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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 steers money to the technologies that will decide…
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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 a founders’ company would hold 50.1 percent of…
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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 amendment to strike its historic-preservation changes, which the…
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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 no longer fits, but the Ohio site leased…
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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 final vote, a hiring plan and a start…
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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 into jail lobbies and parking lots.
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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 analysis estimates 6.3 million people nationwide would lose…
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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 stage and its hospitals remain open.
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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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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. Garcia says Congress’s authority comes from Article I.