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Oakland approves budget using one-time funds from $105M sale of Oakland Coliseum
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The 3-2 Oakland City Council vote staves off painful service and program cuts for at least another year.California
‘This is a responsible budget’: Newsom signs state budget into law, closing $46.8B deficit
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The gap was closed with a combination of $16 billion in cuts including include $1.1 billion to various affordable housing programs.animals
Bay Area cities set up cooling centers as temperatures soar above 100 degrees
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While Piedmont is missing its community pool this season, the city of Berkeley will have several libraries and senior facilities open as cooling centers.homelessness
Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to crack down on homeless camps
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More power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places — overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states.BART
Better take the bus: Six weekends of track repairs to disrupt BART service in Oakland
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Free buses are replacing BART trains between Rockridge, MacArthur, and 19th Street stations this Saturday and Sunday.Oakland
Thao chief spokesman’s departure latest in week of woes for embattled Oakland mayor
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The announcement came just a day after Mayor Sheng Thao’s recently hired criminal defense attorney withdrew as her lawyer.California
Winners and losers in CA budget deal
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Many programs saw funding cuts, deferrals and delays to find $46.8 billion in fiscal solutions and balance the budget.Featured in Category
AT&T seeks new legislation that would affect how ‘carrier of last resort’ status is decided
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The California Public Utilities Commission has rejected AT&T’s request to withdraw as a carrier of last resort, or COLR, but it also decided to revisit the rules of determination.Bay Area
