Bay Area home prices soar through pandemic, holiday season
Swetha Theeda and her husband, Ashwin Macharla, had been house-hunting, on-and-off, for five years. With a second child due in the spring, the couple decided now was the time to
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South Bay Churches Prepare to Reopen for Limited Indoor Services
It is a busy time for churches in the South Bay as many pastors prepare to reopen for limited indoor services following a recent Supreme Court ruling ordering counties to
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Santa Clara Co. Urges Lunar New Year Celebrations Comply With Health Orders
As the Lunar New Year approaches and those celebrating on Friday get ready to usher in the year of the ox, Santa Clara County officials and local Vietnamese leaders are
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Santa Clara County to Allow Indoor Worship After Court Rulings
Santa Clara County announced Monday indoor worship services are back after two court decisions ruled indoor faith services can’t be banned during the pandemic. Services must be kept at 20%
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Yes, that was really a five-second Reddit ad during the Super Bowl
No, it wasn’t a glitch — for some Super Bowl viewers, a Reddit commercial really did pop up on the screen. The spot, which was just five seconds, opened as if it
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‘We got rules down here.’ East Bay homeless camps are getting organized
Standing in a circle in an empty parking lot, the neighbors debated the most pressing issues in their community. They needed new security guards. The street lights were out. Certain
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Hurt by the pandemic, a small town in California will pay tourists to visit
When Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a second statewide lockdown in early December, businesses across California braced for more economic hardship. For officials in one small town, it was a wake-up call to
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Mark Zuckerberg part of $100 million ‘California Black Freedom Fund’
More than two dozen philanthropic organizations and corporations on Thursday launched the California Black Freedom Fund, a $100 million, five-year initiative that they say will provide resources to Black-led organizations
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Assembly bill seeks to speed reopening of Disneyland and other California theme parks
A new bill proposed by California state assembly members would speed the reopening of Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood and override Gov. Gavin Newsom’s guidelines that have kept large California
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California cities, counties failing again on affordable housing goals
Only 3% of California’s cities and counties are fully on track to meet state goals to build sufficient housing — and 30% are failing to issue any permits at all
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