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Latest line: A good week for Gavin Newsom, a bad week for the San Francisco...
Gavin Newsom With his re-election a near certainty this fall, California’s governor continues to take on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, raising his profile for a future White...
View ArticleThey said it: Why is he living here?
“Why he’s living in a little crappy old motorhome, I have no idea. It’s the dullest mobile home park in the whole country. That’s probably why he picked it.” — Barbara West, a neighbor of college...
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Latest line: A good week for Intel, a bad week for Serranus Hastings
Intel Santa Clara-based chip giant scores huge win as Democrats in Congress pass the CHIPS Act, providing billions in tax breaks and research funding to boost U.S. production of semiconductors amid...
View ArticleThey said it: People’s Park
“I’m going to stay here until whatever happens, happens. I’m just not willing to let this go away.” — Bryce Smith, a UC Berkeley biology and business major who was among dozens of demonstrators...
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Latest line: A good week for Brooke Jenkins, a bad week for David Valadao
Brooke Jenkins New San Francisco district attorney, appointed in July by Mayor London Breed after voters recalled staunch liberal Chesa Boudin, now has an easier path to election in November after...
View ArticleThey said it: The defense whiffs
“Isn’t that what lawyers are supposed to do?” — San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo to Cliff Gardner, lawyer for Scott Peterson, who’s seeking a new trial in his conviction...
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Latest line: A good week for political consultants, a bad week for state...
Political consultants Supporters and opponents of two November ballot measures, Prop 26 and 27, which would loosen rules for sports betting and other gambling, have spent a record $362 million so far....
View ArticleThey said it: Not liking their options
“It’s a tough thing that everybody’s cussing about. You have dog crap on one plate and cat crap on the other plate. Which one you gonna eat?” — Todd Cotta, of Hanford, who’d hoped another Republican in...
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Latest line: A good week for Tesla, a bad week for T.J. Cox
Tesla Fremont-based auto giant stands to reap billions after President Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act, expanding tax credits for electric vehicles and incentives for green manufacturing as a...
View ArticleThey said it: Wildfire devastation
“No amount of money in the world will ever bring my dad back, ever. But they shouldn’t be allowed to just get away with this. We are not dollar signs. We are human beings with feelings.” — Theresa...
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Latest line: A good week for EV chargers, a bad week for Rebeca Armendariz
EV charging companies With California banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, and requiring 35% of new cars by 2026 be EVs, demand for more charging stations is going to increase every...
View ArticleThey said it: Memory holing history
“In that case, you may as well not teach about slavery in school then. Certain things are just named after certain people. Everybody has something in their past.” — Corina Aguilar, on Santa Clara...
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Latest line: A good week for the 49ers, a bad week for gun control groups
49ers Ending a long battle, the team settles with Santa Clara city councilmembers, three of whom it helped elect with big donations, to allow it to keep managing Levi’s Stadium events like concerts....
View ArticleThey said it: Power miscue
“There was apparently some level of confusion between our dispatchers and their dispatchers about what was being requested.” — California Independent System Operator CEO Elliott Mainzer on a...
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Latest line: A good week for battery companies, a bad week for PG&E
Battery industry A tenfold increase in industrial battery storage since 2020 helps California avert blackouts by storing solar energy to use at night during heat waves. Many similar projects are...
View ArticleThey said it: You bet we’ll help tribes
“We slaughtered the Native Americans in California and we treated them very badly so in a way it feels like not only can I have gambling but I can pay reparations to the Native Americans by letting...
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Latest line: A good week for the USGS, a bad week for gambling companies
USGS A 4.4-magnitude earthquake and 4.3 aftershock hit Santa Rosa with no injuries, reminding Bay Area residents to bolt homes to foundations and take other quake-safety steps the U.S. Geological...
View ArticleThey said it: Hey Neptune … nice rings!
“I love the rings. Everybody thinks Saturn is the one with the rings.” — Bruce Macintosh, director of the University of California observatories, after NASA released new images from its powerful...
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Latest line: A good week for Stanford sleep doctor, a bad week for San...
Dr. Emmanuel Mignot Stanford researcher wins the $3 million Breakthrough Prize, with Masashi Yanagisawa of Japan, for discovering the cause of the sleep disorder narcolepsy, leading to treatments for...
View ArticleThey said it: Running with style
“We’re all pretty goofy guys.” — Santa Clara University senior Harvey Chilcott, a men’s cross country runner, on the team’s photo tradition of mustaches, funny faces and wacky hairstyles, which went...
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