San Jose’s Alum Rock School District Prepares for New School Year
Some schools are now just weeks away from reopening their doors after a year of distance learning, but many of them are still scrambling to find enough teachers and others
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Bay Area cities among top 5 most educated in U.S.
The Bay Area touts two of the most educated metro areas in the United States, according to a new WalletHub study. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranked second and San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley ranked fourth
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Seton Medical Center breaks ground on $60 million seismic retrofit, but workers want more
Three years Seton Medical Center nearly closed when its previous owner went bankrupt, the hospital system is getting a $60 million injection from AHMC Healthcare as part of a bid
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‘I was looking at a nightmare:’ Spanish-speakers hard hit by COVID relied on food banks instead of government assistance
Everything came crashing down on Carmen Magallanes when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools. She lost her job at a company that prepared meals for schools, and her two older
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California man created 8 fake businesses, filed for $27 million in bogus COVID-19 loans, feds say
An Encino man was arrested Thursday for attempting to bilk the federal Paycheck Protection Program, created last year to prop up business struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, out of about
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Costco coming to NewPark Mall, plus 319 apartments
A new Costco Wholesale warehouse and a 319-unit apartment complex will be built on the NewPark Mall property as part of a developer’s attempt to significantly revamp the aging mall,
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One-third of Californians struggle to pay for basic necessities
Nearly one in three California families don’t earn enough money to pay for basic necessities like food, healthcare, taxes, rent, and childcare, even though a majority of the families had
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New California ballot measure would ban Styrofoam food packaging statewide, force industry to reduce plastic litter
Setting the stage for a major environmental battle over a growing pollution issue, a coalition of environmental groups has qualified a statewide ballot measure that would require plastic packaging sold
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Newsom signs $12 billion bill to fight homelessness
Facing a massive homelessness crisis and a looming recall vote, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday funneled an unprecedented $12 billion into services and housing for Californians without homes or at
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Bay Area Fire Stations Increase Staffing Given Dangerous Weather Conditions
Communities in the Bay Area were pulling together Sunday to fight fires. Fire Station 8 in the Corridor off Page Mill Road in Los Altos hasn’t been fully staffed in
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