One Bay Area woman’s fight to keep families housed
For tenants at St. Francis Center who have lost their jobs and can’t pay rent, Sister Christina Heltsley is the woman keeping them housed through the pandemic. But after waging
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Property deal bolsters proposed Santa Clara residential development
Developers have bought a Santa Clara site where hundreds of homes have been proposed in a section of the city slated for massive projects. The residential project, located at and
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Marijuana Eradication Team Cleans Up Environmental Damage at Illegal Grow Sites
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Marijuana Eradication Team (MET) is wrapping up a series of raids on illegal pot grows this week. The team, along with state agencies, spent the
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Planned purchase of hotel for homeless housing drawing lines on the sand among residents
The planned purchase of a boutique hotel by the city to house homeless people has neighbors in Mountain View’s south side divided. On January 26, the city council unanimously voted
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Longtime East Bay ice cream shop grateful for COVID-19 relief money
The relief check for $10,000 was spent almost as soon as it was deposited, covering some of the bills that local ice cream shop San Francisco Creamery has racked up
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East Bay School’s Lunar New Year Celebration ‘Zoom-Bombed’
An East Bay private Chinese school program says its students, staff and parents were the victim of an online hate crime after their Chinese New Year celebration was hijacked Friday.
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Long live Zoom? New Assembly bill would require public meetings to have remote options
Among the few silver linings of a devastating coronavirus pandemic has been the emergence of a new way for local governments and school districts to conduct their meetings, one that
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When Is It OK to Visit Someone After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine?
Millions of people across the country are getting vaccinated, but when is it OK to visit someone when you’ve been vaccinated? Across the nation, 13 million people have now been
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CVS Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Launch Pushed Back One Day
CVS Pharmacy on Tuesday announced it is pushing back the start date for its COVID-19 vaccination program at California stores to Friday to ensure sufficient supplies of doses. The program
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Will a $300K consultant fix Santa Clara’s tourism woes?
Santa Clara is mulling whether to pay a consultant $300,000 to create a tourism strategy for the city, a move scrutinized by several city councilmembers given the city’s questionable history
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