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Latest line: Good week for Cal Fire, bad one for Kamala Harris
Cal Fire State firefighting agency throws everything into Kincade Fire, and battling 70 mph winds and massive flames, its firefighters save Windsor and other entire Sonoma County towns in a heroic,...
View ArticleThey said it: Teacher in blackface
“I should not have done the makeup. That was too far… I made a terrible mistake.” — Milpitas High School teacher David Carter, on wearing blackface to school to emulate rapper Common on Halloween in...
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Latest line: Good week for Peninsula Open Space Trust, bad one for Tom Steyer
Peninsula Open Space Trust Palo Alto group seals $93 million deal with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and developers Sobrato and Brandenburg to preserve 937 acres in Coyote Valley, a flashpoint for 35...
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Latest line: Good time for the Yorks, bad time for Becerra
York family Five years after opening Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, a facility plagued by empty seats, and complaints about high prices and lack of atmosphere, San Francisco 49ers owners finally have...
View ArticleThey said it: Police with problems
“I can understand that you would want everybody to be squeaky clean, but I didn’t have that world to live in. The ones that I turned down scared me, really scared me. Drug use, recent DUIs, just stuff...
View ArticleThey said it: The tough Cybertruck
“It didn’t go through, that was a plus side … Room for improvement.” — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, after an engineer tossed a metal ball at the “armor glass” windows of the Palo Alto electric carmaker’s...
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Latest line: A good week for Newsom, bad one for VTA
Gavin Newsom California’s governor keeps surfing the wave of a healthy economy, as the bipartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office announces a likely state budget surplus of $7 billion next year and up to...
View ArticleThey said it: UN worker killed in Afghanistan
“He saw good in everyone and everything and couldn’t help but fight for it — especially those who were most vulnerable.” — Shehan Jayatilaka, a friend of Anil Raj, 35, a United Nations civilian aid...
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Latest line: A good week for firefighters, bad one for PG&E
Up – Firefighters – After a tense, and bone-dry autumn, the rains finally come, all but ending fire season across Northern California, with lots more showers in the forecast for the upcoming week....
View ArticleThey said it: Kamala Harris out of presidential race
“She proved not as good at answering questions as she was in asking them.” — Bob Shrum, longtime Democratic strategist, on California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris announcing she was dropping out of...
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Latest line: A good week for Bay Area parents, bad one for Lyft
Bay Area parents Photo-sharing company Instagram announces it finally will require new users to verify they are at least 13 years old, providing a check for young children entering the often...
View ArticleThey said it: $10,000 bonus to leave Bay Area? Where do I sign!
“That was like, ‘Done!'” — Richard Enlow, 38, a former Alameda product designer who took software startup Zapier up on its offer of a $10,000 “de-location” bonus for Bay Area hires who leave the region...
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Latest line: A good week for school children, a bad one for Catholic church
School children Anti-vaccine activists fail to qualify a ballot measure to block a new California law restricting medical exemptions for vaccines, even as a measles outbreak in Samoa kills 70, mostly...
View ArticleThey said it: Talking about “wine caves” at the Democratic presidential debate
“Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States.” -Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic presidential debate Thursday night in Los Angeles, criticizing Mayor Pete...
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Latest line: A good week for Pelosi, a bad one for Raiders
Nancy Pelosi San Francisco Democrat and Speaker of the House cements her place in history, leading the impeachment of Donald Trump after resisting, then reluctantly embracing, the idea earlier this...
View ArticleThey said it: Family, devastated by fire, had all their possessions stolen
“We need to catch a break somewhere.” — Frankie Gomez, whose family’s rental home caught fire this month and then they lost their remaining possessions days later when a thief broke into their car in...
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Latest line: Nurses reach a deal, former Uber CEO is out, population declining
Nurses The Registered Nurses Professional Association representing 3,000 Santa Clara County government nurses reached a tentative contract deal with the county a day after announcing a strike had...
View ArticleThey said it: Squatters’ rights
“You can’t steal someone else’s property and occupy it as your own.” — Sam Singer, a consultant and spokesman for Redondo Beach real estate investment company Wedgewood, which is seeking to evict...
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Latest line: 2019 a good year for stock investors, bad one for smokers
Stock investors The S&P 500 rose 29% in 2019, its highest jump since 2013, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ rose 35% and the Dow Jones gained 22%. The result: Big jumps in 401k balances across the Bay...
View ArticleThey said it: 49ers first playoff at Levi’s
“This is our chance on the NFL stage. I get goosebumps thinking about what the atmosphere could be.” — San Francisco 49ers President Al Guido, on the team hosting its first playoff game at Levi’s...
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