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Loren Taylor Holds Slim Lead Over Barbara Lee in Initial Oakland Mayor Results
Lee and Taylor are among the candidates running in the special election called after the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao.

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California Forever: 2 Solano Cities Team Up as Annexation Talks Move Forward
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Oil Giant Valero Announces Plans to Shutter Troubled Benicia Refinery
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Mexican Band’s California Shows in Jeopardy After US Revokes Visas Over Narco Imagery
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Bay Area Advocates Alarmed by Mass Firings at Federal Low-Income Energy Program
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The May 7 REAL ID Deadline Is Almost Here. Here's What to Know If You Don't Have One Yet
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Miles of Delta Levees Are at Risk of Floods. Repairs Could Cost $3 billion
California Bill to Cut Solar Incentives Prompts Fierce Debate
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‘You’re Not Alone’: An LA County Youth Commissioner and Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Fights for Change
Mark Synnott Heads ‘Into the Ice’ to Chase the Mystery of Sir John Franklin
Isaac Julien Dreams Up a Beautiful and Urgent World at the de Young
The Elders Are the Real Heroes of New Dramedy ‘The Wedding Banquet’
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Housing Affordability

California Forever: 2 Solano Cities Team Up as Annexation Talks Move Forward

The talks include a memorandum of understanding with Rio Vista and Suisun City. The latter city also directed staff to draft a reimbursement agreement that requires California Forever to finance its research into annexation.

Bay Area Advocates Alarmed by Mass Firings at Federal Low-Income Energy Program

The Trump administration laid off the entire staff running the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people with utility bills and energy-efficient upgrades.

SF Could See Homelessness Spike With Legal Aid Cuts, Advocates Warn

Proposed cuts could force legal aid nonprofits serving San Francisco’s most vulnerable to drop cases and supporters.

Meet the Power Plant Tucked into Garages and Basements

In California, an army of smartphone- and internet-connected home appliances is already helping with power grid reliability. How far can it go?

Immigration

Mexican Band’s California Shows in Jeopardy After US Revokes Visas Over Narco Imagery

Los Alegres del Barranco will likely have to cancel its California concerts after the State Department revoked the band’s visas for extolling “criminals and terrorists.”

Is Your California College Among 17 Under Federal Antisemitism Investigation?

At least 17 California colleges face federal probes into antisemitism, including a Department of Justice investigation of the UC system’s treatment of Jewish employees.

A Day in the Life of One Migrant Seeking to Stay in the US

Yasmelin Velazquez has waited 10 months for her immigration court date. But a last-minute hospitalization and confusion over Trump's changing immigration policies lead to more hurdles and anxiety.

Judge Rules Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported

Khalil was detained last month after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had determined that Khalil's activism was antisemitic and that allowing him to remain in the country would undermine a US foreign policy goal of combatting antisemitism around the world.

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California Forever: 2 Solano Cities Team Up as Annexation Talks Move Forward

The talks include a memorandum of understanding with Rio Vista and Suisun City. The latter city also directed staff to draft a reimbursement agreement that requires California Forever to finance its research into annexation.

Oil Giant Valero Announces Plans to Shutter Troubled Benicia Refinery

Months after Valero was hit with a record $82 million fine by air regulators, the company said it would ‘idle, restructure, or cease operations’ in Benicia by the end of April 2026.

Loren Taylor Holds Slim Lead Over Barbara Lee in Initial Oakland Mayor Results

Lee and Taylor are among the candidates running in the special election called after the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao.

Mexican Band’s California Shows in Jeopardy After US Revokes Visas Over Narco Imagery

Los Alegres del Barranco will likely have to cancel its California concerts after the State Department revoked the band’s visas for extolling “criminals and terrorists.”

Bay Area Advocates Alarmed by Mass Firings at Federal Low-Income Energy Program

The Trump administration laid off the entire staff running the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people with utility bills and energy-efficient upgrades.
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The May 7 REAL ID Deadline Is Almost Here. Here's What to Know If You Don't Have One Yet

Starting May 7, any traveler 18 or older boarding a domestic flight will need to present a REAL ID driver’s license or another federally approved document. Here's what to know about REAL ID enforcement and how to use your U.S. or foreign passport instead.

‘I Know the Power of Head Start’: Laid-Off Worker Fears for the Program’s Future

Head Start programs worry that the closure of a federal office in San Francisco could create delays in getting funding requests approved — and weaken their support system.

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