What’s in store for the Bay Area and beyond
Grass, meet spark. Bay Area residents, meet fire. The explosive start to the 2024 fire season — the Corral Fire near Livermore that tore through rolling grasslands and rapidly scorched …
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Young falcons flop, including peregrine that plunged from the 18th floor of San Jose City Hall
In what wildlife rescuers called a rare pair of events, two young peregrine falcons plunged from their Bay Area nests this week — and both were reunited with their families. …
Bay Area transportation funding bill paused
Bay Area lawmakers have hit the brakes on state legislation that would have asked voters to approve a $750 million yearly public transit bailout for up to three decades. The …
New library comes to North Sunnyvale, replaces old community pool
SUNNYVALE — Despite concerns that a new library will force a closed — but cherished — community pool to be demolished, plans are moving ahead for the library to be …
Feds propose hefty fee hike on thousands of renewals for Silicon Valley’s favorite visa
Federal authorities aim to dramatically boost fees for thousands of H-1B visa renewal applications by expanding a $4,000 charge to cover all renewal applications by companies with large numbers of …
Donald Trump heads to San Francisco fundraiser to pad $141M May haul
Before Donald Trump’s felony conviction raised him $141 million across the country in May, before his swing through San Francisco on Thursday where he’s expected to pull in millions more, …
Caltrain service suspended this weekend for final electric train testing
Caltrain is suspending service between San Francisco and San Jose on Saturday and Sunday to test its new electric train fleet that is slated to begin carrying passengers in September. …
Oakland’s canceled SAT debacle points to broader testing and equity concerns statewide
Wi-Fi troubles led to the cancellation of a planned SAT exam for roughly 1,400 students in Oakland, a debacle that stretched on for hours Saturday and shed light on broader …
Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumps 19% despite hundreds of new homeless housing beds
Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumped 19% from last year, even as local officials added hundreds of homeless housing units and shelter beds. The county’s latest annual “point-in-time” homeless count …
Farallon Islands conservation group faces budget cut, imperiling research
The wild and remote Farallon Islands, 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, offer daily proof of nature’s ebbs and flows. The changes, unseen by most, are dramatic. California …