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Vallejo: Key Replacement Part For Mare Island Bridge To Be Installed Monday

A key part for repair of Vallejo's Mare Island Causeway Bridge is expected to be installed Monday, more than two years after the drawbridge got stuck in the down position, the city said. The 165-foot vertical lift bridge, built in 1934 to connect the city with the Mare Island Naval...

Vallejo, CA · 4d
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Vallejo: City Council To Discuss Reprimand For Mayor's Conduct

Vallejo leaders will discuss a "pattern of questionable behavior" by Mayor Andrea Sorce at next week's City Council meeting, according to the agenda. At their regular Tuesday meeting, the council will publicly review a resolution to condemn Sorce's conduct, which includes "use of her position in an attempt to improperly influence decisions of City staff," according to a staff report.

Vallejo, CA · 5d
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Election results in Berkeley and Alameda County

Read all Berkeleyside’s coverage of the 2026 election. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters published its latest batch of election results Friday evening. Many votes in Berkeley remain uncounted, meaning the results are preliminary and incomplete. They could change. Preliminary City Council returns show a close race in Districts...

Berkeley, CA · 4d
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Pittsburg data center draws backlash over community input, environmental concerns

A controversial data center planned for Pittsburg is fueling concerns about environmental impacts and whether the city adequately involved its large Hispanic community in decisions affecting their neighborhoods.

Pittsburg, CA · 5d

contracosta.news

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Antioch Commission Holds Meeting Without Facility Agreement, Faces $750 Bill

The City of Antioch is being asked to consider a $750 facility-use payment after the Antioch Police Oversight Commission (APOC) held an off-site public meeting at Delta Bay Community Church without a formal agreement or prior approval of the costs. According to a City staff report, the Commission selected Delta...

Antioch, CA · 5d

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Springtown park opens this weekend

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The long-awaited Springtown Community Park and Disc Golf Course is set to open on Saturday, featuring playgrounds, a fitness area, a community garden and more. The 6.8-acre park, located at 998 Bluebell Drive, will also have shaded picnic areas, walking and biking paths, a...

Livermore, CA · 5d

ABC7 News Bay Area

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Corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao centers on collapse of Evolutionary Homes

The collapse of Evolutionary Homes took center stage Thursday in the federal bribery and corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three other defendants, as business partner Mario Juarez delivered emotional testimony about the company's downfall and an alleged violent attack that led him to go to police.

Oakland, CA · 5d

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State offers $6 million grant to stem golden mussel spread from Delta

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering $6 million in grant funding to create or enhance boating control efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to slow or stop the spread of invasive golden mussels. The department will hold a webinar to go over grant details on Nov. 18...

California · 4d

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Eight Years After Approval, Oakland's Coolidge Avenue Homes Still Aren't Built

Eight years after Oakland approved the Dimond District project, the four homes proposed for 3559-3589 Coolidge Avenue remain unbuilt. New filings, including a zoning worksheet, appeared in late October 2026. San Francisco YIMBY reported that the new applications revisit much of the process as the project seeks to advance. The...

Oakland, CA · 5d

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Incumbent Mike Hutchinson concedes in D4 Oakland school board race

In the first voting results update since Election Night, candidates challenging three incumbents on the Oakland Unified School District board maintained their leads over the sitting school board directors, in what appears to be a broad rebuke of the status quo in OUSD. If Friday evening’s results hold, the board...

Oakland, CA · 4d

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Way behind schedule, Meeker Slough cleanup is expected to begin later this year

In Richmond’s Marina Bay neighborhood, cyclists pass along the Bay Trail as squirrels forage for nuts and ducks rest nearby. Just steps away, the receding tide at Meeker Slough reveals an abandoned shopping cart, car seat and a chair. An oil barrel sits idly in the water, covered with moss.

Richmond, CA · 5d

oaklandside.org

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Josh Rowan, who helped transform Oakland, is out as city transportation head

Just a day after Mayor Barbara Lee held a press conference claiming a reelection mandate, it appears she’s already shaking up City Hall. City of Oakland staff were notified today of major changes in the city’s executive leadership as Josh Rowan, the transportation department director since spring of 2024, was replaced on an interim basis by Megan Wier, the department’s assistant director.

Oakland, CA · 4d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee pushes out 3 top execs just days after reelection

Just days after she was elected to a full four-year term, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is shaking up the city’s top leadership. The moves include two holdovers from Sheng Thao’s administration.

Oakland, CA · 4d

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Marin Supervisors Weigh 45-Day Ban on Detention Facilities as ICE Eyes Gilroy, Dublin

7351 Rosanna St. — Site of Approved Detention Facility Moratorium. Marin County supervisors are set to consider a 45-day moratorium on new or expanded detention facilities in unincorporated parts of the county, a move officials say would close a gap in local planning rules just as similar federal immigration detention projects are being pursued near Gilroy and Dublin. The proposal would take effect immediately if approved and would bar the siting, construction, conversion, expansion or operation of new or expanded detention facilities, whether publicly or privately run.

Marin County, CA · 5d

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Voters back Hercules sales tax

The vote in favor of a Measure P sales tax in Hercules has an 8-point lead, with 54% saying yes, preliminary election results show, meaning consumers likely will be paying more on purchases in the city beginning in April. Measure P will add one cent on every dollar of taxable...

Hercules, CA · 5d

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‘Blue Tsunami’ Impresses Bay Area Voters. There’s More Work to Do, They Say

The 2026 midterm elections were historic for Democrats, but those who kept the Golden State blue are adamant that now is not the time for party leaders to get complacent. Bay Area voters rallied in San Francisco and San José on Saturday to celebrate a “tsunami” of firsts and accomplishments for the Democratic Party – multiple flipped red-to-blue seats, the first-ever Black female governor in the country and the first Muslim member of the Senate, to name a few – in what many say is a repudiation of President Donald Trump and the issues that took priority in his Make America Great Again movement.

San Francisco, CA · 3d

Pleasanton Weekly

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Yee leads Gupta in District 3 council contest

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jamie Yee on Friday expressed optimism over initial election results that show her leading opponent Reena Gupta in the race for Pleasanton City Council District 3, though she acknowledged the race isn’t over until the votes are all counted. As of about 5:30...

Pleasanton, CA · 4d

NBC Bay Area

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Oakland's 4th annual free Diwali festival welcomes families for dancing and food

Around this time of year, many people around the world celebrate the South Asian festival of lights: Diwali. In Oakland on Saturday night, families from all backgrounds and from all around the Bay Area came together for the 4th Annual Oakland Diwali festival, held at the Block15 venue near Jack London Square.

Oakland, CA · 3d

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Livermore closes fiscal year with $5.5 million general fund surplus

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The city of Livermore ended fiscal year 2025-26 with a general fund operating surplus of about $5.5 million, the majority of which the City Council will consider allocating to city reserves. The council is set to vote on the allocation, plus other budget adjustments...

Livermore, CA · 4d

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After reelection, Oakland mayor hails Measure EE, outlines priorities for new term

In her first official remarks after being reelected as Oakland mayor, Barbara Lee on Thursday hailed the likely passage of Measure EE and outlined some of her priorities at City Hall. As of the latest preliminary voting results from early Wednesday, the incumbent Lee had secured 84.3% of the vote,...

Oakland, CA · 5d