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Bay Area lawmakers??? bills to combat ICE head to Newsom???s desk
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (152+ words) Bay Area lawmakers’ bills to combat ICE head to Newsom’s desk Local News Matters Several state bills spurred by Silicon Valley lawmakers to keep federal immigration agents accountable and uphold rights for detainees are headed to the governor’s desk. U....
14 people require ambulances after San Jose Discovery Meadow concert
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (67+ words) Local News Matters Over a dozen people at an outdoor concert in San Jose were hospitalized on Friday night, according to the San Jose Fire Department. Firefighters and paramedics were called to the Discovery Meadow concert at 180 Woz Way just…...
Alameda County supes weigh legal action in wake of new law on spending transparency
1+ week, 1+ day ago (135+ words) Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the…...
Suisun City closes deal to sell Main Street properties to California Forever
1+ week, 3+ day ago (114+ words) Local News Matters The team behind a proposed billionaire-backed city in Solano County called California Forever has closed on vacant properties on a strip of Main Street in downtown Suisun City, city officials announced Tuesday. The sale by the city…...
California commits up to $125M to transform Golden Gate Fields into new waterfront park
1+ week, 4+ day ago (104+ words) Local News Matters CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS will spend up to $125 million in state funds to help buy and turn Golden Gate Fields, the 161-acre former horse racing track along the East Bay shoreline, into a public park — a priority of Gov....
September 2026 author events: Isabel Allende, Michelle Chouinard, Jon Else, Francis Fukuyama, Laleh Khadivi, NorCal Book Awards, Anna Nordberg, David Perlis, Kamini Ramani
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1668+ words) David Perlis: The writer, musician and filmmaker, a Marin County native, shares “Morning in Marin: Zen, Drugs, and Ewoks on the California Coast,” the first book of its kind to explore Marin County’s extraordinary cultural history. [7 p.m., Copperfield’s, 140 Kentucky…...
Home of Chicken and Waffles closes after more than 2 decades serving Oaklanders
1+ week, 4+ day ago (87+ words) Local News Matters After more than two decades of serving soul food to Oaklanders, the Home of Chicken and Waffles in Jack London Square marked its last day of operations Monday. The restaurant started serving customers in 2004 at its Embarcadero…...
$125 million proposed to fund Golden Gate Fields public park
1+ week, 6+ day ago (125+ words) A plan to turn the shuttered Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Alameda County into a massive community park could become a reality after $125 million was A Golden Gate Fields waterfront park proposal could transform the former 161-acre Alameda County racetrack…...
Petroleum products safely removed from vessel grounded at Point Reyes Seashore
2+ week, 35+ min ago (189+ words) Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She…...
Port of Oakland, feds reach pact on $640M turning basin project to handle larger ships
2+ week, 1+ day ago (149+ words) Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the…...