Polls Show Democrats Ahead in 6 Senate Races as 57M Vote Early
Final New York Times/Siena College polls across seven U.S.
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Commonwealth Meets in Antigua as U.S. Cuts 2 Nations From AGOA
King Charles III and Queen Camilla joined leaders of the 56-nation Commonwealth representing 2.7 billion people in Antigua and Barbuda…
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UK Cyber Chief Warns of AI Attack Surge as Groups Seek CISA Renewal
UK National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne warned that AI-assisted vulnerability discovery will drive an unprecedented surge…
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Los Altos School Candidates Top $30K as East San Jose Rallies Voters
Four candidates competing for three seats on the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees raised more than $30,000 combined through…
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Tech Billionaires Spend $140M Against Prop. 40 as Squarespace Cuts 19%
Silicon Valley billionaires led by Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s $103 million contribution poured $140 million into Building a…
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Ex-San Quentin Worker From Vallejo Gets 37 Months for Smuggling
Former San Quentin Rehabilitation Center janitor Keith Randle, a 36-year-old Vallejo resident, was sentenced in Oakland federal court…
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Contra Costa Hires Security for 150 Polls as LMC Wins State Honor
Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder Kristin Connelly hired private security guards for all 150 county polling places and Martinez…
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State Agency Rates Oakland Unified at High Insolvency Risk
California’s Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team rated the Oakland Unified School District at high risk of financial…
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Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal by Solicitor General D.
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Trump Touts Reflecting Pool Makeover on Eve of Midterm Elections
On the eve of the Nov. 3, 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump spoke at the reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in…
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Rep. Levin Pushes Bipartisan Bill as 5 States Eye San Onofre Waste
U.S. Rep. Mike Levin—joined by Republican Reps.
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Nearly $200B in Data Centers Stalled as AI Shapes Midterm Debate
Almost $200 billion in U.S. data center projects were delayed, stalled, or blocked in the first half of 2026 amid local political…
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Avenida de Altares Honors Dolores Huerta as South Bay Polls Open
Families gathered at Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose for the 2026 Avenida de Altares Día de los Muertos celebration—honoring…
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Google Disrupts 1.3M-Device XCPE Android TV Botnet and Bans Maker
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, Japan’s National Police Agency, and five cybersecurity partners dismantled the XCPE malware…
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USC Report Finds 50% of CA School Board Candidates Run Unopposed
A University of Southern California report co-authored by education professor Julie Marsh found that roughly 50% of California school…
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Vallejo’s Louise Lawrence Archive Preserves 100 Years of History
Nestled in a Vallejo neighborhood, the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive—founded by Ms.
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Saint Mary’s Alumna Sahiba Dogra Kaur Enters UW Pharmacology PhD
Saint Mary’s College of California alumna Sahiba Dogra Kaur (Class of 2024)—who won 3 senior academic honors in Moraga including the…
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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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Bay Area Beaches Face 17-Foot Surf as SF Rescuers Catch Anchovy Jack
The National Weather Service warned Bay Area beachgoers to avoid Pacific Coast waters through Tuesday evening and again from Thursday…
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Hackers Hit Freezers at 115 European Stores; Apple Warns 99 Nations
Cyberextortionists remotely set commercial refrigeration controllers to +50°C (122°F) or defrost mode across more than 115…
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Over 1,000 GitLab Servers Exposed to RCE Flaw as BTCPay Issues Alert
Threat monitors at Shadowserver found more than 1,000 internet-exposed GitLab servers still unpatched against actively exploited…
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Valley Water Execs Donate to Board Candidates Ahead of Nov. 3 Vote
Incoming Valley Water CEO Aaron Baker donated $499 each to District 1 incumbent John Varela and District 6 candidate Milan Balinton…
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Tech Giants Fuel Record $128M Outside Spending in CA Legislative Races
Technology companies and executives including Google, Meta, Uber, Sergey Brin, Chris Larsen, and Tim Draper have contributed at least…
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CA Unsheltered Homelessness Drops 6.5% as AB 2251 Sets College Rules
Preliminary federal point-in-time count data show California’s unsheltered homeless population fell 6.5% between January 2025 and…
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Contra Costa Elections Deploys 1,200 Workers Across 150 Poll Sites
Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar Kristin Connelly and roughly 1,100 staff and volunteers plus 100 temporary workers are…
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Contra Costa Weighs $3M Voter Guide Increase and $60K Health Cards
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, Nov. 3, to consider a $3 million General Fund increase raising its…
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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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Napa Advisor Jared Worthington Guides Tech Workers on Equity & Taxes
After 10 years as a robotics engineer at startups and global companies, Napa financial advisor Jared Worthington of 30-year-old…
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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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