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Day Around the Bay: Nvidia Employees Urge Board to Reinstate Jensen Huang

San Jose officials have proposed a temporary halt on new data center approvals until a December 8 vote by the City Council to adopt stricter development standards and community benefit requirements, as the city reviews 11 pending data center applications. [KPIX]. That huge storm is expected to bring heavy rain,...

San Francisco, CA · 2d
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San Leandro Shop's Extract-Free Sauce Tests at 153,000 Scovilles

A San Leandro hot-sauce company is staking a very specific claim: not the hottest bottle in every contest, but the hottest sauce made without pepper extract. Dylan and Becky Keenen, who own Heat Hot Sauce Shop, say Mount Diablo, built around 7 Pot Primo chile, landed at 153,000 Scoville heat units after third-party testing.

San Leandro, CA · 1d
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San Francisco weighs limits on self-checkout stations

More staff, fewer self-checkout lanes? San Francisco officials are weighing new rules aimed at reducing theft and protecting retail jobs.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

Pleasanton Weekly

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Pleasanton to replace 22,000 water meters at homes, businesses

Contractors with the city of Pleasanton will be replacing more than 22,000 water meters at homes and businesses starting this month as part of the city’s Water Meter Replacement Project. The project aims to improve aging infrastructure to ensure water customers are not paying more than they should be...

Pleasanton, CA · 2d
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San Francisco Centre mall could be demolished for new development

The escalators at San Francisco Centre still catch the light under a broad skylight, but the shops they once fed are dark. On a weekday afternoon the floors carry more echo than footsteps, and people headed for the Powell Street station rarely pause at the doors. Into that quiet, talk of SF Centre demolition has moved from rumor to a serious option on a developer’s desk, a possibility that would erase one of downtown’s most familiar interiors in favor of something the city has not yet seen.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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Buying a Peninsula home could now cost $4,380 more a month

Buying a home on the Peninsula now can mean monthly mortgage payments nearly three times what current homeowners pay. A typical mortgage holder in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area, which includes San Benito and Santa Clara counties, pays $2,659 a month in principal and interest. Buying a home with a new mortgage at the prevailing rate would bring that estimated payment to $7,039, based on September’s median listing price of $1.39 million, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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A 10% penalty follows a delinquent San Francisco first property tax installment, and paying only part will not prevent it.

As of mid-November, paying part of your San Francisco, California, secured property tax bill is not a way to keep up with the first installment. The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector says payments below the amount due are returned. A delinquent first installment incurs a 10% penalty.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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SF Basement, Buried After 1906 Earthquake, Unearthed at Construction Site on Van Ness

An excavation on Van Ness Avenue in SF led workers to the top of an old staircase, which they followed underground to discover a fully intact basement that had been sealed off since the 1906 earthquake. Alex Coburn, a staff archaeologist at engineering and environmental services firm Kleinfelder, was working...

San Francisco, CA · 1d

Housing Wire

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Apartment rents diverge: San Francisco rises, the Sun Belt falls

RealPage reported a 1.7% year-over-year rise in October rents nationally, with the Bay Area posting the strongest gains and many Sun Belt and Florida markets still declining. Deliveries and absorption are nearing balance, and occupancy was 95%. AI Summary. America’s apartment landscape has become a tale of two opposing rent...

San Francisco, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Lego resale store coming to an unexpected San Francisco neighborhood

A former Inner Richmond grocery is getting a new tenant with a very different kind of inventory: The Missing Brick, which sells used Lego sets, Minifigures and rare parts.

San Francisco, CA · 3d

SFGate

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Brentwood: City Seeks Residents To Fill Vacancies On 3 City Commissions

Brentwood is seeking residents to serve on three city commissions, with several positions available on panels that advise the City Council on arts, parks and recreation, and planning matters. In a statement Friday, city officials said they are accepting applications for positions on the Arts, Park and Recreation, and Planning...

Brentwood, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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California wants vineyards use less water. Growers say dry farming makes the wines better anyway

California funded a program to get vineyards on board with the eco-friendly practice of dry farming. Winegrowers say it makes better-tasting wines anyway.

California · 1d

SFGate

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Solano Co.: Tax Measure Flops In Vacaville, Others Lead In Fairfield, Rio Vista

Tax measures proposed in three Solano County cities received mixed results after last week's election, according to the latest returns from the Solano County Registrar of Voters. Article continues below this ad. Fairfield's sales tax increase, Measure P, was narrowly leading with 51.5% of voters approving, according to the latest...

Solano County, CA · 4d

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MDH Enters Bay Area with Livermore Industrial Acquisition

MDH Partners has acquired 5775 Brisa St., a 108,347-square-foot, single-tenant industrial building in Livermore, within the Bay Area’s Tri-Valley submarket. Terms weren’t disclosed. The acquisition is the first in Northern California for Atlanta-based MDH and brings its California footprint to nearly 1.7 million square feet. Colliers represented the...

Livermore, CA · 4d

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Century-old Oakland factory is bought by cereal and grains producer

OAKLAND — A century-old factory in West Oakland that has produced an array of grains and other products for decades has been bought by an East Bay cereal products company. The manufacturing hub, located at 1267 14th St. in the Oak Center neighborhood of West Oakland, was bought by an affiliate controlled by California Cereal Products.

Oakland, CA · 4d

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Popular Japanese specialty grocer to open new downtown store in this East Bay city

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. - A highly anticipated, locally-owned Japanese grocery store is set to open another Bay Area location this month. Osaka Marketplace will open a roughly 42,000-square-foot store at 155 Crescent Plaza in the shopping and dining district of Downtown Pleasant Hill. The market features a "curated selection of...

Pleasant Hill, CA · 4d

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Prime Roots launches Safe Slice at Sprouts nationwide

Nitrate-free deli line expands Prime Roots to 1000 outlets as the company more than doubles year over year

Berkeley, CA · 4d

SFGate

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Solano Co.: Returns Show Voters Soundly Reject Proposed Energy, Hotel Taxes

Two tax measures targeting energy and tourism in unincorporated Solano County appear to have failed in Tuesday's election, according to the latest returns from the Solano County Registrar of Voters. Article continues below this ad. As of Friday evening, Measure E, a proposed tax targeting wind energy fields, solar facilities...

Solano County, CA · 5d

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Cost Plus World Market Is About to Open a Huge 17k SqFt Store in the 925

DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — Cost Plus World Market is bringing its distinctive mix of international snacks, furniture, home decor and unusual gifts to a new location in the 925, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The retailer has announced that its newest East Bay store will officially open...

Dublin, CA · 7d

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Oakland Airport's $750 Baggage Tugs Spark Online Buying Frenzy

Oakland International Airport is offering more than a dozen small electric baggage tractors at auction, including older models listed for around $750 each. The vehicles are designed to tow luggage carts and cargo across airport tarmacs, but the low asking prices have prompted people online to speculate about uses beyond airport work.

Oakland, CA · 6d