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Alameda County District Attorney Challenges Recall Signature Count
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price plans to ask the Board of Supervisors to declare the recall signature count illegal at its meeting on Tuesday, adding to an already confusing recall process.

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California’s 2023 Snow Deluge Was a Freak Event, Study Says
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California Partners with New Jersey Firm to Buy Generic Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug
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Millions of Californians Face Internet Dilemma as Affordable Subsidy Ends
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April News Roundup: Berkeley's Newest Council Member, Reviewing Death Row Sentences, and Pandas Coming to SF
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Christina’s Trip: 'I'll Take It'
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What Is the 'Green Flash' at Sunset — and How Can You See It?
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California’s New 1600-Acre State Park Set to Open This Summer
California Legislators Consider Cracking Down on How Utilities Spend Customers' Money
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Ticket Alert: Billie Eilish at San Jose’s SAP Center in December
From San Francisco to Jakatra, 3kelves Makes Borderless Indie Pop
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'For Our Children' Urges a Renewed Focus on Police Brutality
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Housing Affordability

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California Law Letting Property Owners Split Lots to Build New Homes Is 'Unconstitutional,' Judge Rules

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this week struck down SB 9, a 2021 California law allowing property owners to split their lots and build up to two new homes.

Bay Area Cities Push to Legally Validate Polyamorous Families

Oakland voted to legitimize diverse family structures, and Berkeley is on tap to do the same. Advocates see the legal protections as a significant step to reduce stigma.
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Just Days Left to Apply for California Program That Helps Pay for Your First House

Applications for the state’s high-demand loan program for first-time home buyers will close on Monday, April 29 at 5 p.m.

In Fresno’s Chinatown, High-Speed Rail Sparks Hope and Debate Within Residents

California High-Speed Rail Authorities are promising to revitalize Fresno’s Chinatown years before the first trains leave the station, intending to spur economic growth for the struggling neighborhood.

Immigration

As Border Debate Shifts Right, Sen. Alex Padilla Emerges as Persistent Counterforce for Immigrants

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration and pressing his case in face-to-face moments with President Joe Biden.
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US Department of Labor Hails Expanded Protections for H-2A Farmworkers in Santa Rosa

The new regulations, which go into effect this summer, aim to reduce abuses faced by seasonal foreign farmworkers with H-2A visas. California employers worry the program will become more complex and costly as they deal with U.S. labor shortages.

In Fresno’s Chinatown, High-Speed Rail Sparks Hope and Debate Within Residents

California High-Speed Rail Authorities are promising to revitalize Fresno’s Chinatown years before the first trains leave the station, intending to spur economic growth for the struggling neighborhood.
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After Parole, ICE Deported This Refugee Back to a Country He Never Knew

Phoeun You knows what it’s like to be a refugee in the United States, serve prison time for a violent crime, and be deported to a country he never knew.

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Two people dressed in winter clothing walk next to a large pile of snow, covering trees and electric poles.

California’s 2023 Snow Deluge Was a Freak Event, Study Says

A new study finds that last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. Don’t get used to it.

California Partners with New Jersey Firm to Buy Generic Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug

California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.
A woman wearing a red dress speaks into a microphone.

Alameda County District Attorney Challenges Recall Signature Count

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price plans to ask the Board of Supervisors to declare the recall signature count illegal at its meeting on Tuesday, adding to an already confusing recall process.
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Millions of Californians Face Internet Dilemma as Affordable Subsidy Ends

A federal affordable internet subsidy is going away and 3 million Californians must decide whether to end access largely considered a human right.

April News Roundup: Berkeley's Newest Council Member, Reviewing Death Row Sentences, and Pandas Coming to SF

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Christina’s Trip: 'I'll Take It'

In this episode of the Sunday Music Drop, the Oakland-based “distortion pop” band Christina's Trip shares their love song "I'll Take It," about liking someone and having a limited amount of time with them.
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9 California Counties Far From Universities Struggle to Recruit Teachers, Says Report

The UCLA report defines 9 rural counties as 'teacher education deserts' and says allowing community colleges to offer K–12 credentials could be a solution.

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