Tips to keep Halloween fun and safe: Roadshow
Q: Halloween can be a very fun holiday. It does bring increased risks for pedestrians and drivers. Distractions are high, more pedestrians are out, and drivers are hurrying home for …
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Roadkill for supper? How a Bay Area tech worker went back to the Stone Age
When former Silicon Valley marketer Jessica Carew Kraft picked up a smelly dead fox from the side of U.S. 101, she knew she was on her way to the new …
Biden’s new executive order on AI expected to boost Silicon Valley
A lengthy executive order on artificial intelligence signed Monday by President Joe Biden is expected to give a big boost to AI development in Silicon Valley. Bay Area experts say …
Developer wins latest battle to ship coal through Oakland
OAKLAND — The developer fighting for years to transport coal through Oakland is on the way to another legal victory that could thwart efforts by the city’s leaders to prevent …
California students with unstable home environments most likely to be suspended, new study shows
Across California, the two groups of children living in more tenuous home environments — foster youth and those experiencing homelessness — are also the most likely to be sent home …
Bay Area students are still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels
It’s been two years since California’s students returned to the classroom. But the Golden State’s newly released assessment test scores show that across both the Bay Area and the state, …
San Jose baby’s fentanyl death scrutinized as neighbors decry missed warnings
Baby Phoenix Castro wasn’t breathing when a San Jose Fire dispatcher’s voice crackled over their radio system at 10:11 a.m. on May 13. The message was brisk: “CPR is in progress. …
Will pilot’s bad trip set back California psychedelic mushroom legalization?
An East Bay pilot’s midair meltdown last week in which he tried to shut off the jet engines and later told police he’d been depressed and recently took magic mushrooms …
A ‘tsunami’ of cases as Alameda County eviction moratorium ends
One is spending all her money on a messy divorce. One was shot in the foot and couldn’t collect his disability check. More than one lost a job to the …
How to report highway maintenance issues across Bay Area: Roadshow
Q: Who do we call or inform when we see broken, torn down, or obscured highway signs? Diana T., San Jose A: If the problem is on a California highway, …