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Oakland Is at Risk of Financial Insolvency. Is Bankruptcy on the Table?
Oakland’s budget crisis has left it needing to significantly slash spending by the end of the year, a top city official warned this week. Here’s what that means.

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What’s the Use of ‘Political Art’ in 2024?
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Bay Area Weather: As New Storms Bring More Rain, How You Can Prep for Flooding, Winds and Power Outages
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How Do You Protect a Species That Lives Across a Continent? Monarch Butterfly Decision May Soon Try
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Can a New Vote Tracker Help Dispel Fears About California's Slow Election Process?
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Rivers in the Sky: What You Need to Know About Atmospheric River Storms
How Do You Protect a Species That Lives Across a Continent? Monarch Butterfly Decision May Soon Try
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Rivers in the Sky: What You Need to Know About Atmospheric River Storms
Heavy Rain Pounds Northern California, But the Worst Is Yet to Come
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What’s the Use of ‘Political Art’ in 2024?
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Ticket Alert: Stray Kids Are Coming to ‘dominATE’ San Francisco
Netflix’s ‘Joy’ Is a Loud Cheer for Fertility, for Never Giving Up — and Science
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Housing Affordability

California Housing Projects Face ‘Financing Drought’ After Proposition 5’s Defeat

After Californian voters rejected Proposition 5, housing developers and advocates wonder, with public funding running low, what is left to fund their projects?

SF’s Overnight RV Parking Ban Has Yet to Be Enforced as Advocates Try to Reverse It

A coalition of San Francisco advocacy groups filed an appeal with the Board of Supervisors, arguing the ban is an unjust attack on unhoused residents. The policy is on hold while the review process plays out.

Will Trump Presidency Affect California's Housing Crisis?

It's unclear if new Trump administration policies could ease regulations for California's housing industry.

Still Progressive? Berkeley Sticks to New Tough Stance on Homeless Encampments

After the Berkeley City Council took no action on a resolution decrying the criminalization of homelessness, advocates are questioning how progressive their city really is.

Immigration

Undocumented? What to Know Before a Second Trump Term

Here are ways that immigrants lacking permanent legal status — and folks in mixed-status families — can prepare for the sweeping immigration changes proposed by President-elect Donald Trump for his second term.

Former ‘Top Chef’ Contestant on His Rise from Dishwasher to Michelin-Star Honors

Garcia is one of more than half a million DACA recipients in the country. The possibility of the program ending during a second Trump term keeps him up at night.

What to Know About Tom Homan, the Former ICE Head Returning as Trump's 'Border Czar'

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California Empowered Immigrants to Speak Up at Work. Trump Could End Their Protections

California wants to protect witnesses in workplace investigations from deportation, but the Biden administration program for undocumented employees is at risk with Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

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Oakland Is at Risk of Financial Insolvency. Is Bankruptcy on the Table?

Oakland’s budget crisis has left it needing to significantly slash spending by the end of the year, a top city official warned this week. Here’s what that means.
inflatable bird with yellow hair in prison stripes on boat labeled Alcatraz Prison Transport

What’s the Use of ‘Political Art’ in 2024?

The first Trump presidency spawned an abundance of art-as-resistance. The next four years could look very different.

Bay Area Weather: As New Storms Bring More Rain, How You Can Prep for Flooding, Winds and Power Outages

More powerful storms are hitting the Bay Area this week. Here's how you can find free sandbags, prepare homes and receive emergency information ahead of more heavy rain, high-speed winds and potential power outages.
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How Do You Protect a Species That Lives Across a Continent? Monarch Butterfly Decision May Soon Try

The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials decide soon whether it gets protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Can a New Vote Tracker Help Dispel Fears About California's Slow Election Process?

The California Voter Foundation launched a tool tracking daily vote counts in 18 close contests for Congress and the state Legislature. The tracker aims to show how counts change over time and dispel misinformation about election fraud, the group says.

Rivers in the Sky: What You Need to Know About Atmospheric River Storms

If you live in California, you've likely heard the term 'atmospheric river' thrown around recently. Atmospheric rivers produce up to 50% of California's precipitation annually – and the first one of the season is hitting Northern California this week.
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Heavy Rain Pounds Northern California, But the Worst Is Yet to Come

The atmospheric river storm moving over the West Coast has brought over 6 inches of rain to parts of the North Bay, where as much as 12 inches are forecast this week.

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