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Oakland Ballers Pitcher Kelsie Whitmore Keeps Making History
Kelsie Whitmore is the first woman to sign with the Pioneer League, a Major League Baseball partner league. She joins the Oakland Ballers, who make their home debut at Raimondi Park in West Oakland on June 4.
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Bay Area Researchers Tracking Bird Flu in Wastewater See No Evidence of Spread in SF
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Oakland A's Pitcher Michael Kelly Suspended in Biggest Betting Scandal in Decades
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How to Avoid Unexpected Tax Liabilities with Covered California Health Care
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Alameda County Again Delays Vote to Create Civilian Oversight of Sheriff
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Highway 24 Reopens After Vehicle Fire Closed Part of Caldecott Tunnel
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Bay Area Researchers Tracking Bird Flu in Wastewater See No Evidence of Spread in SF
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Bay Area Weather: How to Stay Cool and Safe in the Next California Heat Wave
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Oakland Schools Ditch Diesel With New All-Electric School Bus Fleet
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Indigenous Author Explores Charged Issue of Blood Lines in His Debut Novel ‘Fire Exit’
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What to Watch This Summer: 18 TV Shows to Look Forward To
A Popular Oakland Sneaker Shop Returns — With a Twist
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Housing Affordability

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Should California Double Down on Building Tiny Homes for People Experiencing Homelessness?

With unsheltered homelessness in California reaching epidemic proportions, lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it easier to build tiny home villages by clearing some of the red tape that slows new projects.
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Massive Fire Destroys Affordable Housing Construction Near Redwood City

The eight-alarm fire in North Fair Oaks forced neighbors to evacuate and sent a thick plume of smoke into the air.
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Moms 4 Housing and UC Berkeley Researchers Create An Archive For Activism

Mapping gentrification, redlining and predatory loans, the Archive of Urban Futures also imagines a new future for Oakland.
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SF Homeless Services Provider Accused of Fraud Is Stripped of City Contract

The city is still weighing whether to take away its other contracts with the nonprofit Providence Foundation amid allegations that it faked over $100,000 in invoices.
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Immigration

Newsom Faces Backlash for Plan to Cut In-Home Care for Undocumented Disabled Adults

Gov. Gavin Newsom faces criticism for proposing to cut a Medicaid benefit that provides in-home caregivers for some disabled immigrants. Advocates feel betrayed, but Newsom argues the budget requires difficult decisions.
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Major Wage-Theft Claim Backlog Due to Severe Understaffing at California Labor Agency, Audit Finds

The result, according to the audit of the state Labor Commissioner’s Office, is a backlog of 47,000 claims that take six times longer to resolve than the four months set in state law.
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California's Class of 2024 Lags in Student Aid Applications, Data Shows

Over 42,000 fewer students in California applied for federal student aid in 2024 compared to last year. What happened?
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After Months-Long Coma, This Latino Immigrant Worker Is Still Fighting Mysterious Long COVID Symptoms

Construction worker Osbaldo Varilla-Aguilar is still fighting mysterious symptoms after emerging from a 3-month coma and going blind in his left eye. His experience is just one example of the devastating impact that COVID continues to have on Latinx communities in San Francisco.
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A large number of chickens are packed into an indoor egg-laying facility.

Bay Area Researchers Tracking Bird Flu in Wastewater See No Evidence of Spread in SF

After the state detected bird flu in two chickens at a live market in San Francisco, further analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the disease has not spread.
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Oakland A's Pitcher Michael Kelly Suspended in Biggest Betting Scandal in Decades

The Oakland Athletics’ pitcher was suspended for one year for betting on baseball in the minors. Three minor leaguers were also banned for one year for betting on big league games: pitchers Jay Groome of San Diego and Andrew Saalfrank of Arizona and infielder José Rodríguez of Philadelphia.
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How to Avoid Unexpected Tax Liabilities with Covered California Health Care

Every year, thousands of Californians are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here’s how to avoid it.
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A woman wearing dark clothing holds a microphone and stands in front of signs that are yellow, red and white. Several people stand off to the side looking in her direction.

Alameda County Again Delays Vote to Create Civilian Oversight of Sheriff

The yearslong effort to create civilian oversight of the embattled Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has run into several delays, frustrating community activists.
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Smoke rises from a highway tunnel.

Highway 24 Reopens After Vehicle Fire Closed Part of Caldecott Tunnel

A vehicle fire in one of the two eastbound bores of the Caldecott Tunnel closed Highway 24 from Oakland into Orinda for hours on Tuesday.
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Oakland Ballers Pitcher Kelsie Whitmore Keeps Making History

Kelsie Whitmore is the first woman to sign with the Pioneer League, a Major League Baseball partner league. She joins the Oakland Ballers, who make their home debut at Raimondi Park in West Oakland on June 4.
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A photograph of a beach with families playing on it, against a dramatic rocky cliff backdrop.

Bay Area Weather: How to Stay Cool and Safe in the Next California Heat Wave

Another California heat wave is about to hit the Bay Area, and anyone's health can be at risk when the weather warms up. Here are the safety tips everyone should know.
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