Bay Area
California new laws for 2024: Employees get protection for using cannabis
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Employers in California can’t ask workers about their use of cannabis outside the workplace and can’t use hair or urine tests.Bay Area
California is pressing universities to repatriate thousands of Native American remains and artifacts, but results are mixed
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Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections back to local tribes.Real Estate
Assembly committee on retail theft calls for more data, reforms during its first hearing
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Representatives from retail, real estate, public policy, and law enforcement fields shared information.Housing
State’s end-of-year affordable housing bonanza likely to leave dozens of near-ready projects ‘mothballed’
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The state has hundreds of millions to spend, but developers say they need billions.Bay Area
California is raising the minimum wage for 2 industries. Others could see pay hikes, too
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Fast-food workers and health workers will see minimum pay rates increase.homelessness
Domestic violence shelters, a guardrail against homelessness, face steep funding cuts
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Oakland-based shelter is among hundreds scrambling to stay afloat.Around Town
In the news | No enhancements for accused in fatal shooting of security guard
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Kevin Nishita died following a robbery and assault in downtown Oakland last year.Bay Area
Nursing students are turning to private universities as state colleges struggle to meet demand
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Private universities charge up to seven times the tuition of public schools for a bachelor’s degree, but nurses say their starting salaries are worth the cost.Bay Area
