Category: Local News Matters

ENCORE SPECIAL REPORT: Field report from the Greater Farallon’s and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, where a group of researchers with Point Blue Conservation Science have worked together for 20 years to monitor the health of these federally protected sanctuaries.

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Fairfax leaders face a recall election. Bay Area politicians respond to ideas about Alcatraz. San Francisco’s Sherif rejects a request to help ICE.  On top of everything, a garbage strike.

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Marin County is optimistic about agriculture. Sanctuary cities sue Trump. Nursing homes and rural hospitals brace for cuts to Medi-Cal. The San Francisco Zoo loses a beloved rare resident.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Finbar Labelle reports from this year’s San Francisco Pride festival on the impacts President Trump’s culture war on the queer community.

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More redwoods are saved in Sonoma County.  The Oakland airport tries again for a new name. BART digs deeper into Silicon Valley. San Francisco’s mayor changes the housing code. Sausalito plans for the Fourth of July.

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Thousands of protesters join in No Kings Day marches. Marin County gets a Sheriff’s Office Civilian Oversight Commission. The Delta Tunnel gets another setback. Chevron will upgrade its Richmond air monitoring system.

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Arrests by ICE in the San Francisco spark alarm. A new city builder in rural Solano County makes a bid for intown property. A mass shooter could get the death penalty in San Mateo County. The US Navy Ship Harvey Milk may lose its name.

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Sausalito makes plans to build new housing. Northern California gets a new U.S. Attorney. Five more gray whales have died. A San Francisco Supervisor faces a recall battle. Measles have arrived in the Bay Area.

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Marin County passes a budget that addresses uncertainty. Lawsuits fill the courts following Vistra’s Moss Landing battery fire.  San Mateo County inches closer to ousting its sheriff. Taxi drivers in San Francisco get their fair share of the ride-share business. A new study finds employees returning to in-person work.

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Governor Newsom proposes policies for a stop to homeless encampments and go to the Delta Conveyance Tunnel. A federal judge in Oakland halts Trump’s attempt to revoke student visas. A new Nintendo store opens in San Francisco. Electric bikes come to Novato.

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President Trump pulls the curtain on the arts in Marin. San Jose is considering a homeless removal police squad. Ranchers on Point Reyes are pushing to get back their land. Two tons of garbage are pulled from Richardson Bay.

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Kamala Harris makes her first major appearance since her election loss. Hundreds of angry lawyers rally against the president. A federal judge restores legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children. San Quentin’s rehabilitation center hosts a father-daughter dance.

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Last week was Earth Week. Marin County started a plan to reserve more water. California members of congress attempted to claw back canceled climate grants and ban off shore oil drilling. Dungeness crab fishing has been halted to make way for passing whales. New rules are going into place to keep invasive mussels out of the …

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A legendary public housing complex in Marin County is scheduled for renovation. Oakland has a new mayor. The town of Benicia may lose its largest employer. The tradition of horse racing ends at a county fair, and San Francisco welcomes a new Flower mart.  

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Marin county focuses on affordable housing, Stanford students face felony charges for pro-Palestinian protest. Autonomous vehicles are allowed in in a San Francisco car-free zone. Oaklanders are now voting for a new mayor.

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Anti-Trump protests intensify and take new forms. Sausalito decides against bike lanes. San Mateo can begin to oust its sheriff.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Tunnel Vision (ep. 3): A look at California’s $20 billion solution to its water crisis — the Delta Conveyance Tunnel. We visit Miwok tribal leaders and scientists working on nature based solutions for saving the Delta from damage due to sea levels rise and increased water diversions.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Tunnel Vision (ep. 2) A look at California’s $20 billion solution to its water crisis — the Delta Conveyance Tunnel. In this episode, we talk with the tunnel’s chief engineer Steve Minassian, who describes the process, locations and implications of the project, using four tunnel boring machines.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Tunnel Vision (ep. 1) A look at California’s $20 billion solution to its water crisis — the Delta Conveyance Tunnel. In this first installment, we hear from the stakeholders – California’s fisheries, urban water agencies, Delta farmers and Delta tribes.

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Sausalito city council is spooked cyber-attack. Bird flu spreads into more species. Several homeless vehicles are left stranded in Hunters Point. A fired federal worker gets rehired after a social media shaming.

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The updated Cal Fire risk are maps are out.  Thousands of University of California workers go on strike. A DOGE raid of San Francisco’s City Hall turns out to be a prank.  Berkeley’s famous peregrine falcons have gone missing.

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Sausalito works on its housing laws. Embattled San Mateo Sheriff is uninvited to a party in San Francisco. Another battery fire flares up in Moss Landing. Budget woes hit Oakland. President Trump takes aim at San Francisco’s Presidio.

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A controversial development in Marin City reaches a compromise. New details emerge about the Martinez Refinery fire. The future of Open AI reaches a court battle. Berkeley’s homeless union presents its case against an encampment sweep.

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Flooding in Sonoma County resulted in two storm-related deaths. Thousands of Bay Area federal workers receive an invitation to resign. Initial air quality reports are released by the Martinez Refining Company following a fire there and California’s Attorney General investigates a police shooting in Richmond.

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