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California’s minimum wage is increasing in 2026 as Los Angeles debates $30 an hour
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Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour starting Jan. 1.Bay Area
CARE Court was created to help California’s toughest homeless cases. Why that’s been so hard
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More than two years after the program first launched, most people starting the CARE Court process aren’t homeless, and those who are homeless aren’t always getting what they need most: housing.Bay Area
Rob Reiner was more than a Hollywood legend. He helped shape California politics
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Reiner, a longtime Democratic activist, donor and fundraiser, played a critical role in the legalization of same-sex marriage in California, and he was a driving force behind California’s signature early-childhood development program, First 5.Bay Area
Faster, cheaper homes: Alameda County taps Oakland firm to advance SHIFT housing pilot
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The company, with its “strong design approach,” has a track record of housing development on small, irregular, or undervalued parcels.Elections
Republicans ask federal court to overturn California’s new Prop. 50 maps
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But the Prop 50 opponents’ odds look slim, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority recently blessed Texas’s new maps.featured
Bay Area veterans, local leaders urge feds to preserve planned VA clinic at Alameda Point
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VA health care patients bounce from one clinic in Palo Alto, to another in San Francisco, to one in Oakland, to yet another in Antioch.Environment
Public comment opens on Marin County’s largest housing development project in years
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Plans for the Strawberry site include a new senior residential care facility with up to 100 independent living units and 50 assisted living and memory-care apartments, along with 337 single- and multi-family homes.Bay Area
BART fares to rise 6.2% in 2026 as ridership continues to rebound, budget gap persists
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Parking prices will also change on Jan. 1, though details were not specified.climate change
