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Berkeley returns $400,000 in housing funds meant for homeless hotel
The city of Berkeley has returned $400,000 meant for homeless services to UC Berkeley as it prepares to transition the University Inn into state-funded, permanent housing for formerly homeless people. The city and Cal partnered on a lease of the 42-bed University Inn (formerly the Rodeway Inn) beginning in May...
Veterinary tranquilizer making its way into street drugs prompts inquiry from SF supe
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A powerful veterinary tranquilizer that is reportedly finding its way into street-level drugs around the county has prompted an inquiry from San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey. Last week, a nationwide public health advisory was issued warning of the role of medetomidine in a recent spike in drug overdoses. On Tuesday, Dorsey […]
Richmond residents still hopeful about Hilltop Mall redevelopment
Neighbors hoping to see long-abandoned Hilltop Mall in Richmond become something more just got a long-awaited update from the city and the site owner last week."Yeah unfortunately this is a vacant mall and it's been this way for decades," said Arto Rinteela of the Fairmede Hilltop Neighborhood Council "People are really tired of seeing it this way." Rinteela and Bhavin Khatri. head the two local neighborhood councils in the Hilltop area, and they have plenty of ideas on what they would like to see here. "We really need something that we can go shop and dine," Khatri said. "And...
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