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38+ min ago (548+ words) The Trump administration has temporarily paused plans to divert billions of dollars in homelessness spending away from permanent housing, a funding shift state officials warned could push tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians back to the street. The administration had sought to redirect the money toward transitional housing and outreach efforts, prioritizing programs that impose work requirements, mandate addiction or mental health treatment and help police close encampments. But on Monday, federal housing officials abruptly withdrew a notice to local governments to apply for the grant funding. The move came the same day as a court hearing on two lawsuits challenging the funding change: one from a coalition of 21 states, including California, and another from 11 local governments and nonprofits, including Santa Clara County. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for more information on the withdrawal. The…...

52+ min ago (723+ words) Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd walks off the floor after losing to Duke in a Sweet 16 round NCAA college basketball tournament game, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Welcome to the 2025-26 debut of the Hotline's Big 12 men's basketball power rankings, a weekly assessment of the conference using analytics and common sense, with a strand of pasta occasionally heaved at the wall when mayhem is rampant. The power rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. The college basketball season is five weeks old, but the NET rankings roared into existence just eight days ago. That gap allowed the closely watched metric, which assigns each result into one of four quadrants, to gather enough data to accurately reflect performance. Thus far, one slice of the rankings supports the Big 12's stance that it's…...

55+ min ago (810+ words) OAKLAND " Mayor Barbara Lee said Tuesday that $334 million in new bond sales reflect the city's improving financial state, though persistent budget deficits continue to plague the city's credit rating and throttle public spending. The funding made available by the new bond revenue includes $50 million for citywide street repaving, $33 million for public transit improvements in West Oakland and $30 million for affordable housing developments, among other initiatives. "When the financial markets believe in Oakland's direction, that helps us fund the work that Oakland deserves and needs," Lee said Tuesday at a news conference. The bonds saw strong investor demand, which officials said will keep interest rates at just under 4% for $143.5 million in tax-exempt bonds and 5.5% for $191 million in taxable bonds. Lee took office amid a crisis point in Oakland's finances, when City Council members openly clashed with then-Finance Director Erin Roseman, who…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (188+ words) SANTA CLARA " Intel decided to slash dozens of jobs in the South Bay as the company moves to reduce its workforce while attempting to keep and acquire talented workers. The tech company revealed it cut 59 jobs, all in Santa Clara, where the company has its headquarters. The cuts took place on Nov. 30, but were posted to the state Employment Development Department website this week. The layoffs are expected to be "permanent," Intel director of people movement James Warner stated in the WARN letter the company sent to the EDD. In recent months, Intel has decided to cut about 795 jobs in the Bay Area. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warned in April that the quest for efficiency would be accompanied by painful job losses. The semiconductor company had previously disclosed its intentions to cut 20% of its global workforce, which would equate to…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago (236+ words) With "Sid Meier's Civilization VII" a disappointment, "Anno" has an opportunity to snag the strategy game spotlight. The Ubisoft franchise has been in the shadow of Firaxis' long-running classic, though it takes a different approach when it comes to mixing history and video games. Whereas "Civilization" focuses on nation-building from ancient times to the future, "Anno" takes a narrower approach. Instead of running an empire that stands the test of time, "Anno" focuses on city building and creating colonies that work in unison to fend off and conquer their rivals. THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE The latest entry to the long-running strategy series is "Anno 117: Pax Romana," which takes place during the height of the Roman Empire. Players take on the role of a governor tasked with running an island. They start off with a trading post and they'll have…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago (459+ words) BERKELEY " A plan to sell a Berkeley hotel has fallen through, raising the specter that its loan could be foreclosed with ownership of the property going back to its lender. Earlier this year, the owner of the 113-room University Inn & Suites at 920 University Ave. stated that a buyer had emerged to purchase the hotel, a deal that would head off foreclosure proceedings. The sales plan has dissolved, hotel owner Kubera Hotel Properties stated in a court filing on Nov. 4. The ownership group filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to reorganize its finances. The hotel had been slated to be sold for $17 million, a proposed transaction that a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved. A Saratoga-based group operating as Goldfin Ventures had agreed to buy it. "Unfortunately, the buyer cancelled its offer," an attorney for the hotel's principal owner, a group led by…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (714+ words) A house that sold for $2.7 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Milpitas in the past two weeks. In total, 12 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $1.4 million. The average price per square foot was $522. The prices in the list below include real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of October 27 to the week of Nov. 9 even if the property may have been sold earlier. 10. $919K, condominium in the 300 block of Desert Holly Street A 1,236-square-foot condominium in the 300 block of Desert Holly Street in Milpitas has been sold. The price was $919,000, $744 per square foot. The condominium was built in 2018. The condominium features 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 9. $1 million, single-family home in the 500 block of Maple Ave. The sale of the…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago (169+ words) The two Bay Area players who won prizes of more than $1 million during August's Powerball frenzy have come forward, the California Lottery said. Each won $1.165 million for picking five numbers, missing only the Powerball number, in the Aug. 30 draw. The jackpot then was $1 billion. The lottery agency on Monday, Dec. 8, identified the two: " D. West, who bought a ticket at the 7-Eleven at 1771 Clear Lake Ave., Milpitas. " Jason Augliera, who bought a ticket at the Speedway at 1616 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill. A press release from the agency quoted West as saying: "Our student loans are gone. Our daughters have safe vehicles now. It brought a lot of peace to our family." In California, lottery winners cannot remain anonymous, but the only information that must be made public is the winner's name and the site where the ticket was bought. Winners…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (1214+ words) San Jose, the symbolic capital of Silicon Valley, is now ground zero in California's battle over how to govern the rise of data centers used to power artificial intelligence. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is "the West Coast's premier destination for data center development." The investor-owned utility now estimates it has enough capacity in its planning pipeline to push the city's electricity use to almost three times its current peak. Those plans are forcing major grid upgrades, PG&E and city officials say, while raising questions about who pays for them and whether the state can keep the power clean. Panelists at a CalMatters event in downtown San Jose clashed over key issues. They included a local official working with PG&E on the city's data-center buildout, a…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (315+ words) El Cerrito's Gary Youngblood (1) catches the ball against Menlo-Atherton in the third quarter during the NorCal Division 4-A championship at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Bay Area News Group Top 25 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 DE LA SALLE (12-0) Last week: Did not play Up next: Saturday vs. Santa Margarita in CIF Open Division state championship game at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, 8 p.m. No. 2 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (12-1) Last week: Lost to Folsom 42-38 in CIF NorCal Division 1-AA championship game Up next: Season completed No. 3 PITTSBURG (11-3) Last week: Lost to Central East-Fresno 55-36 in CIF NorCal Division 1-A championship game No. 4 SERRA (8-6) Last week: Lost to St. Mary's-Stockton 31-24 in CIF NorCal Division 2-AA championship game No. 5 LOS GATOS (9-4) No. 6 ACALANES (11-1) No. 7 MCCLYMONDS (11-2) Last week: Beat Roseville 42-34 in CIF NorCal Division 3-A championship game…...