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Bay Area’s Early Flu Season Could Bring Multiple Waves of Illness This Winter

The flu season is off to an unusually early and aggressive start in the Bay Area, with positive tests already exceeding last winter’s peak and hospitals seeing patient volumes typically associated with January and February. Flu test positivity in San Francisco began climbing in September, roughly two months ahead...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 23h
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Vallarta Supermarkets Brings Its First Bay Area Store to San Jose

Vallarta Supermarkets, a grocery chain that began in Southern California, will open its first Bay Area store in San Jose, with a 64,000-square-foot location set to welcome shoppers on Nov. 18 ([1]). The opening carries weight beyond one new address. It marks the chain’s move into Northern California, and it brings a long-running Mexican-American market

San Jose, CA · 22h

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BART Plans Weekend Track Closure for Train Control Installation

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) crews will install equipment for a new CBTC (communications-based train control) system during a Nov. 14-15 track closure between 24th Street Mission and Daly City stations. Train service will be suspended between the stations for the weekend to give crews access to the trackway, BART...

Daly City, CA · 1d
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Waymo expands service in South Bay

Waymo’s driverless cars are serving more South Bay destinations, including the Berryessa Transit Center in East San Jose, giving commuters another option for getting to and from public transportation — though some residents remain wary of the autonomous vehicles. San Jose Spotlight reports the expansion on Nov. 3...

San Jose, CA · 2d
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Bay Area finalizes rules to boost heat-pump water heater adoption

The first-in-the-nation air regulation will limit the sale of residential gas water heaters in the region. It goes into effect in 2028, with some major exceptions. San Francisco Bay Area regulators have finalized a long-awaited rule that limits pollution from residential water heaters. In 2023, the Bay Area Air District...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

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Panda Express Just Turned Its Famous Rangoons Into a Triple-Chocolate Dessert With Ghirardelli—but There’s a Catch

The chain's first-ever dessert rangoon is filled with Ghirardelli chocolate, but not everyone will be able to try it.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

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Meet the renting rich: Bay Area millionaire renters have quadrupled since 2020

The number of Bay Area tenants who earn $1 million or more a year has nearly quadrupled since the pandemic as young residents get rich faster than ever before in a housing market where demand far outstrips supply. Call it the rise of the renting rich. The number of millionaire...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 6h

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Who makes the best croissant in the East Bay? We blind-tasted 12 to find out

The Chronicle’s Food & Wine team blind-tasted 12 croissants from bakeries in the East Bay. Here’s who won the contest.

San Francisco, CA · 8h

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Historic Squire House in Palo Alto listed for the first time since 1999, asking $20M

The 1904 mansion has ties to a U.S. president.

Palo Alto, CA · 2d

SFGate

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LinkedIn purges hundreds of fake jobs after investigation

Ghost jobs are so prevalent, they've become a bipartisan issue.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

SFGate

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Marin Co.: Stakeholders Begin Designing A Regional Affordable Housing Ballot Measure For 2028

Representatives from 34 nonprofit organizations and housing agencies in nine Bay Area counties are working on a 2028 ballot measure that could generate billions to finance affordable housing projects. The regional stakeholders met Monday for a brainstorming session at the College of Marin in Novato. They discussed voter sentiment and...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Stanford has a class inspired by BTS’ RM. Yes, it’s about ‘Namjooning’

Stanford University has introduced a freshman seminar class inspired by K-pop group BTS’ leader RM, whose real name is Kim Namjoon, and his approach to mental well-being.

Stanford, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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A customer loved this Bay Area babka. So he took over the bakery

Babka specialist Braid Bakery has a new owner, a fresh outpost in Berkeley and plans to expand.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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One Last Warm Day Before Monster Waves, Soaking Storms Slam San Francisco Coast

Thursday morning lows in coastal and Bayshore regions are in the lower to middle 50s before temperatures warm to around 70, but the easygoing weather will not last. Rain, gusty winds and dangerous surf move in Friday, setting up a rough weekend along the coast. The Bay Area is getting one more comfortable outdoor window before the forecast turns decidedly wetter.

San Francisco, CA · 18h

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Flood Park welcomes kids to new accessible playground

Flood Park’s long-awaited renovated playground is now open as part of the latest phase in San Mateo County’s investment in the almost 90-year-old park. The playground is designed to accommodate children with a range of physical, sensory and developmental disabilities and includes two climbing towers, zip lines, slides, spinners and swings.

San Mateo County, CA · 2d

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$7.8 Million Verdict For Employees Who Were Denied Religious Accommodation From Vaccine Mandate Is Affirmed

Lewis-Williams v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. , 191 F.4 th 981 (9th Cir. 2026) After the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) concluded that it could not accommodate any of the 70 employees found eligible for a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate without undue hardship, six former employees who lost their jobs sued under Title VII and FEHA. A jury rejected BART’s undue hardship defense and awarded the six employees a total of $7,824,580. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of BART’s motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial, holding that under Groff v. DeJoy , 600 U.S. 447 (2023), BART had to show that alternatives to vaccination would be less safe “by a ‘substantial,’ ‘excessive,’ or ‘unjustifiable’ margin.” Although employers may ordinarily rely on public health guidance, that guidance is not conclusive, and BART did not introduce the guidance it relied on into the record. The Court distinguished the healthcare and firefighting employers in Williams v. Legacy Health , 174 F.4 th 1201 (9th Cir. 2026), and Petersen v. Snohomish Reg’l Fire & Rescue , 150 F.4 th 1211 (9th Cir. 2025), noting that BART is

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

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First responders urge caution along the coast as high surf warning looms

First responders and experienced ocean swimmers are warning Bay Area residents to stay away from the water as potentially deadly surf conditions approach the coast. The National Weather Service issued a Beach Hazards Statement through Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a High Surf Warning for the weekend as waves are forecast to grow from 15 to 20 feet up to 30 feet.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

KTVU FOX 2

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Salt & Straw ice cream chain with viral following opens in this Bay Area city, drawing crowds

OAKLAND, Calif. - A popular artisanal ice cream chain known for its unconventional, creative flavors is expanding in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, viral sensation Salt & Straw launched a soft opening at its new location in Oakland. Long line out the door. On a warmer than usual November evening,...

Oakland, CA · 22h

CBS San Francisco

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Bay Area boy celebrates year in remission after rare blood cancer diagnosis

A Bay Area 3-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer as an infant is now celebrating a year in remission after undergoing treatment through a clinical trial at UC San Francisco.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 18h