Richmond’s Temple Beth Hillel Celebrates 80th Anniversary
Current and former members of Temple Beth Hillel gathered Saturday in Richmond to celebrate the Reform congregation’s 80th anniversary…
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Alameda Father-Son Skateboard Brand Raises $2,000 for Celiac Research
Eleven-year-old Alameda fifth-grader Carmelo Kamler and his father, Josh Kamler, have donated more than $2,000 in profits from their…
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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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Roots and Soul sign interim Coliseum lease for 2027 home matches
USL soccer clubs secure 2027 home matches at the Coliseum complex while establishing grassroots athletic clinics for Oakland and…
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Civic life
CSU Faculty Union Opens Strike Authorization Vote Through Nov. 19
The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 professors and university employees across the California State University…
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FBI Agent Returns to Stand in Sheng Thao Trial Week Three
The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Andre Jones, and David and Andy Duong enters its third week in…
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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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Bay Area Municipalities Review AI Audio Surveillance Contracts Following Disclosures Over Ambient Microphone Capabilities
City councils in Alameda and Contra Costa evaluate acoustic detection boundaries between active gunshot alerts and ambient…
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Cybersecurity Researchers Deploy Autonomous AI Honeypot Agents to Infiltrate and Dismantle Transnational Scam Call Networks
Conversational agents convincingly tie up fraudulent call centers for hours, reverse-engineering payment funnels and crypto laundering…
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Weather & safety
AC Transit Closes 14th Ave. Stop on Line 96 Oct. 27–28 for Construction
Due to non-AC Transit construction, AC Transit will close the Line 96 stop at 14th Avenue and International Boulevard (Stop ID 54845)…
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Health
Officials Advise Avoiding Canada Geese at Alameda’s Crown Beach
State public health officials are advising shoreline visitors to avoid year-round resident Canada geese in the Alameda Crown Beach…
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Chabot Space & Science Center Hosts Third Annual Science Drag Show
Chabot Space & Science Center hosted its third annual space-themed show “Science is a Drag!”
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Fruitvale Día de los Muertos Festival Set for Nov. 1 in Oakland
Oakland’s annual Día de los Muertos Festival returns to Fruitvale Transit Village on Sunday, Nov. 1, featuring a 34-foot La Catrina…
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Children’s Fairyland Stages Indigenous Puppet Show Through Nov. 29
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland has partnered with the urban Indigenous women-led Sogorea Te’ Land Trust to present the puppet show…
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