City Time to prepare your yard for fire season By The City of Piedmont | July 11, 2025 The annual arrival of grazing goats in Moraga Canyon is a cue to prune trees, remove dead vegetation, and clear flammable materials.
republic services Waste collection disruption in Bay Area continues into Friday amid Teamsters strike By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | July 11, 2025 More than two dozen cities and counties in the Bay Area have been impacted by the strike which has been unfolding in other states across the country.
gavin newsom California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 11, 2025 You might wonder what took so long.
Obituary One woman’s legacy: Honoring trailblazing theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard, 86 By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News | July 10, 2025 In the 1970s, Gaillard emerged as one of the earliest and most effective proponents of quark theory.
Bay Area How Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could impact local hospitals and nursing facilities By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | July 10, 2025 Senate Democrats said the bill would impose the largest cuts to health care in United States history.
gavin newsom Higher premiums and lost coverage: How Trump’s budget will change health care in California By Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | July 10, 2025 Over the next 10 years, 3.4 million Californians could lose coverage.
Housing Why one California union sided with YIMBYs and developers on housing By Jeanne Kuang and Ben Christopher | CalMatters | July 10, 2025 The intra-labor rift is as much a story of the American workforce as it is of California politics.
Environment Oakland awarded $10M to fund safer streets, bicycle paths in eastern portion of the city By Nicole Tingson | Bay City News | July 10, 2025 The grant will support Phase 2 and 3 of the Laurel Access to Mills, Maxwell Park, and Seminary (LAMMPS) project.
City City Council selects Frederick Shavies as Piedmont’s next chief of police By Exedra Staff | July 8, 2025 Shavies is currently a deputy chief of police for the City of Oakland.
City The Blotter | Four masked men seen entering apartment By Damin Esper | July 8, 2025 Plus: residential burglary, reckless driving, and another break-in at Ace Hardware.