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Concord Assemblymember Hit With Discrimination Suit by Former District Director
California State Capitol — Setting For Workplace Conduct Investigation. A former district director for California Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías has filed a lawsuit accusing the Concord Democrat and the state Assembly of whistleblower retaliation, racial discrimination and harassment, alleging she was stripped of her duties and effectively pushed out of her job after reporting that a colleague was doing campaign work on the taxpayer’s dime. Pa’tanisha Davis Pierson’s complaint, filed Oct. 21 in Contra Costa County Superior Court, names both Ávila Farías and the California State Assembly as defendants and lays out nine separate causes of action.
Eville eye
State Sen. Arreguín Blasts Sutter Over ‘Abandoned’ Emeryville Hospital Plans
While some North Oakland and Emeryville residents, particularly those living along the 53rd Street corridor, welcomed the decision, State Sen. Jesse Arreguín is criticizing Sutter Health’s move to ‘abandon’ plans for a new hospital in Emeryville. Arreguín warned that the decision, combined with Sutter’s proposed closure...
KQED
Berkeley Voters To Decide Whether to Double City’s Soda Tax
Berkeley was the first city in the U.S. to pass a tax on sugary drinks in 2014. This election, the city is asking voters to double it to 2 cents per fluid ounce. Classes let out at Berkeley High School at 3:33 pm on a recent weekday, and within minutes, scores of teenagers streamed into the Target a few blocks away on Shattuck Avenue for their afternoon soda fix.
livermorevine.com
Check the new digs: SRVUSD moves into new headquarters – and new role as landlord
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... School districts becoming commercial landlords is a new normal in the Tri-Valley. Following a similar strategy to Pleasanton Unified School District three years earlier, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District has fully moved into the Canyon Commons Corporate Plaza building it purchased to house its headquarters and open up a new revenue stream of rental income.
contracosta.news
City of Pittsburg Mourns Former Mayor Merl Craft
PITTSBURG, CA — The City of Pittsburg is deeply saddened by the passing of former mayor, councilmember, and City Recreation Supervisor Marilyn “Merl” Craft, on October 26, 2026. A lifelong Pittsburg resident, Merl served the community as a City employee, elected leader, and tireless volunteer. Merl believed...
allamericanatlas.com
5 Best Restaurants in Richmond, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Richmond, California — a city where the Bay’s salt air drifts through neighborhoods old and new, where murals bloom on brick and stucco, where the clang of shipyards and the laughter of children echo across parks and avenues. Here, the skyline is a patchwork: cranes and cranes, eucalyptus and palm, each block humming with the stories of those who built, rebuilt, and keep rebuilding. Richmond is a crossroads — of Black, Latino, Asian, and white, of newcomers and old-timers, of artists, activists, and dreamers who refuse to let the city’s spirit fade.
SFGate
NBC Bay Area
Star witness in Sheng Thao corruption trial details alleged bribery scheme
The star prosecution witness in the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao testified Friday about his role in an alleged scheme to funnel money to her in exchange for political favors. Mario Juarez, a long-time Oakland political operative and former City Council candidate, testified about how he...
bayareatelegraph.com
Martinez Is Closing Parts of Its Waterfront as Extreme High Tides Arrive
MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA — Martinez is temporarily closing marina parking areas and limiting shoreline access Wednesday as unusually high tides threaten to flood parts of the waterfront. The city is asking people to avoid the marina and shoreline on five dates between now and January. Parking lots and walkways could...
SFGate
oaklandside.org
ICE showed no warrant when they took Highland Hospital patient, officials say
Community members, healthcare workers, and elected officials are demanding answers after Oakland’s Highland Hospital discharged a man into the custody of federal immigration agents without confirming the agents had a warrant authorizing his detention. At a tense Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday evening, officials with Alameda Health System, which...
KQED
A Park for the Living, Rest for the Dead: The Shared Space of Mountain View Cemetery
View the full episode transcript. Up in the hills above Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue is a beautiful, peaceful stretch of more than 200 acres of land, dotted with little lakes, ornamental trees and thoughtful winding paths. It’s something of a public park: Locals picnic here. Walk their dogs. Bring their kids to play.
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Best Bets: Oakland Museum of California, San Jose Jazz, Wake the Dead, Elim Chan, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Freebie of the week: Acclaimed Japanese interactive/media artist Masaki Fujihata’s latest project goes behind one of the darkest chapters in American history to examine how photographs impact viewer’s knowledge and memory. Those interested can view the results of that effort for free this Sunday in “BeHere/1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration,” showing now through Dec. 27 at the Oakland Museum of California.