No end in sight to Bay Area housing woes
SAN FRANCISCO — In the San Francisco Bay Area, home of Silicon Valley, the lack of affordable housing remains a consistent problem for local communities.
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Prop 68 to decide funding for water, parks and climate change in California
BAY AREA — Proposition 68 in the coming Tuesday’s primary elections in California is seeking to bolster projects that tackle water and natural resource conservation, improve park access and increase resilience to climate change. If passed, $4 billion in bonds will be allocated statewide for improvement of parks, projects on environmental protection and restoration, water infrastructure and flood protection.
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Experience Bay Area capoeira in 360 degrees
BAY AREA — The Bay Area is a hub for capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that’s all about creativity, communication and community. Experience the capoeira roda, or circle, in 360 degrees.
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Beyond Zodiac: A 360 video tour of the Bay Area crime scenes
SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty years ago, a murderer caused panic and hysteria in the San Francisco Bay Area. Revisit the sites where confirmed attacks took place.
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Does rapid yoga have staying power?
BAY AREA — Time will tell if the concept of yoga in 30 minute blocks will have staying power, or if the idea spreads beyond the Bay Area.
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Women’s March draws thousands in Oakland
OAKLAND — On Jan. 20, 2018, an estimated 50,000 people marched in Oakland, Calif. for the second annual Women’s March, according to CBS.
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Santa Clara, San Mateo’s quests to make cities friendlier for older adults
SANTA CLARA COUNTY – San Jose’s Happy Hollow Park & Zoo opened its doors an hour early to seniors for the Senior Safari Walkabout on the fourth Thursday of each month from May to October this year. The free event sponsored by the Health Trust was just one of many activities encouraging seniors in Santa Clara County to exercise.
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Grassroots rapid response networks expand throughout Bay Area as ICE arrests increase
SAN JOSE — As immigration enforcement agents pick up the pace of arrests in Northern California, local rapid response networks have grown in membership and sophistication throughout the Bay Area.
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Facing crowded roads and construction, Cupertino establishes traffic impact fee
CUPERTINO — The City of Cupertino unanimously passed an ordinance Oct. 3 that directs funds to reducing traffic congestion in the area, which has grown busier since construction of Apple Inc.’s new headquarters was approved in 2013. Almost all new developments in the city — residential, retail, office or hotel — will pay a traffic
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Local land protectors provide hope for conservation free from politics
With a federal administration that may cut funding for federal conservation, and perhaps even privatize federal lands, “backyard conservation” may become more crucial than ever.
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Palo Alto homeless shelter celebrates a decade of transformation
The Opportunity Center in Palo Alto is celebrating a decade of providing affordable housing, medical services and other amenities to the area’s homeless and near-homeless community.
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes in California:
What the data doesn’t tell us
Data that tracks anti-Muslim hate crimes is spotty, making it difficulty to accurately quantify the full scale of these crimes across California and the nation.
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