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New fire station opens in downtown San Jose
1+ week, 6+ day ago (128+ words) One of San Jose’s busiest fire stations has a new, state-of-the-art facility in downtown that will better serve its firefighters and residents. The San San Jose has opened a new state-of-the-art Fire Station 8 in downtown, replacing a decades-old facility and…...
Development watchdog director put on leave ahead of Napa County annexation hearing
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (92+ words) Local News Matters The executive director of an agency responsible for approving land annexations in Napa County has been placed on paid administrative leave amid a massive expansion effort in American Canyon, county officials confirmed on Tuesday. Brendon Freeman, who…...
Napa Valley Unified puts bus driver on leave over alleged sexual relations with minor
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (94+ words) Local News Matters Parents of students in the Napa Valley Unified School District are on high alert after being told a school bus driver was arrested for alleged sexual relations with a minor. Maleehah Salvador, whose child is nonverbal and…...
Will Newsom let immigrant college students without legal status work at their campuses?
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (106+ words) Local News Matters Is this the year that Gov. Gavin Newsom allows students without legal status to legally work at California’s public colleges and universities? A state bill with wide support from Democrats but opposed by Republicans seeks to do…...
Mendocino???s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county???s trafficking raids
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (176+ words) Mendocino’s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county’s trafficking raids localnewsmatters.org In May, Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies found a man at an illegal cannabis grow near Navarro who told them he had been forced to…...
SF leaders tout reduced retail theft numbers
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (95+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco city leaders said Tuesday they would continue law enforcement strategies that they say have significantly reduced retail theft over the past year. At a press conference, Mayor Daniel Lurie and others credited the drop in…...
Pit bull involved in attack was deceased when SF Animal Care and Control arrived
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (76+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco Animal Care and Control disputed the Police Department’s timeline of the death of a dog that attacked a person in the Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday morning. Police Chief Derrick Lew said at a press conference shortly…...
Families touched by police-custody deaths support Marin family planning federal suit
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (236+ words) Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student…...
McNear: Saving Mendocino???s headlands from development took a citizens campaign
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (117+ words) McNear: Saving Mendocino’s headlands from development took a citizens campaign Local News Matters The Mendocino Headlands stretch along the south side of Mendocino’s Main Street and the western border of town. For over a century, over 20 buildings and a lumberyard…...
Bay Area lawmakers??? bills to combat ICE head to Newsom???s desk
4+ day, 16+ 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....