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California’s senators voted against taking up the permitting bill. Now Schiff is trying to change it
The Senate advanced the bipartisan package 73 to 25 on Monday and 62 to 21 on Tuesday, with the White House’s support;…
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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank books a $7 billion quarterly loss, including $3.7 billion on power equipment for U.S. data centers
SoftBank, run by a 1980 Berkeley economics graduate, says it paid early to lock up scarce turbines and other gear for its…
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San Francisco supervisors back home-kitchen permits for street vendors. What the $828 permit would allow, and what it would not
The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 on Tuesday for a program that would let residents cook at home and sell up to…
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Robinson’s Trial Is Set for June 2028. What the 19 Months Before Jury Selection Mean for the Evidence Still in Dispute
Judge Tony Graf’s Nov. 9 order puts the first fight on the calendar for January: whether the F.B.I. may run new tests on the bullet evidence, including the only fragment suitable for comparison with the rifle. A guide to what is settled, what is not, and when each question is due to be decided.
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ExxonMobil signs a preliminary agreement to weigh a return to Venezuela, nearly two decades after its assets were seized
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White House counsel tells Rep. Robert Garcia that Oversight investigations must serve a legislative purpose
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A Shasta County judge permanently blocks Measure B, the county’s voter ID and hand-count law
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At Sutter Health, nurses put artificial intelligence on the bargaining table
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USDA proposes limiting automatic food-stamp eligibility to households on cash welfare. What it could mean for CalFresh
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San Francisco supervisors back home-kitchen permits for street vendors. What the $828 permit would allow, and what it would not
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Deeper Analysis
Robinson’s Trial Is Set for June 2028. What the 19 Months Before Jury Selection Mean for the Evidence Still in Dispute
Judge Tony Graf’s Nov. 9 order puts the first fight on the calendar for January: whether the F.B.I. may run new tests on the bullet evidence, including the only fragment suitable for comparison with the rifle. A guide to what is settled, what is not,…
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San Francisco supervisors back home-kitchen permits for street vendors. What the $828 permit would allow, and what it would not
The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 on Tuesday for a program that would let residents cook at home…
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Lurie and Fielder lay out a $12.25 million plan for the Mission’s BART plazas. Many of the details are still to be decided
A $9.25 million Crankstart gift and $3 million in state money will pay for lighting, ambassadors, safety technology…
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Inquirer Investigation: San Francisco moves to landmark 19 buildings and weigh two historic districts. Owners’ consent is not required
The Board of Supervisors advanced the designations on Tuesday, most of them drawn from a program tied to…
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San Francisco voters approved a public bank. Here is what Prop. B sets in motion, and what it does not pay for
The charter amendment opens a path to a city-owned lender and, later, a public bank, but it provides…
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Alameda County tells ICE to stop using Santa Rita Jail as a staging area, citing two incidents in the jail lobby
A Nov. 9 letter from the county’s lawyer invokes its 2026 ICE-free zone ordinance; federal officials have said…
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Oakland extends its pause on new data centers to October 2027
The City Council voted unanimously to stretch a 45-day moratorium by 10 months and 15 days while planners…
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Bay Area air regulators push the gas water heater phaseout to 2028 and widen exemptions. What changes for homeowners
The amended Air District rule still requires most replacement water heaters to be zero-emission, but it adds a…
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Oakland’s city administrator replaces three top executives days after Mayor Barbara Lee wins a full term
Transportation Director Josh Rowan, Human Resources Director Mary Hao and Assistant City Administrator Chuck Baker are leaving; the…
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A Shasta County judge permanently blocks Measure B, the county’s voter ID and hand-count law
Judge Benjamin Hanna ruled that state election law preempts the voter-approved charter amendment; its supporters say they are…
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Inquirer Investigation: Four donors supplied nearly all of the $62 million raised by three tech-funded committees in California’s legislative races
Campaign filings show Chris Larsen, Tim Draper, Meta and Google funded nearly all of Grow California, California Leads…
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Becerra wants to freeze utility bills and home insurance premiums. The power to do it rests mostly with others
The governor-elect’s team says the details are still being worked out; under state law, the Public Utilities Commission…
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Becerra has eight weeks to staff a government and write a budget. Here is what the transition has to do before Jan. 4
The governor-elect must fill hundreds of appointed posts and propose a state budget by Jan. 10, and the…
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White House counsel tells Rep. Robert Garcia that Oversight investigations must serve a legislative purpose
In a letter to the Long Beach Democrat expected to chair the House Oversight Committee in January, Will…
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The House sends Massie’s Hegseth impeachment articles to committee, 211 to 204. How California’s members voted
All eight California Republicans and Rep. Kevin Kiley voted to refer the articles, 40 of the state’s 43…
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A second Epstein-records petition is two signatures from forcing a House vote as the lame-duck session opens
Forty-two California Democrats have signed Rep. Thomas Massie’s petition for a bill letting states, victims and lawmakers sue…
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Congress returns with 16 House session days before federal funding runs out on Dec. 11
The stopgap law that keeps agencies open also carries highway and transit money and other authorities that matter…
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Zoe Lofgren, in line to chair House Science, sets out an agenda of oversight and bills on AI, quantum and fusion
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Two years after winning by 187 votes, Adam Gray wins a second term by more than 37,000 in an unofficial count
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Doris Matsui, ahead in an unofficial count, presses a bipartisan bill to stop HHS’s 340B rebate pilot before it starts
Energy & Environment
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California’s senators voted against taking up the permitting bill. Now Schiff is trying to change it
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Huffman, in line to chair House Natural Resources, asks 36 agencies and companies to preserve records as Westerman steps back
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Senate environment committee holds a hearing Tuesday on Justin Schwab, the nominee to run EPA’s air office
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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank books a $7 billion quarterly loss, including $3.7 billion on power equipment for U.S. data centers
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, who holds two Berkeley degrees, takes his short-story year to Duke and to a class on Maxine Hong Kingston
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Eric Schmidt, a Berkeley Ph.D., takes the chair of Caltech’s board and says big data centers belong away from population centers
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USDA proposes limiting automatic food-stamp eligibility to households on cash welfare. What it could mean for CalFresh
The department says the change would keep benefits for the truly needy and close a path that let…
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The Supreme Court weighs whether the Labor Department can fine farm employers through its own judges, a question for California’s H-2A growers
The administration told the justices that enforcing seasonal farmworker visa terms in agency proceedings is a long-recognized power…
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FDA adds a warning about a rare optic nerve condition to Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and other GLP-1 drugs
The agency’s review of 126 clinical trials found 6.4 cases per 100,000 patient-years among people taking the drugs,…
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ICE agents bring a person in custody to a Boyle Heights hospital for care, and a protest follows outside
ICE says it does not target hospitals and will not discuss the operation; the hospital says it treated…
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Robinson’s Trial Is Set for June 2028. What the 19 Months Before Jury Selection Mean for the Evidence Still in Dispute
Judge Tony Graf’s Nov. 9 order puts the first fight on the calendar for January: whether the F.B.I.…
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What an ‘Inconclusive’ Bullet Comparison Can and Cannot Show in the Robinson Case
The A.T.F. could not match the fatal bullet to the rifle prosecutors say Tyler Robinson used. Here is…
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2028 or 2029? A Judge Weighs When Tyler Robinson Will Be Tried
Prosecutors proposed a January 2028 trial; the defense asked for late 2029. Judge Tony Graf is expected to…
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Online Investigators Have Theories About the Robinson Case. Here Is How They Compare With the Record.
Podcasters and citizen sleuths have built big audiences around the prosecution in the Charlie Kirk killing. Some raise…
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At Sutter Health, nurses put artificial intelligence on the bargaining table
Pickets at 13 Northern California facilities this week list limits on what the union calls untested AI alongside…
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Nvidia’s board hires Wachtell Lipton for its review of Jensen Huang as shares fall ahead of Nov. 17 earnings
The independent directors retained a former acting U.S. attorney to examine reports that the chief executive was the…
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Commerce extends its pause on the export-control affiliates rule to Jan. 10, keeping a reprieve in place for Bay Area chip-equipment makers
The two-month extension tracks the U.S.-China trade truce; the rule, which the administration says closes a national-security loophole,…
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Oakland Coliseum and Arena operator files notice to lay off 1,605 workers as the complex changes hands
Legends Global says the layoffs take effect Dec. 31, when its operating contract ends; unions say they are…
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Anthropic’s co-founders plan to sell about $250 million in stock each in the IPO and keep voting control through a single Class F share
Dario and Daniela Amodei, both listed by Forbes as San Francisco residents, would each keep more than 237…
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Two months late, the Opera Ball comes to City Hall on Thursday. The patrons behind San Francisco Opera’s biggest night
Moved from September during the orchestra’s contract talks, the gala that is the largest fundraiser for San Francisco…
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Brian Chesky pledges $100 million to San Francisco parks, the largest gift the city has received from a single donor
The Airbnb co-founder’s commitment will pay first for five projects in SoMa, the Mission, Bayview-Hunters Point, Potrero Hill…
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At SFMOMA, the Fisher family’s collection gets its first full rehang in a decade
SFMOMA’s reimagined galleries for the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection, nearly 250 works on four floors underwritten by…
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ExxonMobil signs a preliminary agreement to weigh a return to Venezuela, nearly two decades after its assets were seized
The nonbinding memorandum with PDVSA commits the company to no project; the Trump administration calls it a sign…
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U.S. negotiators say they want a ‘final end’ to the war as Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi enter a second day
Secretary Rubio called Tuesday’s session very productive and President Zelenskyy called it constructive, while Russia’s foreign minister rejected…
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Trump says the Iran war is militarily “effectively over” after meeting Qatar’s prime minister, and the naval blockade stays in place
The president says the United States is ready to resume strikes if needed while talks continue; Iran calls…
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Inquirer Investigation: The $87.6 billion Operation Epic Fury request, line by line, as Congress faces a Dec. 11 deadline
The White House request would send $67.1 billion to the Department of War and about $15.6 billion to…
Latest News
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Inquirer Investigation: Four donors supplied nearly all of the $62 million raised by three tech-funded committees in California’s legislative races
Campaign filings show Chris Larsen, Tim Draper, Meta and Google funded nearly all of Grow California, California Leads and Meta’s own committee; here is where the money went,…
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ExxonMobil signs a preliminary agreement to weigh a return to Venezuela, nearly two decades after its assets were seized
The nonbinding memorandum with PDVSA commits the company to no project; the Trump administration calls it a sign that its Venezuela policy is drawing investment, while Exxon says…
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White House counsel tells Rep. Robert Garcia that Oversight investigations must serve a legislative purpose
In a letter to the Long Beach Democrat expected to chair the House Oversight Committee in January, Will Scharf cites the Supreme Court’s limits on congressional subpoenas; Mr.…
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A Shasta County judge permanently blocks Measure B, the county’s voter ID and hand-count law
Judge Benjamin Hanna ruled that state election law preempts the voter-approved charter amendment; its supporters say they are weighing an appeal and have 30 days to decide.
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At Sutter Health, nurses put artificial intelligence on the bargaining table
Pickets at 13 Northern California facilities this week list limits on what the union calls untested AI alongside staffing and retention; Sutter says talks are at an early…
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USDA proposes limiting automatic food-stamp eligibility to households on cash welfare. What it could mean for CalFresh
The department says the change would keep benefits for the truly needy and close a path that let households above federal income and asset limits qualify; its own…
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Alameda County tells ICE to stop using Santa Rita Jail as a staging area, citing two incidents in the jail lobby
A Nov. 9 letter from the county’s lawyer invokes its 2026 ICE-free zone ordinance; federal officials have said local refusals to honor detainers are what push immigration arrests…
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San Francisco supervisors back home-kitchen permits for street vendors. What the $828 permit would allow, and what it would not
The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 on Tuesday for a program that would let residents cook at home and sell up to 90 meals a week, but a…
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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank books a $7 billion quarterly loss, including $3.7 billion on power equipment for U.S. data centers
SoftBank, run by a 1980 Berkeley economics graduate, says it paid early to lock up scarce turbines and other gear for its American AI campuses; some of it…
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California’s senators voted against taking up the permitting bill. Now Schiff is trying to change it
The Senate advanced the bipartisan package 73 to 25 on Monday and 62 to 21 on Tuesday, with the White House’s support; Sen. Adam Schiff has offered an…
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Anthropic’s co-founders plan to sell about $250 million in stock each in the IPO and keep voting control through a single Class F share
Dario and Daniela Amodei, both listed by Forbes as San Francisco residents, would each keep more than 237 million shares after the sale, the amended filing shows, while…
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Zoe Lofgren, in line to chair House Science, sets out an agenda of oversight and bills on AI, quantum and fusion
In written answers to The Inquirer, the San Jose Democrat said a new majority would let the committee compel information from the administration, which says its science budget…
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Robinson’s Trial Is Set for June 2028. What the 19 Months Before Jury Selection Mean for the Evidence Still in Dispute
Judge Tony Graf’s Nov. 9 order puts the first fight on the calendar for January: whether the F.B.I. may run new tests on the bullet evidence, including the…
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Inquirer Investigation: San Francisco moves to landmark 19 buildings and weigh two historic districts. Owners’ consent is not required
The Board of Supervisors advanced the designations on Tuesday, most of them drawn from a program tied to the city’s upzoning; under city rules owners cannot opt out,…
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U.S. negotiators say they want a ‘final end’ to the war as Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi enter a second day
Secretary Rubio called Tuesday’s session very productive and President Zelenskyy called it constructive, while Russia’s foreign minister rejected a ceasefire; for Sacramento’s Ukrainian community, one of the largest…
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The House sends Massie’s Hegseth impeachment articles to committee, 211 to 204. How California’s members voted
All eight California Republicans and Rep. Kevin Kiley voted to refer the articles, 40 of the state’s 43 Democrats voted no, and Secretary Hegseth said every operation cited…
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Becerra wants to freeze utility bills and home insurance premiums. The power to do it rests mostly with others
The governor-elect’s team says the details are still being worked out; under state law, the Public Utilities Commission and the elected insurance commissioner set rates, and the leading…
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, who holds two Berkeley degrees, takes his short-story year to Duke and to a class on Maxine Hong Kingston
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2026, gives a keynote at Duke on Thursday and next week teaches an online Library of…
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Huffman, in line to chair House Natural Resources, asks 36 agencies and companies to preserve records as Westerman steps back
The California Democrat’s Nov. 9 letters seek to keep evidence for investigations he plans to pursue with a Democratic majority; the Interior Department calls reports of record destruction…
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Nvidia’s board hires Wachtell Lipton for its review of Jensen Huang as shares fall ahead of Nov. 17 earnings
The independent directors retained a former acting U.S. attorney to examine reports that the chief executive was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, while saying they have…
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