Bay Area Alameda County seeks grand jurors By Exedra Staff | February 28, 2025 Applications for the 2025-2026 term (starting July 1) are due by April 15.
California With reservoir levels in good shape, state’s water managers increase delivery forecasts By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | February 28, 2025 Early February storms helped boost reservoirs after a dry January.
Bay Area SF City Hall ‘DOGE raid’ was a YouTube prank; authorities weigh whether to pursue charges By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 "Are you sending tampons to dolphins in Timbuktu" asked the alleged perp, whose YouTube subscribers number nearly 850,000.
California ‘Look, there’s nowhere else to go:’ Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps By Marisa Kendall and Katie Anastas | Cal Matters | February 27, 2025 It’s been eight months since the US Supreme Court fundamentally changed how cities can respond to homeless encampments.
Obituary Santa Rosa schools dealt heartbreaking loss after three students die from drug overdoses By Tony Hicks, Bay City News | February 25, 2025 Police arrested Ramon Nunez, 21, on Sunday for allegedly selling fentanyl to two of the high school victims.
Bay Area ‘A volunteer jail:’ Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters | February 25, 2025 Shelters have become California’s go-to solution for homelessness. A CalMatters investigation finds the vast majority of residents stay homeless.
caltrans Oakland marks completion of 9 mini parks renovation project with ribbon-cutting By Pete Young, Bay City News | February 24, 2025 The effort was funded by Caltrans’ Clean California local grant program.
Climate Citing lack of ‘clarity,’ state legal office rejects controversial new fuel standard By Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters | February 24, 2025 A surprising twist in the rancorous debate over how to transition the state away from fossil fuels.
Oakland Oakland overpaid city workers nearly $1.7M in OT due to faulty calculations, audit finds By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | February 24, 2025 Auditor says overpayments are particularly troubling in light of the city’s ongoing and massive budget shortfalls.
Housing ‘Limited to no impact’: Why a pro-housing group says California’s pro-housing laws aren’t producing more By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 24, 2025 YIMBY group says unworkable requirements and glaring loopholes have stymied progress.