East Bay Rents Drive Altamont Super-Commutes as Trial Reaches Day 13
Housing displacement across the Altamont Pass, federal courtroom cross-examination in Oakland, and community animal shelter outreach…
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Livermore Presidio Hotel Site Owes $144,494 in Unpaid Property Taxes
Public records obtained by The Independent reveal that the developer behind the long-delayed downtown Livermore Presidio Hotel—first…
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Alameda County Sets Vote Schedule as Emeryville Weighs Measure BB
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters outlined its November 3 election night release schedule after 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. plus 5…
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DOJ Sends Four Monitor Teams to Alameda County on Election Day
Alameda County Registrar of Voters Cynthia Cornejo confirmed that 4 U.S.
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Emery Unified Voters Weigh 5 Candidates for 3 School Board Seats
Emeryville voters will fill 3 seats on the Emery Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Nov. 3, choosing among 5…
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San Leandro Marina Inn Faces Lease Crisis as Voters Weigh Transit Tax
San Leandro Marina Inn owner Dennis Miller warned that stalled negotiations for a 9-year city lease extension could force the…
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Press Coalition Challenges California County Polling-Site Media Rules
A coalition led by CalMatters and the First Amendment Coalition is challenging polling-place media guidelines in Kern County and at…
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Key Witness Set for Day 11 of Oakland Trial as Parishioners Protest
Cooperating witness Mario Juarez is scheduled to take the stand Friday on Day 11 of Oakland’s federal public corruption trial after…
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Berkeley Weighs Measure X 10% Rent Cap as Oakland Fire Deal Advances
Across Alameda County on Oct.
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Over 400 Cars Drop Off 30 Tons of Trash at Oakland Bulky Block Party
More than 400 cars carrying 385 Oakland residents lined up along Edgewater Drive in East Oakland on Saturday to dispose of more than…
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Berkeley Voters Weigh Measure Z Parcel Tax to Establish Municipal Public Bank
Voters in Berkeley are deciding on Measure Z, a November ballot measure that would levy a six-year square-footage parcel tax to…
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Oakland Committee Advances $30 Minimum Wage Proposal to Dec. 1 Council Vote
Oakland’s Rules and Legislation Committee voted 4-0 to place a proposed $30 hourly minimum wage measure before the full City Council…
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First-installment notices go out on 230,000 county tax bills
County treasury mails 230,000 annual tax bills funding local public schools, healthcare clinics, emergency dispatch, and flood control…
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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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Alameda CTC wins a financial reporting award for the 13th straight year
The agency that invests Alameda County's Measure BB transportation money was recognized Sept. 11 for the 13th consecutive year for the…
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Paratransit committees hold an open house Monday on county mobility needs
The county's paratransit advisory and technical committees meet jointly Monday afternoon with an open house on the next phase of the…
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Alameda County opens comment on its 2026 draft transportation plan
Alameda CTC released the 2026 draft Countywide Transportation Plan on July 22 for public review.
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Measure BB spending hit $419 million in 2024-25, watchdog report says
Alameda CTC took in about $509.6 million in Measure BB sales tax revenue last fiscal year and spent $419.2 million of it.
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Alameda CTC year in review: Gilman interchange done, 31,500 students riding free
Alameda CTC has published its 2025 annual report.
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Weather & safety
UC Berkeley Study Questions Police Drone Claims as Hearings Heat Up
As nearly 60 California law enforcement agencies operate drone programs and cities including Berkeley and San Francisco hold mandatory…
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Things to do
Fremont Art Association Hosts Rachel Maple Chinese Painting Demo
The Fremont Art Association will host guest artist Rachel Maple on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at its gallery at 37697…
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Fremont Cultural Arts Council Names Moon Writing Contest Winners
More than 150 visitors at Half Price Books in the Fremont Hub cast 581 individual votes in the Fremont Cultural Arts Council’s “Living…
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Community
Berkeley Lab Scientists Build Machine Learning Radiation Blood Test
Researchers Jian-Hua Mao, Jamie Inman, and Hang Chang at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed Sparse CBC, an…
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UC Berkeley Astronomers Help Lead NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Mission
Twenty-seven years after UC Berkeley physicist Saul Perlmutter and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory colleagues first proposed the…
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City of San Leandro Announces Weekly Schedule for Ongoing Street Maintenance Program
Public Works crews deploy chip seal, slurry seal, and pavement striping across residential and commercial corridors.
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Sweetgreen Targets November 17 Grand Opening at Emeryville Public Market
Fast-casual culinary chain pledges one donated meal to Alameda County Community Food Bank for every order sold on opening day along…
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AC Transit Board Reviews Contingency Plan for 16 Percent Service Cuts if Regional Tax Measure Fails
Backup proposal scheduled for a December board vote would eliminate five bus lines and weekend Transbay service starting in June 2027…
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Berkeley Voters Weigh Measure AA Proposal to Double Municipal Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
November ballot initiative would raise levy from one cent to two cents per fluid ounce to expand school nutrition programs and…
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Hayward City Council Schedules Closed Session Meeting and Public Comment Period for October 20
Residents may submit written remarks by 3:00 PM Tuesday or speak via Conference Room 2A and Zoom before council members convene in…
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Free bus passes are open to Alameda County students in grades 6 to 12
Applications are open for the 11th year of the Student Transit Pass Program: unlimited free rides on AC Transit, Union City Transit…
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