Follow The Money: Candidates Direct Donations
In the 2020 Santa Clara election, direct donations to candidates have been overshadowed by PAC spending. However, there’s much to be learned from looking at who and where donations are coming
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Young South Bay resident raises money, creates Halloween goodie bags for children who lost homes in NorCal wildfires
The images of the devastating wildfires burning in Northern California touch viewers in different ways. Aarna Chalasani wanted to make difference. “When I was checking the news and I saw
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‘It’s a balancing act’: Bay Area hardware stores battle through a crazy year
In San Francisco, the pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have hit many local businesses like a ton of bricks. But for a select few sectors, business has been booming, from
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Housing Program Compares People with Criminal Records to ‘Two-Legged Predators’
A Bay Area investigation reveals a police-run housing program that teaches landlords how they can legally discriminate based on behavior because “behavior is not a protected class.” One manual instructs
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Red Flag Warning in Effect for North Bay Mountains
A Red Flag Warning has been reissued for the North Bay mountains effective immediately through 6 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service announced via Twitter Saturday afternoon.
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California Wavers on Theme Park Opening Rules Amid Pressure
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday delayed new operating rules for theme parks such as Disneyland that have been closed since the beginning of the pandemic as tourism industry officials warned
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Northern California wildfire doubles in size, kills 3 people
The wind-whipped Zogg Fire in Shasta County grew to 40,317 acres with 0% containment Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire’s incident update. On Monday morning the blaze was 15,000 acres. Shasta County Sheriff
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US judge orders stop to Postal Service cuts, echoing others
A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering a halt to recent Postal Service cuts that critics say are causing mail delays and threatening the integrity of the
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I wanted a real NYC bagel. Was it worth it to get two dozen shipped across the country?
Like so many stuck at home these days, I sincerely miss travel. For the past several months, I’ve dreamt of visiting a city outside of the Bay Area, hoping to
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Stem Cell Transplants Save Lives, Although Only a Few People Know About Donating
Everyone’s familiar with blood donation. But most people don’t know that blood marrow stem cells can be donated in much the same way blood is donated. Gift of Life exists
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