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Pro-housing advocates are suing these Bay Area cities to force planning for more homes

Housing advocates tired of the Bay Area’s foot-dragging efforts to plan for more homes amid an intensifying housing crisis are taking matters to the courts.

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eBay will slash nearly 200 Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs worsen

SAN JOSE, California — eBay has revealed plans to eliminate nearly 200 Bay Area jobs, grim cutbacks that add to a rising mountain of local layoffs orchestrated by tech and biotech companies, a filing Tuesday with state officials shows.

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Anita Chabria: California's most famous homeless man is dead. His life should guide CARE Court

VACAVILLE, Calif. — For the 16 years James Mark Rippee lived on the streets of this Bay Area town, his sisters Catherine Rippee-Hanson and Linda Privatte unsuccessfully begged politicians, bureaucrats and medical professionals to give their schizophrenic baby brother the help he so clearly needed — but didn't want.

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Housing costs trouble Bay Area residents more than elsewhere in California, new poll finds

As the Bay Area struggles to confront a chronic housing shortage and million-dollar home listings, a new poll indicates residents here are more concerned than most Californians about the high cost of housing.

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New waves of tech layoffs will eliminate more than 1,000 Bay Area jobs

FREMONT — Five tech companies, including software and hardware firms, have revealed plans to slash well over 1,000 Bay Area jobs, marking a fresh wave of cutbacks, new state government filings show.

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NBA's Steph Curry joins neighbors in opposing affordable-housing plan for ritzy Atherton

NBA star Steph Curry has joined neighbors in wealthy Atherton who object to the Bay Area city's plans to build multifamily and affordable housing.

Los Angeles Times

PayPal chops hundreds of Bay Area jobs in fresh jolt to tech sector

SAN JOSE, California — PayPal has revealed plans for a fresh round of job cuts in San Jose, a staffing reduction that serves as a disquieting sign that the Bay Area’s tech layoffs have yet to run their course.

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The fascinating world of book arts: 3 Bay Area makers share their stories

A book artist is someone who elevates bookmaking to an art form using little more than ink, paper and a wildly creative imagination.

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Tom Brady Weighs in on Brutal Brock Purdy Injury, 49ers Loss

The Bay Area native weighed in on an unfortunate Sunday for the 49ers.

Sports Illustrated

California saw nearly 20% more deaths since 2020, and COVID alone can’t explain it

Three years after the first COVID cases were detected in the Bay Area, a vexing question persists that can no longer be explained by the terrifying arrival of a deadly novel coronavirus: Why are so many people still dying?

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Suspect in attack on Paul Pelosi calls California TV station from jail

Hours after a San Francisco court released body-camera video of a man attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, QAnon extremist David DePape, the suspect in the attack, made a surprise call from jail to a Bay Area news station expressing regret that he didn’t go further.

Los Angeles Times

‘Food’s my love language’: the Palestinian Americans behind San Francisco’s renowned dining scene

Migration to the Bay Area has led to the flourishing of restaurants, groceries and cafes – from local hotspots and national chains

The Guardian - US

Bay Area’s NWSL expansion team bid in ‘advanced discussions’ according to report

The Bay Area reportedly is nearing the finish line to be one of the three expansion teams in the National Women’s Soccer League and would begin play in 2024, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

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Intel and Spatronics jolt Bay Area job market with more tech layoffs: new filings

SANTA CLARA, California — The jolts from Intel’s announced job cuts have intensified with disclosures of plans by the chipmaking giant to slash more jobs in Santa Clara, California, according to new state filings.

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Google plans to cut about 1,600 Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs worsen

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google has sketched out plans to cut about 1,600 jobs in the Bay Area, staffing reductions that are a fresh reminder that the pain from local tech layoffs has yet to ease, new state government files show.

Capital & Main

Bay Area Plans to Refine Biofuels Could Derail Climate Goals, Warn Environmentalists

Oil companies may end up relying on environmentally questionable crop-based fuels.

Tribune News Service

Amazon discloses fresh wave of Bay Area job cuts as tech layoffs worsen

SUNNYVALE — Amazon has disclosed plans to chop hundreds more Bay Area jobs in what would be a fresh wave of cutbacks, a forbidding sign that tech layoffs might have yet to run their course in this region.

The Independent UK

In ‘Shortcomings,’ a chance for nuanced AAPI representation

Randall Park was a struggling actor when he first encountered Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel “Shortcomings” in 2007 and quickly became obsessed with it being a movie and him playing the main character Ben, a complex Asian American character in the Bay Area

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Bay Area defies tech layoffs, powers to big job gains in December

The Bay Area powered to big job gains during December, an upswing that defied the effects of months of tech layoff announcements and accounted for the vast majority of California’s job gains, a new report shows.

The Independent UK

Nasa sees California flood water rushing to the ocean from space

Nasa observatory says recent weeks have been “one of the wettest periods in the Bay Area in 160 years”

Tribune News Service

Books: 4 stunning fiction debuts by Bay Area authors of color

While many of us will remember the last year as a time when superstar authors published highly anticipated follow-ups — think Michelle Obama, Jennifer Egan and Hanya Yanagihara — it was also a banner year for emerging voices.

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The past 3 weeks were the wettest in 161 years in the Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. — How wet has it been recently in Northern California?

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The past 3 weeks were the wettest in 161 years in the Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. — How wet has it been recently in Northern California?

Los Angeles Times

New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater

Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area.

Tribune News Service

A once-in-a-generation political fight is heating up in California for this seat

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A once-in-a-generation political battle is heating up in California as candidates begin to spar over Dianne Feinstein’s coveted Senate seat, promising reverberations that will shake up everything from representation in the U.S. House to local Bay Area elections.

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