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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...
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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
Oakland named one of the US's best cities, confirming what locals already knew
Locals are demanding the respect the city deserves.
NBC Bay Area
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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...
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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.
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Pleasanton Weekly
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Pleasanton Weekly
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Concord home transformed into spooky haunted house for Halloween
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Dog-friendly restaurants and breweries in Concord
Concord’s dog-friendly restaurants and breweries include a chain restaurant with its own dog menu at the Willows Shopping Center and a downtown brewery whose beer garden welcomes pets around the corner from Todos Santos Plaza. This guide covers both, the state rules for dogs on California restaurant patios, and the city dog parks and open space trails that make a good stop before a meal. For taquerias, see DogTrekker’s separate Concord Taco Trail guide.
San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland voters might give the mayor more power — as the former mayor is on trial for corruption
The federal corruption trial of former Mayor Sheng Thao is unfolding at the worst possible time for supporters of Prop EE, which would revise Oakland’s charter to give the mayor more power.