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Alameda County Fair kicks off in Pleasanton with over 100 food vendors
PLEASANTON - The Alameda County Fair opens on Friday afternoon, where more than 100 food vendors will be sharing their tasty treats. "So much food, we have over 100 food vendors. So one of the biggest things about the fair is the food. It's about the experience," Harry Davies, event coordinator with Alameda County Fair said.
Alameda County Fair opens with new food, dog show, and raptor attractions
PLEASANTON, Calif. - The Alameda County Fair opened Friday with up to 500,000 people expected to attend the event at the fairgrounds in Pleasanton. "It looks like there are more people at least coming in. I've not seen it that busy when it's first open," Julie Hayashi of Fremont said as she and her husband entered with a long line of people when the gates opened at noon.
California Allocates $80 MILLION FOR TINY HOMES in $1 Billion Homelessness Effort, But None Are Occupied
In March of last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom offered 1,200 tiny homes to temporarily accommodate homeless individuals, particularly those who already live in encampments, in four main regions across the Golden State. However, the concept behind the dwellings goes far beyond simply providing a place to sleep. According to the governor’s plan, the dwellings will serve as a tiny home community, complete with kitchens, dining and living rooms, common areas, and counseling cabins, to assist persons experiencing homelessness in finding stability. Yet, a year after the governor’s declaration, the tiny homes have not housed a single tenant, and the state and localities have only acquired roughly 150 of them. The stalemate is due to changing state parameters, as well as other bureaucratic delays. The plan, part of a $1 billion initiative, is intended to cover the costs of contracting, delivering, and installing tiny homes from six state-approved vendors, as well as provide much-needed relief for the state’s homelessness crisis, as California has the highest percentage of homeless people living without shelter in the country, according to a 2023 federal report. According to the state, the California National Guard was supposed to help prepare and deliver the homes “free of charge and ready for occupancy,” but that changed last winter, when the state stated it would delegate responsibility for purchasing and placing homes to each city and county. Some districts are now unable to fund all of the promised homes, while others are bogged down in protracted board decisions about where to locate them—all while the homeless remain unhoused.
Santa Clara County seizes most guns in California from residents
(KRON) — Santa Clara County seizes more guns from dangerous, disturbed, and suicidal people than anywhere else in California, according to a new State Attorney General's report. “The county has become the vanguard in using Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVRO) — which allows law enforcement to temporarily take away weapons from people who a court agrees are […]
VTA Breaks Ground on $12.7 Billion BART Extension Through South Bay
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the old saying goes. And on Friday, the first scoop of dirt was taken out of the ground in what has been a decades-long journey of planning and fundraising to run six new miles of BART track through the South Bay.
Confidential file alleges former Mayor Libby Schaaf secretly used political committee to raise money from city contractor
In March, Oakland’s Public Ethics Commission fined civic advocate Susan Montauk $500 for her part in a scheme to circumvent campaign finance laws. Investigators said Montauk wasn’t really a “bad actor” and hinted she may help them land a bigger fish: an unnamed elected official who, they allege, secretly controlled a committee to raise money for a 2018 ballot measure. Based on city records and interviews with people who have firsthand knowledge of the case, The Oaklandside has previously reported that the unnamed official is former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
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