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What's Causing Hazy Skies Across the Bay Area? Here's What to Know
Officials issued a Spare the Air Alert through Sunday as large parts of the Bay Area experienced a second day of hazy skies.
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Santa Clara Vice Mayor Resigns Following Perjury Conviction
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Congress OKs Long-Awaited Tax Relief for California Wildfire Victims
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More Aftershocks Likely for Northern California in Coming Days, Experts Say
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Why Does Processing Ballots Take So Long In California?
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East Bay Federal Prison Plagued by Sex Abuse Scandal Will Close Permanently
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The Bay Area Now Has Its First-Ever Regional Sea Level Rise Plan
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What Would a Tsunami in the Bay Area Actually Look Like?
Here's How a Major East Bay Sewage Leak Could Harm Fish and Wildlife
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The Best Books I Read in the Final Months of 2024
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The Spies on TV This Fall Are Juggling Work and Family – Just Like the Rest of Us
A Wordless Cat Parable About Climate Change Is the Year’s Best Animated Movie
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Housing Affordability

Berkeley Wants to Create a Cultural District Where Artists Can Afford to Live

Eight years after Oakland’s deadly Ghost Ship fire shed light on the lack of artist housing, Berkeley could make way for more affordable places to live.
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More California Cities Are Banning Landlords From Using AI Software to Raise Rents

California and federal prosecutors say RealPage software makes renters "pay inflated prices” as San Jose seeks to follow San Francisco's lead in banning the software.
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Alameda County Artists Can Apply for $2,500 in Rental Assistance

Artists facing eviction, housing insecurity, rent increases and homelessness have until Dec. 16 to apply.
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Santa Clara Approves Major Housing and Office Development; Could Take 25 Years to Build

Santa Clara officials recently approved a major project with up to 2,600 apartments and millions of square feet of office space, but the city is giving the developer as much as 25 years to finish it.
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ICE Plans New Detention Center Near San Francisco. Can California Stop It?

A possible migrant detention facility within two hours of San Francisco has some lawmakers concerned.
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How Trump’s Plan for “Mass Deportations” Could Play Out

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California Is a Sanctuary State. How Much Will That Protect Immigrants From Trump's Deportation Plans?

California is a so-called 'sanctuary state,' and San Francisco declared itself a 'sanctuary city' following the 2016 presidential election. So, what could we expect under the second Trump presidency?
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'What's Going to Happen to My Kids?': California Prepares to Resist Trump Deportations

California is readying legal challenges to reaffirm a 'sanctuary state' law to thwart a second Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.
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A view of hazy skies for a city skyline.

What's Causing Hazy Skies Across the Bay Area? Here's What to Know

Officials issued a Spare the Air Alert through Sunday as large parts of the Bay Area experienced a second day of hazy skies.
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Santa Clara Vice Mayor Resigns Following Perjury Conviction

A jury on Thursday found Anthony Becker guilty of unlawfully leaking a civil grand jury report accusing him and several other council members of having an inappropriately close relationship with the 49ers, and then lying about the leak under oath.
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Congress OKs Long-Awaited Tax Relief for California Wildfire Victims

Bipartisan legislation exempts damage payments from federal income tax.
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People look out over the ocean.

More Aftershocks Likely for Northern California in Coming Days, Experts Say

Nearly 200 aftershocks have rattled Northern California since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County on Thursday morning, and experts say to expect more.
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A white woman wearing a black jacket and grey shirt looks at a woman wearing a red jacket that has her back turned to the camera.

Why Does Processing Ballots Take So Long In California?

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East Bay Federal Prison Plagued by Sex Abuse Scandal Will Close Permanently

The federal government said it faces staffing, infrastructure and budget challenges that prevent reopening FCI Dublin, which was abruptly shuttered in April.
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How Confusion Over California's Tsunami Warning Shows the Limits of US Forecasting

After this week’s warning triggered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Northern California, one expert said the US tsunami warning system has a long way to go.
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