Hayward weighs emergency halt to new data center construction
City leaders cite industrial grid strain, peak electrical consumption, and water evaporative cooling demands in proposed 45-day…
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Earlier stories
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Civic life
City of Lafayette and BART Complete Final Foundation Pour for Secure 120-Bicycle Commuter Hub
Happy Valley Road transit pavilion scheduled for January opening with electronic card access, solar canopy charging, and integrated…
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Alameda police start awareness cards for residents with special needs
Voluntary registry and personalized wallet cards provide emergency responders with critical communication preferences and sensory…
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Moraga-Orinda Fire District Deploys Targeted Vegetation Mastication Along Canyon Road and Pinehurst Corridor
Joint Lamorinda fire prevention team clears hazardous ladder fuels and encroaching eucalyptus along primary emergency egress routes.
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Dublin Police and Regional Auto Theft Task Force Track High-End BMW Stolen From Amador Valley Boulevard Car Wash
Automated license plate readers and freeway surveillance cameras assist Tri-Valley investigators following brazen midday vehicle theft.
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Pleasanton City Council Weighs Public Input on Downtown Specific Plan and Permanent Outdoor Dining Standards
Main Street restaurateurs and historic preservation advocates debate architectural design guidelines and parking mitigation ahead of…
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Contra Costa County Supervisors Advance $2 Million High-Resolution Camera and Security Modernization for Martinez Juvenile Hall
County public safety committee authorizes digital surveillance overhaul and trauma-informed behavioral facility upgrades ahead of 2027…
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Contra Costa County Establishes Temporary Fire Station 87 at Concord Buchanan Field Airport
Board of Supervisors and Con Fire approve interim airfield facility to reinforce runway emergency coverage and northern Highway 4…
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie Prepares for Tuesday Board of Supervisors Question Time at City Hall
Mayor Daniel Lurie will appear before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at 2:00 PM Tuesday as city lawmakers weigh municipal…
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AC Transit reroutes Line 14 after I-880 crash in Fremont
AC Transit reroutes Line 14 coaches between Fruitvale and West Oakland BART stations while the California Highway Patrol investigates…
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Oakland marks 35 years since the 1991 hills fire with readiness events
Oakland Fire Department Chief of Staff Michael Hunt joins residents to honor the 35th anniversary of the 1991 Tunnel Fire while East…
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Oakland weighs Measure EE strong-mayor amendment ahead of Nov. 3 vote
Civic watchdogs debate executive authority and ballot clarity ahead of the November 3 election while AC Transit reroutes Lines 30 and…
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City of Concord Mobilizes Volunteers for October 24 Skate Park Cleanup as East Bay Cities Advance Civic Projects
Concord Parks and Recreation leads a Saturday morning trail restoration at 1174 Sanuford Street while Alameda considers a $1.8 million…
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City of Lafayette Advances BART Bike Station and Pathway Concrete Pours and Steel Installation for Week of October 19
Engineering crews schedule structural concrete and steel erection at 3601 Deer Hill Road to enhance active transportation access for…
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EFF Urges San Francisco Police Commission to Reject Proposed Drone Surveillance Policy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and over 40 civic organizations have called on the San Francisco Police Commission to reject SFPD's…
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Fourth National No Kings Rallies Draw Massive San Francisco and East Bay Crowds Urging Early Voting
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in San Francisco and dozens of Bay Area cities on Saturday as part of the fourth national No Kings…
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Over 2,000 Oakland Municipal Workers in SEIU Local 1021 Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike
Public sector union cites 20 percent citywide job vacancy rate, unfair bargaining practices, and proposed health care cost shifts…
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El Cerrito Library Task Force Inspects Deteriorating 1949 Building as City Seeks New Funding Path
Public walkthrough highlights asbestos disclosures, midday heat closures, and severe space shortages ahead of November 10 repair cost…
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Community
San Ramon Valley High and Monte Vista Athletic Departments Report Zero Heat Illnesses Under New Digital Weather Tracking
High school athletic directors credit sideline wet-bulb globe thermometers and automated air-quality alerts for protecting student…
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Preston Judd Header Extends Earthquakes Unbeaten Streak to Nine Matches as San Jose State Defeats UTEP 24-11
Forward Preston Judd nets his 16th goal of the season in a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC while Spartan tailback Viliami Teu rushes for…
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Black Panther Party turns 60 in Oakland as Bobby Seale looks back
Sixty years after Bobby Seale and Huey P.
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Steph Curry Avoids Major Injury After Spraining Right Ankle at Warriors Open Practice as Valkyries Host Finals Game 2
Golden State guard Steph Curry is in good spirits after a minor right ankle sprain at Chase Center, where the Golden State Valkyries…
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Micah Ford Rushes for Four Touchdowns to Tie School Record as Stanford Dominates Elon 34-7
Cardinal running back Micah Ford breaks an 81-yard fourth-quarter touchdown run to tie Stanford single-game rushing history while…
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Sherman Street unveils Halloween displays and a Friends of Ken concert
Alameda homeowners along Sherman Street unveil elaborate Halloween yard displays and host a free Friends of Ken neighborhood concert…
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No. 21 Wake Forest routs Cal 41-7 at Memorial Stadium
Quarterback Gio Lopez throws four touchdown passes to hand the Golden Bears a conference setback before Sunday's busy slate at Haas…
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49ers Quarterback Brock Purdy Poised to Top NFL All-Time Career Passer Rating List Monday Night Against Washington
With five pass attempts Monday at Levi's Stadium, the undefeated San Francisco quarterback will qualify for the career leaderboard…
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Founders of San Francisco Mid-Market Community Space The Nook Rally Donors and Seek Co-Managers Ahead of February Lease
Seven friends running a 2,000-square-foot Market Street arts and gathering loft secure winter bridge funding while recruiting partner…
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Gabby Williams Scores 26 Points as Golden State Valkyries Rally Past Atlanta Dream 68-64 in WNBA Finals Game 1
French forward converts six clutch free throws in the final two minutes at Chase Center to seal Golden State's 50th consecutive…
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Golden State Valkyries Host Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in Historic WNBA Finals Clash
In just their second WNBA season, the Golden State Valkyries take the court at San Francisco's Chase Center on Saturday against the…
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UC Berkeley Opens On-Campus StreamU Twitch Broadcast Studio for Student-Athlete Content
Cal Athletics has partnered with StreamU, UnlimitedIRL, and Twitch to launch a professional on-campus broadcast studio helping Golden…
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Two Capybara Siblings Debut at San Francisco Zoo, Ending Nearly Decade-Long Absence
Two four-month-old capybara siblings from the Sacramento Zoo have settled into the Puente al Sur habitat at the San Francisco Zoo,…
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Undefeated San Francisco 49ers Prepare to Face Washington Commanders on Monday Without Nick Bosa
Fresh off a five-sack divisional victory over Seattle, the 5-0 NFC West leaders rely on rookie defensive depth to contain mobile…
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Business
Ninth and Fifth Circuits Reject Expansive DMCA Section 1202 Claims Against AI Code Models and Web Hyperlinks
The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit rules DMCA metadata provisions do not bar AI models from generating new code in the GitHub suit…
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Former U.S. Deputy CTO Alexander Macgillivray Joins EFF Board in San Francisco as Group Challenges SB 976 in Meta v. Bonta
AI Bill of Rights co-author and former Google and Twitter legal executive Alexander Macgillivray joins the Electronic Frontier…
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Anthropic Commits 5 Percent of Company Shares to New Public Benefit Fund LLC to Address AI Workforce Disruption
Ahead of a potential initial public offering, San Francisco-based Anthropic establishes the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund LLC…
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Google DeepMind Forms Five-Firm Global Consulting Alliance and Signs Seoul AI Campus Pact With South Korea
Accenture, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, and McKinsey gain early Gemini access to bridge the 25% enterprise production gap while DeepMind…
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Atomic Machines surfaces with $250m; Ratio campus sells for $63.5m
Jeff Holden's micro-manufacturing venture unveils its Matter Compiler and 800-volt PrimeSwitch relay while Outshine Properties…
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Alicia Owens Appointed First Female President of Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce in San Jose
Veteran operations leader takes the helm in Santa Clara County with plans for small-business AI training, youth STEM workshops, and…
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Disney Agrees to Hire Majority of Bankrupt Character.AI Workforce in $60 Million Talent and $20 Million Asset Deal
Following Character.AI's bankruptcy filing this week, The Walt Disney Company will onboard at least 60 engineers and product staff…
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Anthropic Policy Chief Jack Clark Briefs Lawmakers on AI GDP Growth as Retailers Face Dynamic Pricing Scrutiny
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark highlights AI-driven GDP growth and a drop in junior tech hiring from 27% to 9% while California…
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Berkeley AI Institute METR Red-Teams Anthropic Agent Monitors and Reviews Claude Opus 4.6 Sabotage Report
METR researcher David Rein uncovers monitoring bypass vulnerabilities during a three-week red-team audit of Anthropic's infrastructure…
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METR Fine-Tuning Experiments Show Small Datasets Sharply Increase Chain-of-Thought Controllability
Researchers Kei Nishimura-Gasparian and Neev Parikh demonstrate that fine-tuning reasoning models on small instruction datasets…
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The Next AI Revolution May Be Made of Concrete
Self-driving cars could change where we live. Artificial intelligence could change how our homes are built.
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OpenAI Releases Frontier Model GPT-6 Astra as Playco Cuts Game Prototyping Fixes by 50 Percent
OpenAI debuts GPT-6 Astra with record scores on FrontierMath Tier 4, ARC-AGI-3, and ExploitBench while game studio Playco integrates…
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OpenAI, WAN-IFRA, and AIRPPU Launch Newsroom AI Catalyst for Ukrainian Publishers
San Francisco-based OpenAI has partnered with WAN-IFRA and AIRPPU to equip independent Ukrainian news organizations with technical…
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Meta Removes Disputed Commercial Terms Language Following Outcry Over AI News Scraping Rights
Menlo Park tech giant clarifies web crawler policies and robots.txt protections after legal scholars warned consolidated terms could…
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San Francisco Crypto Firm Ripple Labs Donates $5 Million to White House Ballroom Construction Project
Contribution part of $330 million fundraising haul highlights diverging political alignments between Executive Chairman Chris Larsen…
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Health
FDA Details Class II Recall of 44,982 Jars of American Canyon-Based Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini Across 22 States
Federal food-safety enforcement records identify 7,497 cases of Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini carrying lot number 720106 and a…
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Biomedical Researchers at MIT, Boston Children's Hospital, and Edinburgh Uncover ALS and Liver Disease Mechanisms Using Co-Scientist AI
Teams led by Ritu Raman, Ryan Flynn, and Filippo Menolascina use Google DeepMind's Co-Scientist AI to advance RNA-based ALS therapies…
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Celebrations
San Ramon’s Little Warrior: Zorawar Reaches Baby of the Year Quarter-Finals
After undergoing IVF to welcome six-month-old Zorawar, Karan and Harjot Sodhi of San Ramon are celebrating the boy they call their…
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