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East Bay community foundation launches new grant program for Oakland businesses
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Now accepting applications for $5,000-$25,000 grants for small businesses facing economic or other challenges.Around Town
PRD’s 2025 Winter/Spring Activity Guide is now online
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Registration for Piedmont residents opens December 3.City
Linda off-leash dog area temporarily closed
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The park across from Beach Elementary School is likely to stay closed for most, if not all, rainy days.Education
Oakland Unified wrestles with lead in water. Most California schools are in the dark
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Lincoln Elementary School, between downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt, had some of the highest levels of lead in OUSD after the district tested there earlier this year.Bay Area
EBMUD says current Chinook salmon run on Mokelumne River is largest ever recorded
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The Mokelumne's salmon population makes up as much as 50 percent of the commercial catch off the California coast.Health Matters
California health department reports possible bird flu case in Alameda County child
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The child has had no known contact with infected animals but might have been exposed to wild birds.safety
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory home to world’s fastest supercomputer
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El Capitan, which officials at the federal lab said can perform 1.742 quintillion calculations per second, was verified as the world’s most powerful supercomputer during the 2024 Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Atlanta.Education
Islamophobia, harassment skyrocketing on California’s college campuses, report reveals
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Eighty-five percent of respondents from Cal reported experiencing Islamophobia, the highest out of the 87 college campuses surveyed throughout the state.Featured in Category
