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Vietnamese residents packed a local restaurant to speak with San Jose’s mayor about the biggest issue on their minds: small businesses. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and District 8 Councilmember Domingo Candelas hosted a town hall with residents Thursday afternoon. More than 50 attendees filled the seats at Nam Giao Restaurant in East San Jose. Residents said coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic has left business owners struggling to stay afloat.

San Jose Vietnamese businesses struggle to survive

San Francisco, CA

Two technology companies announced more than 2,300 layoffs this morning, signaling broader trouble in the recruiting and staffing sector. Indeed, a leading job-listing site based in Austin cut 15% of its workforce or 2,200 employees. The CEO said layoffs are a result of declining job listings, which the firm expects to continue to decline in 2023 and 2024.

Two More Tech Companies Lay Off Thousands of Workers

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors heard ideas from a city-appointed reparations committee this week.

Could reparations be coming for San Francisco's Black community?

Sonoma, CA

Less than one month after the beloved Pharmaca Sonoma closed, its former general manager has signed a lease to open a similar pharmacy at the same site, tentatively on June 1. And Sonoma residents are elated. “This would be terrific news for our small town,” said Sandy Baggelaar. “If this...

Former Pharmaca manager to open new Sonoma pharmacy

Napa County, CA

American Canyon, CA

Drought-era questions about water supply between neighboring cities in Napa and Solano counties caused a monthlong delay in considering a planned 208-acre industrial park. But the American Canyon City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved environmental and first-phase planning documents for the Giovannini Logistics Center project south of Devlin Road near the Napa County Airport industrial area.

1st phase of 2.4 million-square-foot Napa Valley warehouse project approved

Richmond, CA

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State Bill to Take Away Bike Lane on RSR Bridge for Cars Tries to Hide its Intent

Georgia State

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Stacker compiled gun crime information on San Jose using data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

This is the time-to-crime rate for firearms in San Jose.

San Francisco Examiner 

Recology, San Francisco’s garbage company, will no longer be allowed to crush concrete or other construction materials along The City’s southeastern shoreline, Bay Area regulators announced this week.
                The debris-crushing facility that operated for more than a decade in Bayview-Hunters Point will need to shut down and be vacated by the end of the year, according to a recent agreement between the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the waste collection conglomerate.
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Concrete solution? Recology now can't crush construction materials in Bayview

Half Moon Bay, CA

Seven people were killed and one injured after a gunman opened-fired at a mushroom farm and a nearby site, on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, California. The authorities identified the suspected shooter as 66-year-old, Chunli Zhao, who was believed to be a worker at one of the targeted locations.

7 killed,1 injured in Half Moon Bay, California

Windsor, CA

Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewing Company’s perennial favorite triple IPA, will be released on tap and in bottles at the brewery’s Santa Rosa and Windsor pubs on Friday, March 24. Like Cadbury Creme Eggs, it’s a seasonal treat, available for only two weeks, until April 6.

Northern California’s Most Famous Cult Beer Comes Out Friday

Corte Madera, CA

Larkspur, CA

Rumors swirled through Central Marin over the past week about the future of one of the area’s only budget grocery stores. Unfortunately, the rumors are true. The Lucky supermarket in downtown Larkspur will close on April 14 at 6 p.m., according to Save Mart, who owns the grocer. “Lucky...

Decades-Old Grocery Store Closure Shocks Bay Area Community

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The story of an 81-year-old German immigrant losing her $1.4 million condo in San Francisco’s Upper Haight district after taking out a reverse mortgage and falling behind on property taxes has recently made headlines. The woman, Rosemarie Benter, then took out a $9,519 loan, not realizing that her house became collateral and that she was at risk of losing it if she defaulted. The lender then foreclosed on her home and auctioned it off for $12,464, an amount much lower than its value.

SF elder resident losing her million dollar after defaulting on reverse mortgage, her home sold for around 15k

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Many of the individuals pushing for reparations in San Francisco are involved with left-wing activism and have made controversial statements in the past against America.

Meet some of the controversial individuals behind San Francisco's $5M reparations push: 'America, you owe us'

A deadly storm whipped through the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon and brought record-breaking winds and heavy rain with it. In San Francisco nearly 80 mile an hour wind gusts were strong enough to send a brown futon flying through the sky. A video posted on TikTok shows the couch...

Shocking images show pure power of historic Bay Area bomb cyclone

In 1957, baseball great Willie Mays went searching for a house in San Francisco, where his New York Giants had just decided to relocate. He eventually settled on a boxy, stylish home in the desirable Sherwood Forest neighborhood. There was only one problem: Sherwood Forest was exclusively white, and Mays...

San Francisco grapples with racism and reparations: 'The world is watching,' Black residents say

Oakland, CA

East Bay landlords filled the foyer at Oakland City Hall on Tuesday afternoon, their rally chants and speeches echoing off the walls as they called for an end to the city’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium. Later, the group erupted in protest at a City Council meeting, momentarily disrupting the session...

Landlords rally and disrupt Oakland City Council meeting, demanding end to eviction moratorium

Napa, CA

Three months after shuttering their Yountville location, owners of Napa Valley’s popular Southside cafes are closing their original location, leaving them with one restaurant. Staffing problems, the pandemic, fires, supply chain issues — the weight finally got to be too much to keep multiple locations open, said Irma Robinson...

Southside cafes is closing its original location, but will operate a remaining Napa restaurant

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How North Bay construction firms are trying to recruit reluctant younger workers

Garrett Anken enjoys his career and finds it rewarding. But he’s made choices that many of his Gen Z peers didn’t. Anken, 24, works as an...

How North Bay construction firms are trying to recruit reluctant younger workers

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