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Inquirer Investigation: San Francisco moves to landmark 19 buildings and weigh two historic districts. Owners’ consent is not required
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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
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The House sends Massie’s Hegseth impeachment articles to committee, 211 to 204. How California’s members voted
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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 Opera and its Guild…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised.
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Inquirer Investigation: San Francisco moves to landmark 19 buildings and weigh two historic districts. Owners’ consent is not required
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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
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The House sends Massie’s Hegseth impeachment articles to committee, 211 to 204. How California’s members voted
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Becerra wants to freeze utility bills and home insurance premiums. The power to do it rests mostly with others
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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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Huffman, in line to chair House Natural Resources, asks 36 agencies and companies to preserve records as Westerman steps back
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Nvidia’s board hires Wachtell Lipton for its review of Jensen Huang as shares fall ahead of Nov. 17 earnings
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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
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Deeper Analysis
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 no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised.
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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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Lurie’s administration lets go six Innovation Office staffers, months after a $7 million Bloomberg grant to expand the team
The mayor’s office says no positions have been eliminated and that new job descriptions will be posted in…
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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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In Sheng Thao’s corruption trial, the defense spends a day testing the government’s central witness
Mario Juarez, who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and is cooperating with prosecutors, faced about…
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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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Newsom asks the California Supreme Court to clear the way for commuting all 548 death sentences
The governor says no one would be released or become eligible for parole; 382 of the commutations need…
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Voters reject Prop. 45’s CEQA overhaul, and both sides turn to the Legislature
The Associated Press called the measure Saturday evening, with unofficial returns showing about 56 percent of voters opposed…
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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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Inquirer Investigation: A draft federal review finds California’s coastal program deficient and calls for talks with SpaceX and Sable
NOAA’s draft cites “a pattern of jurisdictional and regulatory overreach” and suspends future coastal grants until the cited…
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The Delegation
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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
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Scott Wiener wins the race to succeed Pelosi as Connie Chan concedes; the count is unofficial until certified
Energy & Environment
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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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The House takes up six Energy and Commerce nuclear bills on Monday. What they would change for licensing, and for California
Berkeley Alumni
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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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A Norwegian appeals court keeps the stepson of King Haakon VIII, a Berkeley graduate, in detention
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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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Inquirer Investigation: The Justice Department’s new election-crime cases in California, charge by charge
On Nov. 2 the department announced charges involving 63 people nationwide, including 12 lawful permanent residents in two…
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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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Where the Robinson Case Stands, and the Open Questions About the Evidence
Tyler Robinson has been ordered to stand trial in the killing of Charlie Kirk, but there is no…
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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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Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum in an all-stock deal valued at about $115 billion
The Santa Clara chipmaker is betting that pairing its electrical connectivity chips with San Jose-based Lumentum’s lasers and…
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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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The AI super PAC Greg Brockman helped launch has taken in no new donations since February, filings show
Leading the Future, which received $25 million from the OpenAI president and his wife, reported no contributions for…
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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…
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What California has at stake as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at APEC in Shenzhen
The administration says it wants China to deliver on farm purchases and critical-mineral supplies promised in last year’s…
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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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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 Opera and its Guild sells seats from $450 to $10,000,…
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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 over immigration; the grower and several justices questioned whether penalties…
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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
The Associated Press called the Central Valley race for the Merced Democrat on Nov. 4 and Kevin Lincoln conceded; with results unofficial until certified, Mr. Gray returns in…
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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 study what large computing facilities would mean for Oakland’s grid,…
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The 49ers trade for Keenan Allen and hold off on releasing Brandon Aiyuk, using a two-week roster exemption
San Francisco added a six-time Pro Bowl receiver for a sixth-round pick at Tuesday’s deadline, while Mr. Aiyuk, reinstated by the N.F.L. on Monday, stays on the books…
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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 and work around Marshall Elementary, alongside more evening police, sheriff’s…
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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
The former Google chief executive, who earned his master’s and doctorate in computer science at Berkeley, began leading Caltech’s trustees on Oct. 31 and told Axios that large…
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Senate environment committee holds a hearing Tuesday on Justin Schwab, the nominee to run EPA’s air office
Mr. Schwab, a senior adviser to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and a former deputy general counsel at the agency, would oversee the Clean Air Act programs behind California’s…
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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 and on the downtown waterfront, with the Board of Supervisors…
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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
The Sacramento Democrat and Rep. Tracey Mann, a Kansas Republican, want Congress to end a Health and Human Services pilot that will let 10 drugmakers pay some 340B…
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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, stays on the books and can be revived.
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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, compared with 3.8 among those on comparison treatments, and it…
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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 year and carve-outs that staff estimate could cover about half…
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