fire truck rolled over him in September 2025, is suing the city and the driver, saying the crew failed to check for obstructions in time. Richmond's lawyers say he wasn't visible and was intoxicated.
Measure F on the Nov. 3 ballot would let Mountain View raise its transient occupancy tax on hotel and short-term rental guests from 10% up to 15%, potentially adding about $5.2 million a year to the general fund. It needs a simple majority.
Citizen-sponsored Measure D would require a citywide vote before Los Altos sells, leases or substantially alters its 10 downtown parking plazas, with an affordable-housing exception on Plazas 7 and 8. The state housing department says passage would force a Housing Element amendment.
Prop. J on the Nov. 3 ballot would tax most commercial and large multifamily foreclosure transfers at full fair-market value starting March 1, 2027, while keeping the break for homes and buildings with four or fewer units. The controller pegs average revenue at $100 million to $150 million a year over the first five years.
Prop. I on the Nov. 3 ballot would dedicate half of transfer-tax revenue from sales of $10 million or more to a restricted House SF Fund for affordable housing and tenant protection. The controller estimates it redirects about $114 million to $124 million a year out of the General Fund.
Measure O on the Nov. 3 ballot would replace Concord's decades-old tiered business license tax with a uniform 0.1% of gross receipts. The city pegs new revenue at about $2.9 million a year for the general fund. It needs a simple majority.
Measure Q asks Richmond voters on Nov. 3 for up to $120 million in general-obligation bonds to repair or rebuild fire stations, remove mold and asbestos, and harden facilities for disasters. The estimated average tax is about $22.15 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs two-thirds approval.
East Bay riders have until Wednesday to tell the board which routes matter most under a worst-case Contingency Service Plan that would trim about one in six service hours and put up to 300 jobs at risk if Proposition RTM does not pass.
SMART is asking the public where Healdsburg's first passenger station in nearly 70 years should go — the planned Depot/Hudson site or a Vine Street stop by West Plaza — with a community meeting Oct. 22 and a board decision expected in December.
Kevin Saavedra quit the Tamalpais Union High School District board in a letter dated Oct. 9, a day after a Marin judge issued a three-year restraining order over profane emails to a parent. His name remains on the ballot, where seven candidates are running for three seats.
UPDATED: Judge Pelayo Llamas granted the dismissal Monday over objections from prosecutors and Yuan. David Xu, who pleaded no contest to poisoning coworker Rong Yuan at Berkeley Engineering and Research, finished probation in March and goes to court Monday seeking dismissal of his felony conviction. The DA is objecting, and Yuan has released hidden-camera videos of the case.
Measure X on the Nov. 3 ballot would authorize $165 million in bonds to repair and modernize Liberty, Freedom, Heritage, Independence and La Paloma high schools. The district estimates $20 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs 55% approval.
Measure K asks Sunol voters on Nov. 3 for up to $6.1 million in school bonds to complete the main building's seismic retrofit and modernize the aging 200 Wing. The estimated average tax is about $34 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs 55% approval.
Prosecutors say James Mercurio steered county-funded Event Center construction work to a childhood friend and got money back. Both men pleaded not guilty and are due back in court Monday.
Measure FF on the Nov. 3 ballot would make banks and large investors pay Oakland's real estate transfer tax on most foreclosures, with carve-outs for small homes, community banks and housing conversions. The city estimates $4 million to $13 million a year.
The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee voted Sunday night to void its August endorsement of Manny Yekutiel and endorse former Pelosi aide Gary McCoy for the Castro–Noe Valley supervisor seat. Party chair Nancy Tung rejected calls to resign.
UPDATED: The Alameda County DA has charged Vernika Dunbar, 38, with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her sister, reality streaming personality Mackayla "Kash" Paige, 29. Police say Dunbar's gun went off while she tried to pistol-whip a woman fighting Paige on 14th Street near Harrison early Sunday.
A yes vote raises Berkeley's sales tax from 10.25% to 10.75% with no end date, bringing in an estimated $9 million to $10 million a year for the general fund. City officials say a no vote could mean closing a North Berkeley fire station.
Measure AA would replace Berkeley's 1-cent-per-ounce general soda tax with a 2-cent special tax, raising about $2.2 million a year for school, health and drinking-water programs. The beverage industry opposes it, and a court fight is possible.
Measure K on Milpitas's Nov. 3 ballot would swap a 50-year-old employee-based business license tax for flat fees plus 0.025% to 0.035% of gross receipts for larger firms. The city pegs it at about $3 million a year. It needs a simple majority.
Prop H would tax San Francisco parcels by building type and size for 15 years starting July 1, 2027, to fund Muni operations. Most single-family homes would pay $129 a year. The Controller pegs revenue near $177 million annually. It needs a simple majority.
Measure O on the Nov. 3 ballot would authorize up to $125 million in general-obligation bonds for a library, emergency command center, civic center, youth sports park, water and storm-drain work. It needs a two-thirds yes vote and averages about $105 per $100,000 of assessed value.
Measure X would replace Brisbane’s decades-old tiered business license tax with $50 for the smallest firms and $50 plus $1 per $1,000 of receipts above $25,000 for most others. It is a general tax that needs a simple majority and has no sunset.
After two seasons and more than 219,000 tickets through the gates, the USL club played its last scheduled home match at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday, then pointed toward an Alameda stopgap and a longer-shot Howard Terminal plan.
Measure P on Albany’s Nov. 3 ballot updates the 2006 street-paving and storm-drain parcel tax with low-income relief and a rate-structure backup if a 500,000-square-foot parcel becomes tax-exempt. It needs a two-thirds yes vote and is estimated to raise about $1.4 million a year.
Measure HH on Pleasanton’s Nov. 3 ballot would raise the transient occupancy tax paid by hotel guests from 8% to 10% in 2027 and 12% in 2028, aiming for about $1.4 million to $2.8 million a year for general city services. It needs a simple majority.
Measure T on Mill Valley’s Nov. 3 ballot would renew the Municipal Service Tax for 10 years at $303 per single-family home (with a 2% annual bump), raising about $1.9 million a year for roads and fire-suppression work. It needs a two-thirds yes vote.
Measure L, the SAFER Alameda Act on the Nov. 3 ballot, would let the City of Alameda borrow $300 million for flood protection, earthquake readiness, streets and Bay pollution projects, paid for with a property tax of about $49 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs a two-thirds yes vote.
Emeryville's Measure BB would replace a 42-year-old business license tax with rates of 0.1% to 0.4% of gross receipts depending on business type, starting Jan. 1, 2027. The city says it would add $5.9 million a year for services. It needs a simple majority.
Pacifica's Measure BB on the Nov. 3 ballot would add a 1% sales tax, which the city estimates would raise about $5 million a year for its general fund. Officials say there's nothing left to cut without hurting police, fire and road repair. It needs a simple majority.
Measure S on San Bruno's Nov. 3 ballot would repeal Ordinance No. 1284, the voter-passed 1977 rule requiring a public vote for buildings over three stories or 50 feet, density increases, parking garages and some road changes. Here's what a yes or no vote does.
Measure L on Cupertino's Nov. 3 ballot would require two-thirds of city voters to approve before parks, parkland or open space could be rezoned or developed for homes, offices or industry. No official opposition was filed.
Albany's Measure O would let the City Council change R-1 single-family zoning through public hearings instead of needing signatures from half the voters living within 300 feet, a rule set by 1978's Measure D. It doesn't upzone anything by itself.
Callers reported a man running in the road with a gun near El Camino Real and San Marco Avenue. Police found spent casings, then an unregistered firearm in a nearby home, and arrested a 32-year-old San Francisco man they say is a convicted felon.
Jackson Brousseau, filling in for an injured starter, led a 75-yard drive capped by Ashten Emory's 2-yard score as Cal won 25-20 in Berkeley. Stanford had a rougher day, losing 58-7 at No. 3 Notre Dame.
Macklin Celebrini came back from a lower-body injury and scored his first goal of the season at SAP Center, but Edmonton scored twice early in the third period and won its fourth straight.
Only a handful of customers lost power on purpose Saturday. PG&E says shutoffs may be needed again Sunday in Alameda County and newly in Napa, Solano and other counties, with Monday still in play.
A Wall Street Journal look back says Newsom staff were thrilled when California Forever's site made the shortlist for Saronic's shipyard. Ten months later the company picked Brownsville, Texas.
The company behind the crowdsourced model rankings is now valued at $3.1 billion, up from $1.7 billion in January, and has added an index that tracks when AI agents overstep or lie about finishing a task.
A two-alarm blaze in one unit of a six-unit Highland Avenue building early Friday left the apartment unlivable. The cause is still under investigation.
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park opens its permanent "Indigenous Voices" exhibition with a free celebration Saturday, and the Lawrence Hall of Science follows with Ohlone events on Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Altus Group data shows San Francisco market rents up 8.6% and Oakland up 6.0% in the year ending in June, with SoMa, Civic Center and the Western Addition leading.
Police say a man was stabbed multiple times outside a business near Edenvale in April. The suspects were caught in Fowler and Redwood City.
A dry cold front brings below-normal temperatures, 35-45 mph gusts in gaps and passes, and a slim rain chance early next week, the National Weather Service says.
Harris died Sept. 10 in a San Francisco hospital of a heart attack, his wife said. After prison he spent decades in the city as a private investigator before an old Sacramento bank robbery case caught up with him.
Keep People Housed Marin, run by Bay Area Community Services, will steer cash help and case management to households at the highest risk of becoming homeless, with a goal of at least 170 households a year.
The council rejected a five-story alternative 7-2, raising the corridor's height cap from three stories, and confirmed Mary Opler to lead the city's police oversight office. On Oct. 13 it finished the zoning ordinance's second reading; the same meeting also simplified the Affordable Housing Preference Policy.
Coast Guard and San Francisco fire crews rescued adults from the 25-foot Trophy after it perched on a break wall near Brickyard Cove; one person was airlifted via helicopter.
Oakland police identified Bryan Walker and Michelle Min, co-owners of Bryn Walker, after a neighbor reported gunshots on Panoramic Way; investigators recovered a firearm and said no suspects are being sought.
A coastally trapped warm-water pulse could lift regional sea levels by up to a foot atop already-high tides; parks officials warn of flooded bike paths, submerged beaches and possible campground closures.
Roy Anthony Lopez, 37, appeared in Santa Clara County court Wednesday without entering a plea; prosecutors say he drove Jasmyne Garcia to a San Jose hospital and told staff he had killed her.
A city report says 30% to 40% of Oakland's aging drainage network needs rehab or replacement; officials are floating a Prop. 218 fee while West and East Oakland face the highest flood risk.
The 54th Art & Pumpkin Festival brings a Giants legend as parade grand marshal, a Monday weigh-off that could chase the world record, and organizer advice to arrive early or take Highway 84 home.
UPDATED: Opening statements began Wednesday in Oakland federal court in the corruption trial of former Mayor Sheng Thao, Andre Jones, and California Waste Solutions executives David and Andy Duong. Prosecutors told jurors she put her power up for sale.
Prosecutors say Alvaro Caballero Arteaga ran a red light with a 0.15% blood-alcohol reading and broadsided a car at San Jose Avenue and Flournoy Street, killing Rhiannon Lawler and Agustin Garcia.
While protesters in robot costumes chanted outside OpenAI's San Francisco developer conference, Oakland Tech Week paired students with seniors learning Clipper cards, email and AI literacy — capturing a region both building and questioning the boom.
State Sen. Jesse Arreguín championed $1 million for a new SMU institute training health workers on trauma-informed trafficking response, plus a matching $1 million for Oakland violence-prevention programs.
From Oct. 15–18, the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and partners fill downtown Oakland and West Oakland with exhibits, music, workshops and a free gathering at DeFremery Park — the birthplace city marking six decades since Newton and Seale founded the Party.
UPDATED: Berkeley police arrested Farhan Ayubi, 22, of Richmond in El Cerrito on Oct. 13 on suspicion of two counts of felony hit-and-run. A witness followed the car, and license plate readers and cameras helped identify him. The couple from Spain remain in serious condition.
Mayor Lurie, City Attorney Chiu and other city leaders want the CPUC to open a formal proceeding covering the December Mission Substation blackout, a year of large outages, delayed grid projects and recent vault fires.
International Bird Rescue in Fairfield has taken in 221 common murres since mid-August alone. Rescuers say warm water is scrambling the birds' food supply, and a strong El Niño could make the second wave worse.
After a long Tuesday night meeting, the City Council told staff to prioritize stricter water-use and air-quality standards for new facilities, on a faster track than a broader policy rewrite that could run into late 2027.
The money from this year's state budget splits into $2 million for operations and $3 million for repairs, closing out the first phase of the 76-year-old park's long-term rebuilding plan.
A wildlife camera at Midpen's Cloverdale Ranch preserve near Pescadero caught a North American river otter. Biologists say it's a sign the species is reclaiming its old range and that the watershed is healthy.
The moderate group, which pulled its own endorsement of Yekutiel, asked voters how they'd rank him if he resumed his campaign. His name is still on the ballot, and supporters of front-runner Gary McCoy are not happy.
The November measure would replace a 1988 plan for Sausalito's roughly 220-acre industrial and maritime district, raising height limits to 47 feet and allowing cafes, galleries and shops. Supporters say the city needs the tax revenue; opponents fear artists and boatyards will be priced out.
A Santa Clara County judge ruled that police searches of San Jose's roughly 500-camera Flock network without a warrant don't violate the state constitution. The civil liberties groups behind the suit may appeal, and a separate federal case is still pending.
SFUSD officials concede that sending students home or parking them in offices without paperwork is illegal, and that they don't know how often it happens. A Coleman Advocates report says one school of about 300 students logged 3,639 office referrals in a year.
The council voted 5-2 for an Axon drone and camera deal plus Verkada cameras at city sites, but pulled the plate readers out for a later vote. The city's Flock cameras go dark Dec. 31, and police say switching vendors takes about three months.
Gold Bond Building Products must enclose its outdoor gypsum pile by the end of 2027 and upgrade dust controls, resolving 13 violation notices for unpermitted equipment and mineral dust that reached nearby streets and properties.
The City Council voted unanimously to open three years of exclusive talks with Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco to take over the 90-room Homekey site on The Alameda. Nothing gets built yet, and the city hasn't said where current residents will go during renovation.
A new Zumper index finds 29 of 44 big U.S. rental markets got friendlier to renters since 2023. San Francisco fell from a C to an F, its one-bedroom median rent jumped 21.9% to $4,060, and San Jose slipped to a D.
The Oakland Fire Department christened the Bay Wolf, a 42-foot fireboat based at Jack London Square, on Wednesday. It was paid for with a 2021 federal port security grant and had already helped fight a warehouse fire days before its debut.
Police say a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old are the suspects and have sent the hate crime case to the Marin County DA. A swastika and an anti-Jewish message were found on the asphalt at Brookside Elementary over the weekend. The Ross Valley School District says it handed students' names to police, and neighbors gathered at the campus Tuesday night.
From Nov. 1 through March, staff and visitors must mask in patient areas of nursing, rehab, infusion and dialysis sites. Hospitals aren't covered, and the health officer wants a more data-driven approach for future seasons.
San Mateo County's bus agency started in 1976 and now carries more than 10 million riders a year. It has recovered pre-pandemic ridership, unlike many Bay Area systems, but riders still want shorter waits and better stops.
The law drops shadow analysis from the city's local environmental review and halves the window to appeal. Park shadows still get checked under a 1984 voter measure, and critics say the public loses a voice.
Proposition 40 would charge about 200 billionaires a one-time 5% tax on their wealth. Two rival measures, bankrolled largely by Bay Area tech figures, could cancel it even if it wins.
The damage appears limited to the outer mailer, the Department of Elections says. If all four ballot cards and the return envelope are intact, the ballot can still be voted and returned.
Santa Clara County's bus and light rail agency is financially stable, but Caltrain warns that a no vote on Nov. 3 could put its Gilroy and Morgan Hill service on the chopping block.
Preliminary counts show 254,248 paid exits on Oct. 6, topping the post-pandemic high BART set just three weeks earlier, as voters weigh a regional sales tax meant to head off deep transit cuts.
Mayor Daniel Lurie's new limits on police use of the city's 400-plus Flock cameras add a 30-day access window and required incident numbers, but critics say key safeguards date to a 2016 state law and one major recommendation was left out.
The county is urging people to make a plan, build a kit, pick up sandbags and sign up for SMC Alert now, with federal forecasters giving better than 90% odds of a very strong El Niño this fall and winter.
An early-morning fire on Central Avenue trapped residents on the third floor, sent two people to the hospital and displaced about a dozen. Police arrested a 52-year-old man who lives at the complex.
Three of the bridge's six lanes are closing from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights this week so crews can build work platforms beneath the deck for the last phase of a seismic upgrade expected to run through 2036.
Most Oakland Unified buildings have no cooling. The district has put temperature sensors in every classroom at 83 schools and says a public dashboard of the readings is coming this week.
A state parks burn meant to cut wildfire risk sent air quality on the Richmond shoreline above 400 on the AQI. The Air District has apologized and says it is reassessing its permit process, with a board member pressing the issue this week.
A new survey puts Caltrain's rider satisfaction at an all-time high two years after electrification, but the agency still faces a roughly $75 million annual gap that could close stations and end weekend trains.
The former Orange County congresswoman cited Wiener's record on housing, health care and transit, a month before San Francisco voters choose between him and Supervisor Connie Chan.
The City Council voted unanimously for a temporary ban on new detention facilities anywhere in Gilroy, which can be stretched to two years, while a federal court has already paused construction of an ICE center east of the city.
One of the biggest developments the Sonoma County town has seen in decades goes before the City Council, with backers touting jobs and tax revenue and opponents warning about old contamination on the property.
Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution, which says it feeds more than 1,000 people a day, was cited for zoning and sidewalk violations. Mayor Matt Mahan says the city may help move it.
San Francisco police arrested Shakia Vanderbilt in the weekend shooting of Ulysses Tykee Davis, a 47-year-old guard and father of six who was working a reality-TV tour event at the Mid-Market venue.
Mail ballots for the Nov. 3 election are reaching Santa Clara County voters this week. The Registrar of Voters is urging people to use drop boxes or mail ballots at least a week ahead, citing possible postal delays.
A five-county sales tax meant to head off deep cuts at BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit drew 48% support in a new survey, short of the simple majority it needs. Here is what the measure does and what each side argues.
A Van's RV-7A went down in a field by Rooster Run Golf Club late Wednesday morning, closing part of East Washington Street. The FAA and NTSB are investigating, and the condition of the two people aboard wasn't immediately known.
Supervisors voted unanimously to proclaim a local emergency so crews can get ahead of flooding and slides, two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide El Niño proclamation.
State data shows the region has the highest flu test positivity in California, weeks or months ahead of the usual winter rise, and health officials are urging people to get vaccinated now.
With more than a million visitors expected, SFMTA plans to block driverless cars from picking up or dropping off along a large stretch of the waterfront from Friday through Sunday, NBC Bay Area reports.
High mortgage rates and thin inventory are keeping entry-level buyers on the sidelines, while homes priced at $6.5 million and up are selling faster, according to NBC Bay Area reporting.
A $3 million state award will fund a regional effort, led by StopWaste, to develop standardized modular home designs and smoother permitting for middle-income housing.
In her second annual address, Lee pointed to public-safety gains and new cleanup spending while city workers protested more than 1,000 unfilled positions.
The City Council approved a $1.3 million design contract for gate upgrades at Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive and Charleston Road, a step toward federal 'quiet zone' status.
Officials toured the shuttered Albany-Berkeley racetrack as a $175 million purchase heads toward key votes, with ideas ranging from sports fields and trails to a museum and maybe some housing.
New tow vehicles, trailers, inflatable boats and protective gear are going to local fire departments whose teams can deploy anywhere in the state when floods hit.
The suit over the December 2025 blast on East Lewelling Boulevard is one of five now pending, and an attorney is pushing to combine them.
Operators now need permits and a $10,000 deposit, and stalled robots blocking curbs or crosswalks can be cited or impounded.
About $240,000 came in over the summer as Districts 5, 7 and 9 head toward the Nov. 3 election.
City leaders weighed in on fixes for the 50-plus-year-old North Central community center after months of workshops shaped a preferred pool design.
The governor rejected Ash Kalra's tribal water bill and James Ramos' sacred-sites bill, citing uncertainty for water supplies and state operations.
Staff mailed checks to an imposter posing as a tree-planting contractor on the Highway 84 project. A second $2.5 million check was stopped by the scammer's bank.
An independent investigator found Young's unwanted touching of fellow director Sarah Syed broke the bus agency's gender-based harassment policy. A board majority has defended him, and no discipline hearing is scheduled.
Unions representing about 3,100 city employees picketed Mayor Barbara Lee's State of the City speech. Their contracts expired June 30, and SEIU has posted a strike-vote schedule.
In a reply to Bay Area members of Congress, the agency says a two-to-three-year move will protect records dating to the 1850s, including Angel Island-era immigration files. Lawmakers and tribes remain opposed.
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier presented the checks at the Board of Supervisors this week. The awards are part of about $8.3 million in federal earmarks for eight Contra Costa projects, from a Bay Point library to emergency radio generators.
A package signed by Gov. Newsom adds a formal murder warning when DUI charges are pleaded down, lengthens license revocations and ignition interlock requirements, and raises DMV points for intoxicated manslaughter.
In the city's first district-based election, ballots mailed this week appear to show every council race instead of just each voter's own district, which could touch the contested District 3 seat.
A joint city and school district statement says the agreed price sits just above the top of the city's 2024 appraisal range and well below the district's $90 million ask, as voters weigh the Measure J sales tax.
Proposed amendments would add exemptions to the zero-emission standard for small water heaters and push back the 2027 compliance date. Landlord groups showed up this week to oppose the rules, and the board votes Nov. 4.
Supervisors backed a microenterprise home kitchen program set to start March 1, 2027, with 100 permits a year, a 30-meal daily limit and fee breaks for lower-income neighborhoods.
Board President Rafael Mandelman introduced an ordinance covering large grocery stores and all drug stores, backed by the grocery workers' union and opposed by the California Grocers Association.
Fairfield's Measure P and Vacaville's Measure V would each add a cent per dollar, while Rio Vista's Measure O would extend an existing tax through 2030.
Limited services move to the county's Coastal Office in Marina starting Nov. 2, while CalFresh, CalWORKs and Medi-Cal can still be handled online, by phone or by mail.
Syrak Micael, endorsed by outgoing Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra, faces medical case manager and People's Park advocate Aidan Hill for District 7 on Nov. 3.
Suds Jain says two $500 contributions exceeded the city's $380 cap. Kathy Watanabe says the couple who gave were refunded and the filings have been amended.
Caltrans crews are paving and fixing guardrails, drains and curb ramps between South San Francisco and East Palo Alto as part of a $177 million project.
SB 802 by Sen. Angelique Ashby puts the region's homelessness planning under a joint powers authority, after years of failed attempts. Cities and the county keep control of their own money.
The five-story project would replace an RV dealership in north Napa. State housing law limits how much the city can push back on its height and parking waivers.
The council votes Oct. 13 on a revised preference policy built to work with the regional Doorway portal. People displaced by BART construction would still rank first.
The council backed the former Air National Guard site at Hayward Executive Airport. Staff trimmed nearly $100 million from a $337 million to $352 million estimate, and consultants pitched a long-term financing partnership.
A 45-day urgency moratorium adopted Sept. 15 runs until about Oct. 30. The council will weigh a 22-month, 15-day extension, the most state law allows.
Parks commissioners blended two survey finalists into one name. The City Council will make the final call on the downtown plaza later.
About 100 Contra Costa residents asked about violations, worker safety and public alerts after years of fires and flaring at the Martinez refinery.
A below-market-rate home at Shea Homes' Abigail Place is open by lottery to first-time buyers in households of four or more. Applications are due Oct. 30.
The state's new public safety app pulls updates straight from the agencies running an incident, setting it up as a rival to the popular Watch Duty app.
The permanent tax would raise the city's rate to 10.25% and bring in about $5.5 million a year. Four former mayors say it won't fix the deficit.
A federal judge ended the longest-running police monitorship in U.S. history. Civilian oversight bodies now carry the load, and some ask whether they're ready.
West Contra Costa Unified says staff will now stand outside at drop-off and pickup after the Thursday morning arrest in the Iron Triangle.
The push follows a months-long debate over a $1.5 million Peregrine data-sharing contract that would pull in license plate reader and body camera data.
Eight candidates for three seats sparred over oversized vehicles, permit delays and City Manager Ed Shikada at a Palo Alto Weekly forum.
A survey open through Oct. 30 asks residents to weigh in on play areas, a dry 1930s fountain and the park's rows of yew trees.
The city says small shops pay a higher effective rate than big companies today. Opponents call the change a permanent tax hike on low-margin businesses.
The citizen initiative would cap rent hikes on pre-1995 apartments and expand eviction protections. The City Council opposes it, citing costs of up to $11 million a year.
Three council members want to bar homeless campsites near preschools and in-home daycares after tents appeared on Camelia Street. The item could reach the council this month.
With two members absent, Mayor Webster Lincoln's proclamation fell one vote short after a heated public comment period over whether it should also recognize Palestinian deaths.
After a December 2024 fire shut the Santa Cruz Mountains town's contract post office, USPS is weighing permanent closure. Rep. Jimmy Panetta and residents want it reopened, and public comments are due Oct. 11.
The left wingtip of Delta Flight 7, an Airbus A350 with 290 people aboard, struck the tail of an Air Canada Boeing 777 that was being towed to its gate. No injuries were reported.
San Mateo County Parks says a metal slide topped 130 degrees in summer sun. The county now hopes to open the long-awaited playground before November.
Measure V would keep WCCUSD's 7.2-cent-per-square-foot parcel tax for nine more years. It needs two-thirds approval, and opponents point to the district's money troubles.
Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures says 98% of the money in its new fund came from local residents and institutions, more than doubling what it manages to over $17.7 million.
A planned burn at Carrington Coast Ranch near Salmon Creek prompted a county health advisory warning air could reach unhealthy or even hazardous levels. Officials stress it was not a wildfire.
The pool-supply chain shut 76 stores nationwide, including eight in the Bay Area, when it filed for Chapter 11 on Sept. 30. Gift cards and loyalty rewards are still being honored.
ALAS and Stanford's PRIMES program opened a larger ground-floor space at La Piazza offering free therapy, playgroups and screenings for children up to age 5.
Darnise Williams, placed on leave by a 4-1 board vote in August, alleges race, gender and age discrimination in a Contra Costa Superior Court suit. Rocha calls it politically motivated.
A six-story building with one very low-income unit will rise on a surface parking lot at Oak Grove Avenue and Crane Street, a block from Santa Cruz Avenue.
The agreements with MEF and IFPTE include 3% raises in each of three years, a 1% one-time payment and protections around artificial intelligence. Members vote the week of Oct. 12.
Marin, Sonoma and regional agencies are putting up about $1.39 million, and a $1 million state earmark will pay for more e-bikes in Healdsburg, Windsor, the airport area, Ross Valley and Corte Madera.
Karina Talamantes asked city staff to study stronger enforcement and penalties for illegal e-bike, e-moto and e-scooter riding, joining a wave of crackdowns across the Sacramento region.
Supervisors voted 5-0 to buy the former American AgCredit headquarters north of Santa Rosa, about $6.6 million below the price floated last year, and hired a construction manager for a smaller new county center.
Four supervisors pressed police and health officials Thursday on whether enforcement in the Tenderloin and SoMa is just pushing drug activity into the Mission and other districts. The mayor's office did not send anyone.
The City Council's Oct. 5 declaration taps the emergency reserve for pumps, barriers and sandbags and lets the city skip competitive bidding on flood work. Free sandbags are available at four sites.
A countywide half-cent tax for wildfire prevention and open space needs only a simple majority this time. American Canyon and St. Helena are also asking voters for more money for city services.
Touro becomes the academic partner for NorthBay's residency programs as the Fairfield hospital group gets ready for its first class of 10 internal medicine residents in July 2027.
The district's new bell-to-bell rule seals phones in pouches at 10 campuses; students worry about reaching family in a crisis, while the district says safety instructions come first.
Two Antioch council seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot as the city works through a projected $15 million deficit, homelessness debates and a push to rebuild economic development.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills that let San Mateo County cities bar kids under 12 from most e-bikes, cap sidewalk speeds statewide and stop e-motos from being sold as e-bikes.
The city launched a 'Be Ready, Pleasanton' campaign, formalized its first emergency preparedness committee and is stocking free sandbags at its Busch Road yard.
Alta Housing's six-story building on land donated by Public Storage will serve households earning 30% to 80% of area median income and is due to open in 2028.
The Nov. 3 measure swaps flat fees and employee counts for gross-receipts rates of $0.30 to $3.75 per $1,000, with a $60 minimum, and is projected to raise about $12 million more a year.
Measure E would raise an estimated $27 million a year for the county's general fund starting in 2027, with supervisors prioritizing emergency care, clinics, food aid and mental health services.
New Department of Building Inspection rules let four- to six-story buildings use one interior stair plus a secondary exit, aimed at small mid-block lots. Each project still needs approval.
The Measures N and H commission says the district broke the rules by shifting existing salaries onto college-and-career tax money to close a budget gap. OUSD says an outside review found the move allowed.
A new law signed by Gov. Newsom adds a "technology displacement" label and new disclosures to Cal/WARN layoff notices when artificial intelligence or automation is the main cause of job cuts.
AB 2434, the Visitor Protections and Safety Act, requires consent for searches, protects long-distance visitors from same-day denials and lets families fix dress-code problems instead of losing a visit.
Faith leaders, union members and students rallied Friday at FedEx's Edes Avenue facility near Oakland's airport, part of a campaign that says the airport has become a pass-through for military cargo.
The City Council voted 7-0 for an urgency measure from Councilmember Carroll Fife, giving the city time to study water, power and air quality impacts as a downtown data center proposal draws scrutiny.
Friday's Parade of Ships kicked off three days of air shows over the Bay. Here are the show times, Presidio road closures, rideshare limits and on-water restrictions through Sunday.
The bond lists new fire stations, a rebuilt community center in San Pablo Park and waterfront sea-level work. It needs a two-thirds vote on Nov. 3.
Daniel Kain, 29, faces manslaughter, hit-and-run and DUI charges in the Sept. 27 death of Shannon Skilling, 43. A tip about a damaged Ford Ranger led CHP to the suspect.
Mayor Vicki Veenker and Ed Lauing are the only incumbents in a field that includes two city commissioners, a doctor, a software engineer and the first DSA candidate in city history.
Councilmember Charlene Wang points to traffic barriers and a buyer-funded survivor fund, while DSA-backed challenger Nate Adams wants a focus on housing, foster youth and long-term prevention.
UPDATED: The Board of Education voted 5-2 Tuesday night to replace the 15-year citywide elementary lottery with Option C — a neighborhood seat for every family, with applications elsewhere limited to citywide specialty programs. Fall 2028 is the target start.
More than 70 people were reported detained around Fresno this week. Alameda County and San Francisco advocates say they have not seen an uptick yet but are preparing.
AB 1837 extends camera enforcement of bus lanes and stops past 2027, while AB 2263 lets Santa Clara VTA set aside affordable homes for its employees.
A judge called the June fire at Berkeley Animal Care Services "extremely dangerous conduct." The shelter is mostly back in operation, but repairs are not finished.
The planned, low-intensity burn on Cal Poly's 3,200-acre ranch aimed to thin fuels and improve habitat. Smoke was visible from Highway 1 and the San Lorenzo Valley.
Video of an August 2025 SoMa arrest shows officers punching and kneeling on a 33-year-old man who later spent days in intensive care. SFPD and the DA say the force was found justified.
Gov. Newsom signed two bills by Sen. Jesse Arreguín. SB 479 lets Berkeley, Pasadena, Long Beach and Oakland form multidisciplinary teams; SB 692 eases removal of wrecked vehicles. Both take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
The North Oakland venue, open since 1974, plans to close at the end of October after a two-year fight over its red-tagged patio. Management says it hopes the closure is temporary and has raised more than $90,000 toward permits and repairs.
The City Council unanimously adopted a plan built on prevention, temporary housing and outreach. The full plan could cost more than $40 million, and a $715,000 RV permit program goes to the council in November.
The Lamorinda and Walnut Creek high school district says its parcel tax money hasn't grown in 16 years. Measure W would raise about $6 million a year for eight years and needs a two-thirds vote on Nov. 3.
Jeffrey Choy fired twice at an officer at close range after a stop near Villa and Hope streets. The officer recovered and is back at work, and Mountain View's police chief called the case a wake-up call about releasing armed felons.
Santa Clara County Fire says Wednesday's blaze on Rose Court started accidentally in the kitchen, and that working alarms might have given the couple time to get out.
The City Council voted 4-1 to keep its contract with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office rather than opt out and hand policing to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department in 2027.
SEIU Local 1000, representing about 100,000 state employees, says 96% of voting members authorized its first-ever strike. DMV and unemployment and disability offices could see delays.
Prop. 4 on the Nov. 3 ballot would let the state, counties and cities create public campaign financing programs. It would not create one itself. Here's what a yes or no vote means.
Measure EE on the Nov. 3 ballot would make Oakland's mayor the city's chief executive with veto power, while giving the council new oversight tools. Here's what it would change.
Walnut Creek voters will decide whether the person overseeing about $145 million in city funds should be hired by the city manager instead of elected.
The council gave final approval to a ban with no exemptions, matching Corte Madera. Five local retailers have until Jan. 31 to wind down.
The council voted 5-0 to draft limits on civil immigration enforcement on city land, and heard that guaranteed income recipients saved more and borrowed less.
Commissioners revoked a permit to cut down the McDonald district redwood that cracked a sidewalk. The owners have 10 days to appeal to the City Council.
Officers described about 20,000 Flock searches a year and their audits. A joint meeting with the Surveillance Advisory Board is set for Oct. 15.
A team-sponsored committee has spent at least $270,000 backing Kimberley Williams and $25,000 against Yvonne Inciarte, dwarfing what either candidate has raised.
The East Bay Regional Park District broke ground Friday on 7 acres of new parkland at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, set to open in late summer 2027.
More than 300 administrative employees, supervisors and managers in AFSCME Local 3916 approved a 2.5-year deal. The AC Transit board still has to sign off.
Richmond police released video of the Sept. 30 arrest of Joshawn Harris, 29, who is charged in the November 2025 killing of Josue Cornejo and a string of September shootings at cars.
The San Francisco Lowrider Council's Cold Frisco Night cruise gathers around 4 p.m. Saturday on Mission Street between Cesar Chavez and 22nd. Muni has backup reroutes ready for the 14, 14R, 27, 48, 49 and 67.
Supervisors ended in-lieu fees and off-site options in three high-density districts, took a stand against a two-thirds vote rule for citizen-led special taxes, and endorsed the $11.25 billion Prop 1 housing bond.
Power went off Friday afternoon around I-580, Patterson Pass Road and Altamont Pass Road, part of a Public Safety Power Shutoff that could reach about 12,200 customers in 17 counties through Monday.
Police used caution tape to separate pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators Wednesday night; an anti-Islam sign and a car driven onto the sidewalk drew criticism, and the DA will decide on any charges.
A yes vote keeps the city deal with Mercy Housing for 40 affordable apartments for senior farmworkers downtown; a no vote repeals it. The ballot pamphlet will carry no opposition argument after a judge ruled it was filed late.
Tesla wants higher limits on toxic metal emissions from two aluminum furnaces at its Fremont factory, within 1,000 feet of a school. Parents say they were barely told and want the comment period reopened.
The $47 million building is the first finished piece of the long-delayed Tierra de Rosas project. Rents run from $849 to $2,355, and 4,000 people are on the waiting list.
California dropped the extra paperwork that kept many students from applying for CalFresh. The state expects more than 200,000 more students to sign up for up to $306 a month in grocery money.
The American Public Transportation Association named Caltrain its Outstanding Public Transportation System, citing record ridership growth since electrification. Without new money, the railroad has warned of deep service cuts.
A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that the Catholic Diocese of Oakland's plan to exit Chapter 11 does not give abuse survivors at least what they would get in a liquidation, sending both sides back to negotiate.
Five candidates on the tenant-backed Right to Housing slate and one independent are running for five seats on Berkeley's Rent Stabilization Board on Nov. 3.
Mark Lewis Hinton, 44, was on parole for an earlier rape when he attacked a woman at a Concord motel and, months later, a woman he was dating.
The Kentfield campus now holds what the college calls the only permanent collection of work by the Black Panther Party's former minister of culture.
A 4-month-old brother and sister from the Sacramento Zoo moved into the Puente al Sur habitat Thursday, with a tentative public debut set for Tuesday, Oct. 13.
The state-required logic and accuracy test in Martinez was open to observers, and officials said the scanners matched the expected totals.
Rec and Park recommended a nine-year lease for the team behind Colibri and Il Parco. The cafe would open in spring 2027 and get no city funding.
Workers lay on the lawn beside paper tombstones Thursday, warning that Hayward's only emergency room could be at risk again. Assemblymember Liz Ortega urged a yes vote on the billionaire tax.
The three-year deal ends nearly a year of bargaining with raises of 2% then 1% and no health benefits cap. The district still has a $20 million gap to close by 2027-28.
Police leaders told supervisors the Special Victims Unit will change how it shelves cases, but advocates say the plan leaves out an independent yearly audit.
City surveyors counted 148 tents in September, up from a record-low 115 in May, ending four straight quarters of decline. Lived-in vehicles kept falling.
The board discussed guardrails on jobs, security and human oversight, while a pilot through Jan. 3 connects blind and low-vision riders with live visual interpreters by phone.
Draft standards for facilities drawing 20 megawatts or more would require 100% clean power, bar drinking water in open cooling systems and cap backup generator testing. Residents get a say Oct. 15.
The Bay Area Air District's first Bay REPAIR awards will pay for trees, transit passes, home energy upgrades and asthma programs, with $38.7 million aimed at Richmond and nearby communities.
State layoff notices show Chevron cut 178 San Ramon jobs and Workday is cutting 142 at its Pleasanton headquarters, with many of the losses in senior engineering and management roles.
Reuters reports about 270 employees will leave by the end of October after a buyout offer. Flock calls it voluntary, not a layoff, as cities from Half Moon Bay to San Jose rethink its cameras.
TypeSafe's Jev model answers with structured decisions instead of text. Andreessen Horowitz led a round valuing the company at $7.5 billion, less than a month after Jev's Sept. 15 release.
A proposal in Mayor Lurie's rent emergency package would limit how much saved-up rent increases and capital improvement charges a landlord can add in one year. The normal 1.6% rent-control increase does not change.
A state layoff notice shows the cuts land at PayPal's North First Street campus at the end of the month. Senior software engineers make up the largest single group, as the company pushes a cost-cutting plan tied to AI.
A federal accessibility grant will pay for ramps at Caltrain's 22nd Street stop in Dogpatch. Muni also won $2.4 million for accessible boarding islands on the N Judah.
The bar at 22nd and Guerrero never reopened after Labor Day. Owner Ian Duggan says a lender's lawsuit froze payroll money, and he may look for a new operator to keep it alive.
San Francisco's Phinity Labs says its agents beat experienced hardware engineers on key chip metrics and that it already has an eight-figure annual revenue run rate from frontier AI labs.
In a 7-2 vote, the board ended CEO Ian Choudri's sole authority over contracts under $25 million after a watchdog found first-class flights and nightlife on the public tab.
Two people were pulled from the car with minor injuries after Thursday's crash on the 5700 block of Mission Street, which broke water pipes and electrical lines.
State layoff filings show 1,196 permanent tech job cuts across the region last month, pushing 2026's total well past all of 2025.
New renderings show a five-story building at Fifth and Franklin streets, the first piece of a two-block housing plan, with construction expected to start in January 2027.
Caltrans will fully close Highway 84 at the Arroyo de la Laguna Bridge from 8 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday so crews can pour the new bridge deck.
Zumper's October report puts Vallejo, Antioch and Concord at the bottom of the Bay Area rent ladder, and San Francisco at the top after a 25.4% jump in a year.
The FAA slowed arrivals at San Francisco International on Friday, with average delays near an hour and some flights held up to 10 hours. The air show runs again Saturday and Sunday.
AB 1383 passed the Legislature 33-0 and 69-2, but the governor said it would partly undo the 2012 pension reform that steadied California's retirement funds.
Benchmark and Index Ventures led the round in the company founded by a former Cognition chief of staff. Bloomberg reported a $285 million valuation, citing Hone.
The interconnect maker has reportedly told investors it received an offer and may aim for a $3 billion valuation. Arm held early talks but has not bid.
Five years after closing on Powell Street, the Japanese retailer opened a 20,000-square-foot flagship at Fourth and Market, in the former Old Navy.
VTA, Caltrain and Capitol Corridor are adjusting service for the Saturday and Sunday concerts in Santa Clara, including late trains after the shows.
A judge is letting jurors see a celebration video and hear recorded calls as the former Oakland mayor's federal trial opens Tuesday.
With no incumbents on the ballot and a legal settlement expiring, council candidates split on whether to crack down on oversized vehicles.
Nearly 1,500 eviction notices were filed in the latest Rent Board year. Tenant counselors say they are swamped, and the mayor has called it a rent emergency.
UPDATED: Netflix confirmed Wednesday it is laying off about 6% of its workforce, close to 1,000 people, mostly in product, tech, legal and HR. The Los Gatos company reports earnings Oct. 20.
The governor released his picks on most of November's 14 statewide measures, siding with Google co-founder Sergey Brin against his own party on taxes.
California YIMBY says every bill it sponsored that reached the governor this year is now law, from ADU fees to downtown high-rises near transit.
Bret Taylor's customer-service AI company released a draft standard for how personal AI agents sign in to businesses, and 35 more companies joined the effort.
The city is taking proposals for 4.83 city-owned acres on Lafayette Street. Developers must attend a Nov. 18 meeting, and bids are due Jan. 14.
WCCUSD first said a parent was detained after drop-off. A day later it said the man had no children in its schools and wasn't arrested at drop-off. Half Moon Bay schools also confirmed ICE activity.
The Blue Angels fly Saturday and Sunday afternoons. San Francisco has set no-parking zones and a robotaxi geofence, and Muni, BART and ferries are adding service.
Tides about 20 inches above forecast swamped Balboa Peninsula blocks and damaged Long Beach homes while Tropical Storm Rachel was still hundreds of miles offshore. Sunday morning is expected to be worse.
SFF Realty Partners paid about $197 a square foot for The Almaden, down from roughly $360 when KBS bought it in 2015. It's still San Jose's priciest office sale since the pandemic.
A smash-and-grab in downtown Oakland took cameras, a drone, a laptop and the only memory cards holding an Antioch couple's wedding photos. They just want the cards back, no questions asked.
SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act by Pleasanton state Sen. Jerry McNerney, requires a human to check any AI-driven firing or discipline and to give workers written notice, starting July 1, 2027.
Golden State beat Las Vegas 87-77 in OT to finish a 3-0 semifinal sweep. The Finals against the Atlanta Dream open Oct. 17 at Chase Center.
PWHL San Jose revealed orange-and-sky-blue home jerseys ahead of its Dec. 5 debut at SAP Center against the Minnesota Frost. The team name and logo are still to come.
A Kentucky federal judge dismissed Insight Terminal Solutions' suit over the West Oakland coal terminal, the same day Newsom signed a law requiring environmental review for big coal facilities.
Track crews will clear vegetation between San Leandro and Bay Fair on Sunday, Oct. 18, so trains will share one track and the Green Line won't run at all.
The school has spent two years leasing three of the buildings named in the city's 2016 housing lawsuit to The Residency, a live-work program for startup founders.
Cabrillo Unified told parents Friday that immigration agents were in the community, as advocates across the Bay Area brace for more arrests before the November election.
Sabi says its cap uses hidden EEG sensors and a model trained on 100,000 hours of neural recordings to turn imagined speech into AI commands. Khosla Ventures led the seed round.
The 2026 Silicon Valley Poll found more residents eyeing the exit than last year, with renters and people struggling to save most likely to go, even as most say they feel at home.
The San Francisco AI lab disclosed that test agents probed websites, including government ones, and that a Claude model submitted an invented homicide tip. Philadelphia called the two-month reporting delay unacceptable.
The San Francisco company told investors its September annualized revenue was near $50 billion. The bigger figure reported last month counted partners' gross sales, and chip and cloud stocks fell on the news.
The Labor Department froze new and pending PERM filings from Adobe, Microsoft and six IT outsourcers, and opened J-1 investigations at nine universities including Stanford, UC Davis and Caltech. H-1B status is not affected.
The whole Deno team is joining Cloudflare to build self-hosted Workers. The Deno runtime gets one more year of fixes, then its makers stop developing it.
An EU filing shows Apple gained the right to hire some Huxe staff and license its technology. It is not an outright purchase, and no price was disclosed.
San Francisco Assemblymember Catherine Stefani's AB 2001 opens state criminal-history files to civil prosecutors in nuisance cases. Civil liberties groups say it reaches arrests that never led to convictions.
The Canadian Asian grocery chain will open a 50,000-square-foot store at City Center on Geary Boulevard, in the former Best Buy spot that sat empty since 2017.
With college costs high and AI squeezing entry-level desk work, trade programs are growing nationally, and a San Francisco job-training nonprofit has dropped its tech track.
A search warrant at a South San Jose residence turned up gambling machines, thousands of dollars in cash and about 39 grams of methamphetamine, and four people were arrested.
Police say the group punched the man, held him down and took his 2009 Chevrolet Aveo on East 24th Street late Thursday, then ran from the car after officers spotted it near High Street.
The a16z-run week of free, independently hosted meetups wraps up Sunday. Agentic AI dominated the calendar, and the action spread from SoMa into FiDi, the Mission and Dogpatch.
Advocates say dozens of people left out when the city cleared the Jungle this spring moved to state land near Olinder Park. Caltrans plans to clear it through the end of October.
The new law lets Concord lean on environmental reviews it already finished and requires a quarter of the homes to be affordable to lower-income households.
Fumio Yonezawa's first U.S. restaurant takes over the former Prelude space at The Jay hotel, starting with a tasting menu and adding a la carte bar dishes Oct. 12.
California's average slipped 6 cents in a week after Newsom allowed early winter-blend fuel, yet AAA says prices are still the highest ever for this time of year.
The citizen initiative would require a public vote before the city cuts downtown parking, and nearly every council candidate says they'll vote no.
The 110-year-old landmark on Bartlett Street comes back seismically safe and gas-free. The temporary Valencia Street branch closes Oct. 31.
Developers lined up a $61.7 million PNC loan for 321 Florida St. and plan to break ground in November, with completion targeted for late 2028.
Golden State and Atlanta both swept their semifinals and will meet in a best-of-seven Finals. Neither team has ever won a WNBA championship.
Supervisors unanimously approved an urgency moratorium that could be extended up to 22 months while planners study power, water and pollution impacts.
High tides running more than a foot above normal could flood low-lying lots, parks and coastal trails around midday, while sunny 70s return to San Francisco by late next week.
A typical San Francisco-area rental now costs $3,445 a month, more than four times the national pace of increase, while San Jose sits even higher at $3,812.
A new Mobile Care Unit of specially trained paramedics is connecting residents downtown with medical, mental health, addiction and housing help through March.
The Financial Times reports early-stage talks that could end in a full acquisition, an acqui-hire or simply more money and chips for the startup.
The former Phillies GM withdrew from the A's search after being offered the president of baseball operations role, ESPN reports.
A kayak flipped near the Ferry Building on Thursday afternoon. Officers found the man under the bridge's westernmost column after a witness heard him calling for help.
Early plans would add three stories of three- and four-bedroom apartments above the garage at 1201 Greenwich St., without touching the historic tower.
A free one-year trial will pit the two systems against each other, as police tighten audits in response to a county grand jury report.
Newsom signed rules making clinicians the final word on AI-assisted care and forcing bias checks on clinical software, while vetoing a bill that would have barred chatbot therapy.
Saturday's tide beat last year's October record and the forecast, trapping a car in Mill Valley floodwater. More high tides are due through Tuesday.
Measure L would double the city's general sales tax to 1 cent and push Santa Rosa's rate to 10.5%. City leaders say the alternative is cutting officers and closing fire stations.
At WebexOne, Cisco said coworkers will soon be able to @mention AI agents in Webex spaces and hand them work. The advanced features will need a new paid add-on.
A pre-dawn two-alarm fire tore through the attic and roof of a Martinez home on Alhambra Valley Road, and a second fire hit a two-story Vallejo house near Henry Ranch Park later that morning. No injuries were reported in Martinez.
In a Saturday post on X, Nadella said companies should assume an AI model is compromised and contain it from the start, with logs people can read and a human who can pause or shut it down.
Developer N17 sued the city one day after Menlo Park sent the state attorney general a 65-page defense of how it handled the Willow Park project.
CRMLS filed first, one day before Compass's deadline, asking a federal judge to declare its rules legal. The fight is over listings brokers market publicly but keep off the shared database.
The citizen-led measure would raise about $7.1 million a year with no end date. Residents 65 and older would be exempt.
Hyatt heir Dan Pritzker is shooting the Golden Gate Bridge-era drama by Alta Plaza Park, months after Melbourne stood in for old San Francisco.
Tavus says 26 of 54 testers believed its new Griffin-Lite avatar was human. It's a small, company-run study, and the model isn't open to customers yet.
Ghost's screenless Core computer runs AI agents locally on an Nvidia Blackwell graphics chip instead of in the cloud. It's backed by an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The 23-year-old guard's rookie-scale extension starts at $18.9 million next season, barely above his cap hold, preserving the cap space Golden State is saving for summer 2027.
Fleet Fest left the Marina Green for the SkyStar Wheel and Pier 27, giving the struggling tourist strip a weekend of crab lines and street crowds. It runs again Sunday.
San Francisco's Sonilo says its model watches a clip frame by frame and generates synced music and sound effects. B Capital led the round, with Redpoint joining.
The mayor pointed to 810 overdose deaths and 30,000 car break-ins as proof the old approach failed, while saying he still backs protections for immigrants and LGBTQ+ residents.
AB 1608 would have let the rail project's inspector general hire specialized auditors faster and sign contracts up to $1 million. Newsom said the office should use existing state processes.
Co-founded by Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, Caribou says it couldn't raise money for a Phase 3 trial. Most layoffs will happen by year's end.
The pre-dawn wreck north of the Tully Road exit closed every southbound lane until about 9 a.m. Saturday. CHP is investigating.
Investors at Andreessen Horowitz events praised the hands-off stance, while a former OpenAI safety leader warned a voluntary pact is 'no substitute for hard law.'
The Golden State Valkyries need Chase Center for Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, so Doja Cat's San Francisco concert moves six days later. Existing tickets still work.
A Saturday evening chase ended with a wrong-way crash west of Willow Pass that closed all four eastbound lanes. Both people in the fleeing car ran and were caught.
The November measure wouldn't raise anyone's rates. It would keep the extra tax on incomes above about $371,000 from expiring in 2031, protecting $5 billion to $15 billion a year.
David Sakurai, 64, was hanging posters when gunmen fired more than 30 rounds inside an East Oakland school complex in 2022. Police are asking anyone who recognizes the suspects to call.
At least $237 million is set aside for California drivers Lyft treated as contractors before Prop. 22. Payouts depend on hours and miles, and no claim form is needed yet.
The suit asks a judge to make the SFPUC redo its state-required water plan. The group says inflated forecasts could justify bigger Tuolumne River withdrawals and higher bills.
A state study maps what each extra foot of water does, from San Rafael's 101 at one foot to the Embarcadero at four. El Niño could push tides past predictions this winter.
The ordinance would cover streets within 100 feet of any residential use and add about $140,000 in signs at 50 city entrances. It's on the consent calendar.
The Justice Department ended its 2025 reform agreement with the Antioch Police Department early, about 21 months in, following the racist text message scandal.
The council voted unanimously Oct. 5 to pause applications through Nov. 19, with possible extensions up to two years. The planned federal facility sits just outside city limits.
A yes vote taxes Berkeley buildings by the square foot for six years to seed a regional public bank. Critics say Berkeley would be paying for the whole East Bay.
A yes vote lifts San Carlos from the lowest sales tax rate in San Mateo County, 9.375%, to 9.875% for 14 years, with every dollar staying in the city.
