Pleasanton Advances 142-Unit BRIDGE Plan and Measure HH Hotel Tax
The Pleasanton City Council welcomed a proposal by BRIDGE Housing on October 20 to replace a vacant office building at 4780 Chabot…
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Sausalito Firm Buys Walnut Creek Office Tower for $22M Near BART
Sausalito-based FH One Investments has purchased the four-story, 106,000-square-foot Class A office building at 500 Ygnacio Valley…
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Transit Agencies Boost Valkyries Parade Service as Citizen Lab Wins
Caltrain, BART, and SamTrans are adding special trains and expanded rail capacity for Wednesday's noon parade celebrating the Golden…
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San Francisco Mobilizes Storm Drain Adopters as Valkyries Parade
San Francisco is urging residents to adopt and clean its 25,000 storm drains—including 17,000 unclaimed grates—after Mayor Daniel…
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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee Leads With 85% as Hayward Sets Nov. 17 Meet
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee led early Alameda County returns with 85% of the vote as Measure EE drew nearly three-quarters support and…
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BART Schedules Rockridge SweaterFest as Egg Palace Opens on Broadway
BART will host its annual SweaterFest 2026 celebration on Saturday, December 5, from noon to 2 p.m. at Rockridge Station Plaza in…
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Business
United Faculty Ratifies 4CD Raise as Los Medanos English Wins Award
United Faculty ratified a tentative contract with the Contra Costa Community College District on October 16, 2026, with 99.2%…
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San Mateo Tops Housing Costs at $2.27M as Sunnyvale Opens $29M Library
San Mateo County remained California's most expensive housing market in the third quarter of 2026 with a $2.27 million median home…
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Mayor Mark Armstrong Leads San Ramon as SEC Moves to Close $40M Fund
With 100% of precincts reporting at 12:12 a.m.
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Food & drink
American Canyon Opens Seven Commission Seats as Cultural Events Begin
The City of American Canyon is accepting applications until 5 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2026, for 7 open seats across 3 municipal…
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Chicago's Barrel-Aged Beer Bash Returns as Kedai Makan and Rêve Close
The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild hosts the 24th Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer on November 13 and 14 at Chicago's Credit Union 1…
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Things to do
CrowdStrike Acquires Fiddler and Dreadnode as SOCs and Cities Scale AI
CrowdStrike signed agreements at Fal.Con Europe in Barcelona to acquire Fiddler AI for a reported $400 million and Dreadnode for $95…
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Asian Capitals Track Nvidia After Huang Exit as OpenAI Audits Kernel
Following Jensen Huang's exit from Nvidia after a November 8 board investigation, South Korea's Science Ministry confirmed plans for…
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FAA Orders Nationwide Ground Stop After AI Rollout as ISFY Debuts
The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop at 12:54 p.m.
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Community
Judge Rules PG&E Customers Owe $1.7B as 5 Counties Pass Transit Tax
A regulatory law judge ruled Friday under Assembly Bill 1054 that PG&E ratepayers should pay $1.7 billion for the 2019 Kincade Fire…
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Valkyries Celebrate Title on Embarcadero After 3.3M Watch WNBA Game 7
Thousands of lavender-clad fans rode BART's Red Line to San Francisco's Embarcadero on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 to celebrate the…
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Alameda Prepares for El Niño Tides and Launches Holiday Campaign
Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft urged residents to prepare for at least one week of self-sufficiency ahead of strong winter El…
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