Las Positas Men's Soccer Ranked 20th as Gabby Williams Wins WNBA MVP
The Las Positas College men's soccer team is ranked 20th in the nation with a program-record 34-player roster and 25 different…
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Asian Markets Slide on AI Chip Pullback as China Factory PMI Contracts
Asian stock benchmarks declined Friday after artificial-intelligence valuation concerns weighed on Wall Street, sending Tokyo's Nikkei…
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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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Antioch Reviews Land Use Map as City Park Hosts Nov. 14 Coat Giveaway
Antioch's General Plan Advisory Committee met on November 3 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 200 H Street, to review Working Draft Version 3…
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GOP Bill Targets 20% International Roster Cap as Drone Feeds Ape
The proposed TEAM USA Act would cap international athletes at 20% of college varsity rosters by 2029-30—a threshold only nine of 62…
Tesla and SpaceX Shed $420B Post-Midterms as Kenya Weighs Rare Earths
Tesla and SpaceX lost over $420 billion in combined market capitalization following the 2026 midterm elections, while Kenyan Mining…
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Koinonia Opens Communal Dining in Birmingham as Dayton Hosts WiBN
Koinonia has opened inside Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church Education and Visitor Center at 1512 6th Avenue North—where…
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Plainfield Weighs 2M-Sq-Ft DHL Expansion as Design-Build Grows
Plainfield trustees are reviewing DHL Supply Chain's proposed 2 million-square-foot expansion near Ridge Road and 143rd…
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Menlo Park Measure P Trails as Portola Valley Backs Measure N
Menlo Park's Measure P trailed 52% to 48% (2,886 No to 2,668 Yes, a 232-vote margin) in early mail-in returns while Portola Valley's…
Dow Jumps 1,009 Points After Midterms as JetBlue Hikes Bag Fees
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,009 points (1.9%) after Democrats won 54 Senate seats and a projected House majority amid…
San Mateo Voters Approve Measure J as Combs and Lee Lead in Menlo Park
San Mateo County voters approved Measure J with 73.35% in early mail-in returns to extend the Board of Supervisors' vacancy deadline…
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California Voters Decide 14 Propositions as Villegas Leads District 22
California voters decided 14 statewide ballot propositions after campaigns spent nearly $1 billion, passing Proposition 1 with 59.15%…
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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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Voters Pass Regional Transit Tax and Prop 3 While Rejecting Prop 39
Bay Area voters approved the five-county Regional Transit Measure (RTM) with 61.5% support—including 56% in Contra Costa County,…
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Xavier Becerra Wins Governor Race as CSUEB Scales Back STEM Lab
California voters elected Democrat Xavier Becerra over Republican Steve Hilton in the 2026 gubernatorial race, extending 16 years of…
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Taylor Mac and 'On the Floor' Headline SF Stages as GMA Stars Honored
MacArthur fellow Taylor Mac returned to San Francisco's Curran Theatre on November 6, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. with the concert 'Tender…
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Microsoft Launches AI Agent Containers as Starlink Eyes U.S. Wireless
Microsoft announced its November 2026 security portfolio updates ahead of the Microsoft Ignite conference in San Francisco (November…
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Antarctic Ozone Recovery Stays on Track as COP31 Opens in Turkey
A joint report from NOAA and NASA found that the 2026 Antarctic ozone hole peaked on September 18 at 10.5 million square miles—the…
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Democrats Plan AI and Healthcare Bills as Bessent Urges Balanced Trade
Following their midterm sweep, congressional Democrats are preparing new bills covering artificial intelligence technology safeguards,…
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Woodside Preps for El Niño Storms as Mountain View Plans 27 New Trees
Town engineers in Woodside and Portola Valley have intensified storm drain clearing, eucalyptus removal, and 24/7 sandbag distribution…
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San Ramon Opens Toys for Tots Drive as U.S. Adds 165,000 October Jobs
The City of San Ramon launched its 2026 Marine Toys for Tots holiday collection drive across 4 municipal facilities running through…
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NFL Says Aiyuk Owes 49ers $13M as Warriors Withhold Porziņģis Pay
The NFL informed wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk that he owes the San Francisco 49ers approximately $13 million in signing and option…
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Antioch Hosts Nov. 22 Holiday Drive as Democrats Flip California Seats
Reach Church at 11 Texas Street in Antioch will host a Holiday Food & Toy Giveaway on Sunday, November 22, 2026, beginning at 10:30…
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NextDC Surges 43% as JetBlue Hikes Bag Fees and 9M Work Two Jobs
Australian data center operator NextDC surged 43% after Goodman Group and Digital Realty acquired stakes totaling nearly 20%, while…
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US Seizes $1.2B in North Korean Crypto as Vercel Binds Session Tokens
Federal authorities seized $1.2 billion in stolen cryptocurrency linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group as Vercel rolled out…
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Xavier Becerra Wins Governor Race as Voters Decide 14 Propositions
Democrat Xavier Becerra won the 2026 California gubernatorial election with 61.1% of the vote over Chad Bianco's 33.4% amid record…
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