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San José Adding Hundreds of License Plate Readers Amid Privacy and Efficacy Concerns
The city’s cameras scan millions of license plates per month and helped recover $2 million in stolen vehicles last year. However, privacy advocates say they don’t help reduce crime.
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Growing Protests Over the Israel-Hamas War Puts Spotlight on College Endowments
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California’s Plans for Slowing Climate Change Through Nature-Based Solutions
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How the Supreme Court Case on Homelessness Could Affect the Bay
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UC Regent John Pérez on the Gaza Protests Roiling College Campuses
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USC Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony Amid Ongoing Gaza Protests
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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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A New Bay Area Food Festival Celebrates Chefs of Color and Diasporic Unity
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On Weinstein, Cosby, OJ Simpson and America’s Systemic Misogyny Problem
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The Bay Area’s Great American Diner Is a 24-Hour Filipino Casino Restaurant
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Half Moon Bay Prepares to Break Ground on Farmworker Housing

Last year’s mass shooting spurred local leaders to act. Dozens of homes for farmworker families should be ready in early 2024, but other projects could take years.
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If You're a Mixed-Status Student Still Struggling With FAFSA, You Have Options

Why are students with undocumented parents particularly affected by the errors plaguing the 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA — and what you can do if you’re among them.
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Growing Protests Over the Israel-Hamas War Puts Spotlight on College Endowments

One of the demands of anti-war protesters on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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San José Adding Hundreds of License Plate Readers Amid Privacy and Efficacy Concerns

The city’s cameras scan millions of license plates per month and helped recover $2 million in stolen vehicles last year. However, privacy advocates say they don’t help reduce crime.
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California’s Plans for Slowing Climate Change Through Nature-Based Solutions

As part of SF Climate Week, KQED’s Danielle Venton sat down with the California Secretary of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot, for Climate One at the Commonwealth Club.
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How the Supreme Court Case on Homelessness Could Affect the Bay

Many Californians are watching this case closely — from politicians, to advocates, to unhoused residents.
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UC Regent John Pérez on the Gaza Protests Roiling College Campuses

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A Black female student in a headscarf and 'USC' sweatshirt is led away with her hand behind her back by police in riot gear.

USC Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony Amid Ongoing Gaza Protests

The cancellation announcement comes as college officials across the U.S. grow increasingly worried that ongoing protests and arrests on their campuses could disrupt plans for commencement ceremonies next month.
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Single family houses in a suburban neighborhood.

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.
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