Eight Candidates Vie for Three Cupertino Council Seats on Nov. 3
Cupertino voters are choosing from eight candidates for three City Council seats on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in a contest centered on…
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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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Half of California School Board Candidates Run Unopposed, Study Finds
Roughly half of California’s school board candidates are running unopposed on the Nov. 3 ballot amid budget deficits and 40-hour…
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California Law AB 2251 Mandates Clear College Aid Appeal Rules by 2027
Under Assembly Bill 2251, authored by Assemblymembers Celeste Rodriguez and Marc Berman and signed by Gov.
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Antioch GPAC Weighs Land Use Map as LMC Receives Indian Harmonium
Antioch’s General Plan Advisory Committee holds its fourth meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall (200 H Street) to shape…
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ACA Benchmark Premiums Set to Rise 13% in 2027 as Drug Costs Climb
Finalized benchmark silver Affordable Care Act premiums will rise an average of 13% in 2027 after climbing from $497 per month in 2025…
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Richmond Faces AC Transit Cuts if Tax Fails; Hercules Weighs 1% Tax
West Contra Costa voters face two pivotal tax decisions on Tuesday: a 14-year half-cent Regional Tax Measure providing $58 million…
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UC Berkeley, UCSF & Stanford Labs Test Psilocybin Replicability
Neuroscientists across five laboratories at UC Berkeley, UCSF, and Stanford University published a parallel four-year study in the…
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SF Indian Restaurant Week Opens for Diwali After Día de los Muertos
San Francisco’s Diwali edition of Indian Restaurant Week runs Nov. 1–14 across six chef-driven restaurants offering $75 and $85…
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San Francisco Sets Wednesday Embarcadero Parade for WNBA Valkyries
San Francisco is hanging violet banners along The Embarcadero for Wednesday’s noon-to-2 p.m.
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CoveredFarmers Releases 9-State ACA Guides as Housing Reports Debut
With federal Open Enrollment opening Nov. 1 for 2027 coverage, CoveredFarmers published plain-English health insurance guides across 9…
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Kentucky Man Drives 11 Hours for High School Band; Steffa Drops Memoir
A former band booster from Kentucky drove 11 hours to Sapulpa, Oklahoma to watch the Sapulpa High School band perform at halftime and…
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Buccaneers Win 16-0 in 1933 Statistical Feat; Lions’ Campbell Injured
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield did not complete any of his 3 pass attempts in a 16-0 shutout win over the Atlanta…
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USF Joins Oregon State in 10th Maui Classic as College Hoops Tips Off
The University of San Francisco women’s basketball team will join host Oregon State, Ball State, and Idaho State for the 10th edition…
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‘You Can See Everything’ Edges ‘Clayface’ at Halloween Box Office
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything,” directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, claimed No. 1 at the North…
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Canada’s Carney & Trump Report Progress in U.S.-Canada Trade Talks
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S.
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Judge Dismisses Alaska Senate Suit; Rep. Stevens Backs GOP’s Rogers
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason in Juneau dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S.
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43M Vote Early as Cost of Living and $11.2B Ad Blitz Define Midterms
Roughly 43 million Americans have already cast early ballots across 47 states and Washington, D.C. — nearly 10 million ahead of 2022 —…
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San Francisco Fillmore Rapper Willie Hen Drops ‘THE FLYEST’ Single
San Francisco Fillmore rapper Willie Hen — who began rapping in 1990 on the group album Both Sides of the Bay and later collaborated…
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San Mateo County Deploys 6-Radar Network Ahead of El Niño Storms
San Mateo County is deploying a 6-radar weather network developed by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San…
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Contra Costa Election Staff Train for AI Fakes & Poll Disruptions
Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Kristin Connelly and Elections Processing Supervisor Travis Ebbert have…
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Mario Juarez Alleges $300K Demand in Oakland Trial Ahead of Election
Political operative Mario Juarez testified in Oakland’s federal public corruption trial alleging former Mayor Sheng Thao demanded…
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Nassau Charges $8M Ghost Pharmacies as Bergen Dining Spots Expand
Nassau County authorities charged two alleged Long Island “ghost pharmacies” accused of billing $8 million ($5 million paid) for…
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UN Western Sahara Mission Ends After 35 Years; Sudan Grid Struck
The United Nations’ 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) ceased operations on Nov. 1, 2026, following a…
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Israel Affirms Election Results as UAE Urges Iran Diplomacy in Bahrain
Israeli Elections Committee head Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, the attorney general, and the Shin Bet chief affirmed Sunday…
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DAHON Launches 3 Folding Bike Lines as SFO Tops TSA Wait-Time Survey
Folding-bicycle pioneer DAHON — founded in California in 1982 by Dr. David T.
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Warriors Weigh Roster & Cap Options Amid Kristaps Porzingis’ Absence
With 7-foot-2 center Kristaps Porzingis away from the Golden State Warriors indefinitely due to a health issue notified the day before…
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5 Bay Area Groups Urge Herbicide Moratorium After Imazapyr Tree Loss
Five Bay Area environmental organizations have called on the Mountain View City Council to enact an immediate herbicide moratorium in…
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Dave Eggers Defends Human Writing as Astronomers Preview 2027 Eclipse
San Francisco author Dave Eggers — who spent 20 years completing his new novel Contrapposto on an offline 1998 MacBook Pro running…
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Eames Institute Unveils Novato Museum Plan on 88-Acre Birkenstock Site
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has unveiled plans for a major design museum on the 88-acre former Birkenstock campus along…
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California Decides Governor & Billionaire Tax Tuesday Amid Roll Suit
As California voters prepare to elect a new governor and vote on a billionaire tax on Tuesday, the U.S.
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Sunset Social Club Plans 400 SF Block Parties as 5 Dining Spots Debut
Sunset Social Club founders Josh Nesbit and Sandi Lam Harder are recruiting 400 hosts west of 19th Avenue for the “Sunset Wave”…
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Millennium Tower 1-Bedroom Rents for $10,000 as Marina Suit Hits Court
A 773-square-foot one-bedroom condominium on the 23rd floor of San Francisco’s 58-story Millennium Tower leased for $10,000 a month to…
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Oakland’s Delage Revives Lunch; POJ Brings Kintsugi to Berkeley
In downtown Oakland’s Swan’s Market at 536 9th Street, 10-year-old Japanese restaurant Delage has revived midday dining with $27 to…
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AC Transit Contingency Plan Weighs 16% Bus Cuts If Measure RTM Fails
With voters deciding Tuesday on the Regional Transit Measure to address AC Transit’s $200 million budget shortfall, the agency has…
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Compare Fresh Opens With 52 Jobs in National Housing & Safety Roundup
José Luis and Lisset Ureña opened a 17,000-square-foot Compare Fresh supermarket employing 52 workers at 159 Main St. in Hempstead…
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Indigenous Artists Open Wai Gallery as I-5 Reopens at Buttonwillow
Las Vegas Paiute artist Fawn Douglas and A.B.
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Tariffs Squeeze Cheese & Wine Imports as Ricoh Plans NYC GR Space
Specialty retailers like Alexandria’s The Cut Butchery have pulled Canadian cheeses following a 50% U.S. tariff as first-half 2026…
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USC Upsets No. 2 Ohio State as College Hoops Tips Off in Rome
USC head coach Lincoln Riley earned the biggest victory of his Trojans tenure on Saturday night by upsetting No.
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Montana Dinosaur Skeleton Sells for $47.255M as New Species Emerges
An adult Nanotyrannus skeleton named “Jodi” from Montana’s Hell Creek Formation sold for $47.255 million at Sotheby’s after a…
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G20 Foreign Ministers End Atlanta Talks Without Joint Communique
Group of 20 foreign ministers concluded 2 days of talks in Atlanta on Saturday with a chairman’s statement from U.S.
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Early Voting Nears 50M as Candidates Blitz Texas, Alabama & Alaska
With national early voting approaching 50 million ballots, former Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped a 7-state midterm tour in…
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Pelosi’s $1.25B Legacy Looms Over SF Race as Oasis Grill Closes
Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen.
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Golden State Valkyries Beat Atlanta 68-63 to Win First WNBA Title
Behind 30 points from Finals MVP Gabby Williams, the second-year Golden State Valkyries defeated the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 on…
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Richmond Weighs $120M Fire Bond as Antioch Sets Nov. 14 Coat Drive
Richmond voters are deciding Measure Q, a $120 million general obligation bond requiring two-thirds approval to repair and replace the…
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Liberty Tops Clayton Valley 21-14 to Host San Ramon Valley in NCS
Second-seeded Liberty High School (25-1) defeated Clayton Valley 21-14 on Saturday afternoon to reach the North Coast Section girls…
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Sausalito Firm FH One Buys Walnut Creek Office Tower for $22M
Sausalito-based FH One Investments has acquired the four-story, 106,000-square-foot Class A office building at 500 Ygnacio Valley Road…
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Things to do
Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots Herald Rise of the Agentic Web
Twenty-five years after Tim Berners-Lee proposed the Semantic Web in 2001, autonomous AI agents including Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots,…
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