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California Homeowners Say Oakland Lender Scammed Them Out of $3M in Home Improvements
Nearly 100 homeowners and families from Los Angeles drove up to protest outside Solar Mosaic’s Oakland headquarters on Monday.

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You Can Now Get Legally Married at Outside Lands
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Thousands of San Francisco Residents Saved from Eviction by 2018 Legal Aid Measure
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FAFSA 2024: The May 2 Deadline for California Students is Almost Here
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Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Is Closer to November Ballot
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Is Bay Area Ballroom Doing Fashion Better Than Everyone Else?
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California’s New 1600-Acre State Park Set to Open This Summer
California Legislators Consider Cracking Down on How Utilities Spend Customers' Money
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A New Salvadoran Cookbook Celebrates the Stories of Diaspora
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You Can Now Get Legally Married at Outside Lands
‘Real Americans’ Asks: What Could We Change About Our Lives?
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Housing Affordability

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Thousands of San Francisco Residents Saved from Eviction by 2018 Legal Aid Measure

Proposition F, a voter-approved measure that provides legal representation to tenants facing eviction, has helped more than 5,400 residents avoid homelessness since 2019, according to new city data.
A woman wearing sunglasses and a yellow shirt holds up an object in one hand and a water bottle in the other with people in the background.

California Homeowners Say Oakland Lender Scammed Them Out of $3M in Home Improvements

Nearly 100 homeowners and families from Los Angeles drove up to protest outside Solar Mosaic’s Oakland headquarters on Monday.

Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Is Closer to November Ballot

On Tuesday, California Forever, a company with a controversial vision to transform Eastern Solano County farmland into a dense, walkable city, moved one step closer to appearing on the November ballot.
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California Law Letting Property Owners Split Lots to Build New Homes Is 'Unconstitutional,' Judge Rules

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this week struck down SB 9, a 2021 California law allowing property owners to split their lots and build up to two new homes.

Immigration

As Border Debate Shifts Right, Sen. Alex Padilla Emerges as Persistent Counterforce for Immigrants

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration and pressing his case in face-to-face moments with President Joe Biden.
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US Department of Labor Hails Expanded Protections for H-2A Farmworkers in Santa Rosa

The new regulations, which go into effect this summer, aim to reduce abuses faced by seasonal foreign farmworkers with H-2A visas. California employers worry the program will become more complex and costly as they deal with U.S. labor shortages.

In Fresno’s Chinatown, High-Speed Rail Sparks Hope and Debate Within Residents

California High-Speed Rail Authorities are promising to revitalize Fresno’s Chinatown years before the first trains leave the station, intending to spur economic growth for the struggling neighborhood.
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After Parole, ICE Deported This Refugee Back to a Country He Never Knew

Phoeun You knows what it’s like to be a refugee in the United States, serve prison time for a violent crime, and be deported to a country he never knew.

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You Can Now Get Legally Married at Outside Lands

Couples looking to tie the knot at the popular SF music festival can add a wedding ceremony to their tickets.
A red 'for rent' sign hangs in the window of a classic SF Victorian building, with the downtown skyline in the background.

Thousands of San Francisco Residents Saved from Eviction by 2018 Legal Aid Measure

Proposition F, a voter-approved measure that provides legal representation to tenants facing eviction, has helped more than 5,400 residents avoid homelessness since 2019, according to new city data.
Two students wearing jeans stand on a tree-lined street, talking and laughing, holding books.

FAFSA 2024: The May 2 Deadline for California Students is Almost Here

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid — or FAFSA — is open for 2024–25, but the deadline for California students to apply is almost here, on May 2.
A woman wearing sunglasses and a yellow shirt holds up an object in one hand and a water bottle in the other with people in the background.

California Homeowners Say Oakland Lender Scammed Them Out of $3M in Home Improvements

Nearly 100 homeowners and families from Los Angeles drove up to protest outside Solar Mosaic’s Oakland headquarters on Monday.

Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Is Closer to November Ballot

On Tuesday, California Forever, a company with a controversial vision to transform Eastern Solano County farmland into a dense, walkable city, moved one step closer to appearing on the November ballot.

Is Bay Area Ballroom Doing Fashion Better Than Everyone Else?

Performer Bimbo Moschino offers her take on who’s giving normcore and who’s setting the standard.

The Politics and Policy Around Newsom’s Vatican Climate Summit Trip

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