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The political potency of abortion rights proved more powerful than the drag of President Joe Biden’s approval ratings in Tuesday’s off-year elections, as Ohioans enshrined a right to abortion in their state’s constitution, and Democrats…
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OAKLAND — Ahead of a decision by Major League Baseball owners on whether Oakland’s last major sports franchise can leave the city for Las Vegas, Mayor Sheng Thao on Tuesday urged them to offer a clear “no” vote. “This is more than just a…
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It is the morning of Oct. 7, and the sounds of gunfire ring. A man rushes his 8- and 12-year-old sons — still in their pajamas — through a side door, and they crowd into a backyard shed. Within seconds, someone tosses in a grenade. The…
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A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. This time last year, John Carlo Chan was teaching students half a world away. He’d been educating 30 kids on the autism spectrum in his native…
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OAKLAND — The special election next week for a key Oakland school board seat features two candidates, but only one will get a flashy mailer delivered to voters’ mailboxes in the coming days — thanks to a hefty dose of labor spending. It’s a…
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People born in India are now the largest immigrant group in the Bay Area’s two biggest counties. Santa Clara and Alameda are now home to 250,000 residents who were born in India, enough to rank as the Bay Area’s fourth largest city. But how…
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Faculty members at California State University have voted to authorize a strike, demanding a new deal with increased pay, lower class sizes, and more manageable workloads for staff across the university system’s 23 campuses. The…
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Across California, two groups of children living among the most difficult environments — foster youth and those experiencing homelessness — are also the most likely to be sent home through punitive, out-of-school suspensions, new research…
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SAN JOSE — A teenager suspected of hanging several dolls with nooses from the trees of multiple Saratoga schools last fall was arrested Wednesday on felony terrorism charges, authorities said. The teen was booked into Santa Clara County’s…
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OAKLAND — The immediate future of the Oakland Unified School District could be heavily influenced by a special election in November for a crucial swing seat on the divided school board. The two candidates, Jorge Lerma and Sasha…
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