Alameda 9-Year-Old Uses Claude AI to Build Talking Skeleton Display
Nine-year-old Nathalie Chabas and her father, Jim Chabas, spent several weeks using Anthropic’s Claude AI to reprogram a Home Depot…
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Civic life
Devon Conley Leads Mountain View School Board Fundraising With $7,400
Campaign finance filings show incumbent Devon Conley leading the four-candidate race for two seats on the Mountain View Whisman School…
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Alameda Flood Advisory Extended Through Oct. 31; UC Berkeley COSI Set
The National Weather Service has extended the Coastal Flood Advisory for Alameda through Saturday, October 31, at 6 p.m., with the…
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Contra Costa County Seeks Applicants for Countywide Oversight Board
Contra Costa County is accepting applications from registered county voters for a seat on the Redevelopment Successor Agency…
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Walnut Creek to Host Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Lesher Center
The City of Walnut Creek will hold its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 11 a.m. to noon at the…
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DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17B as Alphabet Drops 15.8% & FTC Acts
San Francisco-based delivery giant DoorDash announced a $17 billion acquisition of grocery platform Instacart on Thursday, adding more…
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Mill Valley 7.9-Foot High Tides, Peninsula Schools & CA Cost Pressures
In Marin County, 7.9-foot high tides flooded low-lying roads along Miller Avenue in Mill Valley.
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SF Property Deals, SFUSD Neighborhood Plan, Union St Cafe & Thao Tour
Across San Francisco, Russian Hill’s 9,545-square-foot “OA House” at 1001 Vallejo listed for $25 million, Seven Equity Group moved to…
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Oakland Bars Open at 9:30 a.m. for Valkyries Game 6; Fremont Noise Row
Bars and restaurants across Oakland, Alameda, Antioch, San Francisco, and San Jose opened early Thursday for the 9:30 a.m.
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Antioch Rivertown Hosts Halloween Event as High-Speed Rail CEO Resigns
In Antioch, The Four Seasonings Steakhouse in historic downtown Rivertown is hosting a Saturday night Halloween celebration while…
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Calistoga Sets Dec. 5 Lighted Tractor Parade & Winter Passport
Visit Calistoga has released its winter seasonal guide, anchored by the 2026 Calistoga Lighted Tractor Parade on Saturday, Dec. 5,…
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Military Food Pantry Opens Near Mountain View as PPIC Polls Voters
The all-volunteer Cost of Courage Foundation opened a new food pantry near Mountain View to provide groceries and essentials to…
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Menlo Park Council Candidates Debate Measure P and Belle Haven Growth
Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, Menlo Park City Council candidates Wonman Lee and James Rohr in District 1 and Charlotte Reed and Laura…
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Secret Tapes Played on Day 9 of Oakland Trial as AC Transit Detours 28
On Day 9 of the Oakland federal public corruption trial, prosecutors played secret audio recordings made between November 2023 and…
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Saint Mary’s Women’s Cross Country Chases First WCC Title Since 1990
After posting five consecutive top-10 team finishes—including 10th among 23 teams at the Oct.
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Masses Sports Bar & Grill Reopens at 1411 Locust St. in Walnut Creek
Masses Sports Bar & Grill has reopened in a new 3,522-square-foot downtown Walnut Creek space at 1411 Locust St., months after closing…
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Connie Chan’s Cantonese & English Messaging Draws Scrutiny in SF Race
Translated interviews reviewed ahead of the Nov. 3 congressional election show San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan criticized Mayor…
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Palo Alto Down Payment Takes 50 Years as Square Pie Guys Closes Friday
Calculations using methodology from a new Center for Responsible Lending and Julian Bond Institute report show a typical Palo Alto…
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UC Davis Study Warns OAK and SFO Face El Niño Holiday Flooding Risks
A new UC Davis study authored by Road Ecology Center director Fraser Shilling warns that Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and…
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CTA Spends $65.5M on Prop. 3 and Barrera as Judge Rejects Ballot Bid
Campaign finance filings show the California Teachers Association has spent more than $65.5 million in the 2026 election…
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San Mateo Farm Hub Mobilizes With $2.5M Grant as King Tides Peak
On the San Mateo County coast, Brisa Ranch, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and the California Association of Food Banks have…
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Lima Nikkei Opens in Mill Valley’s 1947 El Paseo Space on Throckmorton
Novato contractor Edwin Sandoval and his family have opened Lima Nikkei, a 125-seat Peruvian-Japanese restaurant led by chef Wilmer…
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UC Faculty Petition Targets 25.5:1 Ratio as Cal’s Flores Wins ACC Nod
The UC Faculty Association—representing more than 14,000 Academic Senate faculty across all 10 University of California…
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Peninsula Campaign Filings Detail Final Push as Leyla Bakery Launches
Pre-election campaign finance disclosures released Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 detail fundraising and independent expenditures across the…
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Saint Mary’s Scholar Yuan Li Tracks How Rhetoric Shapes AI Adoption
Saint Mary’s College of California professor Yuan Li and scholars in the Moraga university’s 36-month Executive Doctorate of Business…
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Bay Area Groups Launch $11M Crab and Whale Collaborative
The Marine Mammal Center, The Nature Conservancy, and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations unveiled an $11…
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Jurors Hear Recordings in Thao Trial; Oakland Artist Sabogal Profiled
Federal jurors in San Francisco listened to approximately 40 minutes of secretly recorded California Waste Solutions board meetings…
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Antioch Adopts October Health Proclamation as CSU Faculty Vote
The Antioch City Council unanimously proclaimed October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote early detection across Contra…
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Walnut Creek’s The Foundry Food Hall Timeline Remains Uncertain
Eight years after Walnut Creek city officials approved The Foundry—also known as The Yard—at 1250 Locust St. and part of 1501 Mt.
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Upstairs Cafe Soft-Opens Above Snail Bar on Shattuck in Oakland
Creative Director Sammy Chang has opened Upstairs, a cozy daytime cafe and community lounge in a converted apartment above Snail Bar…
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Rebecca Black Sells Out SF’s Castro Theatre on Sophomore Tour
Pop artist Rebecca Black is headlining a sold-out, all-ages show at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) behind her…
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San Jose Approves 3-Year Contracts for 4,000 Union City Workers
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve three-year contracts providing 3% annual base pay increases for roughly…
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San Jose Renames Downtown Park “Plaza de San Jose” in Unanimous Vote
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rename downtown’s 1797 park from Plaza de Cesar Chavez to Plaza de San Jose…
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Lurie’s $164M Network Reshapes SF as Prop. 40 Trails 46%–52%
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, his family, and allied donors have directed $164 million since 2023 across political campaigns,…
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SF Market Wins Approval for 64,000-Sq-Ft Bayview Produce Hub
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved lease amendments Tuesday allowing 63-year-old wholesale food hub The SF Market to…
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Oakland Dancer Samara Atkins Honored as Kaiser Earns 4.5 Stars
Oakland native and Mix’d Ingrdnts co-founder Samara Atkins received a 2026 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award for District 3, indie…
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OUSD Data Center Claim Debunked as Oakland Union Sets Nov. 5 Strike
An investigation by Oakland Report found zero evidence supporting campaign videos by OUSD Board President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice…
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Napa Registrar Tuteur Refuses Federal Demand on 42 Listed Voters
Napa County Registrar of Voters John Tuteur confirmed he has taken no action and will not respond to a Justice Department letter…
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Antioch Proclaims Filipino History Month; PG&E Outage Hits 1,956
The Antioch City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to proclaim October 2026 as Filipino American History Month in…
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Ygnacio Valley Lane Closures Set as Bedford Shows Tufting Art
The City of Walnut Creek will close westbound lanes on Ygnacio Valley Road between city limits and Oak Grove Road from 9 a.m. to 3…
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SF Condo Prices Jump 23% as 15 Romolo and Levain Bakery Expand
San Francisco condo median prices rose 23% year-over-year in September with 66% selling above asking price, while North Beach bar 15…
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Fremont Recycling Firm Sues Ex-CEO as AC Transit Detours Routes
Silicon Valley Circular Material Inc.
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Napa Winemaker Bottles 1,500 Cases of 2026 Rosé After July Pick
In his 14th harvest as a winemaker, The Vice Wine owner Malek Amrani picked Pinot Noir grapes at Truchard Vineyards in Carneros on…
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Business
Walnut Creek’s AVELAR names Dave Brehmer director of operations
Walnut Creek-based AVELAR has appointed Dave Brehmer director of operations as the engineering and consulting firm celebrates 50 years…
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Weather & safety
High Tides Flood Corte Madera as Valley Water Preps Creeks
Rising afternoon high tides flooded Golden Hind Passage Road near The Cove School in Corte Madera on Tuesday as the National Weather…
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