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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 17m

Chabria: So much winning. Can Bonta maintain state’s hot streak against Trump? trib.al/oRnZUgr

Chabria: So much winning. Can Bonta maintain state’s hot streak against Trump?

California is racking up wins that have restored more than $160 billion and slowed the steamrolling of civil rights.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 26m

Asking Eric: Angry mom bars her son’s girlfriend from his hospital room trib.al/RwSLzsq

Asking Eric: Angry mom bars her son’s girlfriend from his hospital room

Does she have the right to treat the younger woman this way?

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 1h

Harriette Cole: My little sister can’t wait for me to come home — but I might not trib.al/7ZaYk7i

Harriette Cole: My little sister can’t wait for me to come home — but I might not

How do I explain this to a 10-year-old?

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 1h

Miss Manners: Things get awkward when friends tour my art studio trib.al/6nOMaOQ

Miss Manners: Things get awkward when friends tour my art studio

I’m made to feel I’m being greedy.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 2h

Dear Abby: Other friends tell us not to invite them if the Smiths will be there trib.al/Wgcpw54

Dear Abby: Other friends tell us not to invite them if the Smiths will be there

They’re our longtime friends, but their bragging drives us crazy.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 3h

Wilson hits last-second jumper to lift Aces over Mercury 90-88 for a 3-0 lead in the WNBA Finals trib.al/V97hIqc

Wilson hits last-second jumper to lift Aces over Mercury 90-88 for a 3-0 lead in the WNBA Finals

The Las Vegas Aces coughed up a 17-point lead in the final quarter but they were bailed out at the end by Wilson’s heroics.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 5h

Instant Warriors analysis: What happened when Golden State went big against Blazers trib.al/eyzNFk8

Instant Warriors analysis: What happened when Golden State went big against Blazers

Golden State starts Al Horford with Draymond Green., and the results were mixed.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 7h

San Jose’s Katherine Zhu falls in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur semifinals at Pebble Beach trib.al/S9rGWdQ

San Jose’s Katherine Zhu falls in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur semifinals at Pebble Beach

Former Cal star is beaten 2 and 1 by 2019 champion Ina Kim-Schaad in the semifinals at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Wednesday.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 10h

UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi wins Nobel prize in chemistry trib.al/LM3TvAv

UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi wins Nobel prize in chemistry

With his Nobel Prize win, he called on the scientific community to renew their commitment to discovery amid funding cuts to science.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 11h

New California law requires some ultraprocessed foods to be removed from school lunches trib.al/UDOSFx4

New California law requires some ultraprocessed foods to be removed from school lunches

The first-in-the-nation law requires the adoption of rules by mid-2028 defining “ultraprocessed foods of concern” and “restricted school foods.”

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 11h

Elon Musk agrees to settle with fired Twitter execs over severance dispute trib.al/ujA3PtR

Elon Musk agrees to settle with fired Twitter execs over severance dispute

Elon Musk and X have reached a settlement with a group of executives over $128 million in severance that they allege Musk had not paid since he bought what was then known as Twitter in 2022.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 11h

Warriors’ Summer League standout signs with team in Middle East trib.al/00wD9mE

Warriors’ Summer League standout signs with team in Middle East

The Australian point guard spent time on the Warriors roster last season, but did not play a regular-season game with the team.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 11h

Terminated SJ assistant fire chief alleges he was called ‘dinosaur,’ subjected to discrimination and retaliation trib.al/pDU17MB

Terminated SJ assistant fire chief alleges he was called ‘dinosaur,’ subjected to discrimination and retaliation

Former San Jose Fire Department assistant chief James Williams has filed a claim against the city alleging he was intentionally pushed out of his job weeks before becoming eligible for retirement b…

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 12h

Sharks’ Reaves defends ex-Leafs teammate, now Vegas winger, after toxic ending to Toronto tenure trib.al/veY5c2Y

Sharks’ Reaves defends ex-Leafs teammate, now Vegas winger, after toxic ending to Toronto tenure

Ryan Reaves will face a group of close friends on Thursday when the San Jose Sharks host the Vegas Golden Knights

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 12h

Development of former Greyhound station in San Jose may not happen for years trib.al/1ICQ9YX

Development of former Greyhound station in San Jose may not happen for years

A San Jose housing project remains a year or more from breaking ground even as court battles erupt over the property.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 13h

Woman who allegedly killed San Francisco woman in head-on collision takes plea deal trib.al/SO0in4h

Woman who allegedly killed San Francisco woman in head-on collision takes plea deal

The 2023 crash killed 54-year-old Eden Palmer and injured her son.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 13h

Review: New ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ tries hard but falls a little flat trib.al/2ZmQryY

Review: New ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ tries hard but falls a little flat

Despite strong performances from Tonatiuh, Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez, the latest adaptation of this classic tale doesn’t always work.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 13h

Latest on 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall before Sunday’s visit to Bucs trib.al/OBQkfdn

Latest on 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall before Sunday’s visit to Bucs

The 49ers resumed practicing Wednesday without Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall and many more ahead of Sunday’s visit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

Newest Warrior already having an influence on Jonathan Kuminga: “It’s just making my life easier” trib.al/C514t6R

Newest Warrior already having an influence on Jonathan Kuminga: “It’s just making my life easier”

Jonathan Kuminga on his passing against the Lakers: “I was just letting the game come to me”

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

South San Francisco: Man charged with pimping for allegedly providing girlfriend to sex traffickers trib.al/oOlnxly

South San Francisco: Man charged with pimping for allegedly providing girlfriend to sex traffickers

The man’s girlfriend arrived in the county illegally from China on the promise of making money giving massages but was allegedly forced into sex work at a South San Francisco hotel.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk’s new YouTube show follows 49ers season trib.al/cLOD5cl

Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk’s new YouTube show follows 49ers season

With their new show, the wives of George Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk offer ‘an unfiltered look,’ behind-the-scenes look into their lives as they go to 49ers games at home and away.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

Cielo Supermarket to open in Pittsburg in summer 2026 with help from city trib.al/Bz6epWa

Cielo Supermarket to open in Pittsburg in summer 2026 with help from city

PITTSBURG – With financial assistance provided by the city, Cielo Supermarket will come to Highland Square Shopping Center next summer in an effort to provide relief to nearby residents who have be…

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

New California law makes Diwali a state holiday starting in 2026 trib.al/rD2c1M9

New California law makes Diwali a state holiday starting in 2026

Starting next year, California schools can close and state employees can take the day off for Diwali.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 14h

Endangered albatross spotted off Marin County coast marks first-ever documented sighting north of Costa Rica trib.al/2narjJM

Endangered albatross spotted off Marin County coast marks first-ever documented sighting north of Costa Rica

A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands.

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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 15h

Holy Score: The Big 12 was smart to schedule the Utah-BYU rivalry game in the middle of October trib.al/pEvoYGM

Holy Score: The Big 12 was smart to schedule the Utah-BYU rivalry game in the middle of October

The heated rivalry is too valuable to the conference for a broadcast slot on the crowded Saturday at the end of the season.

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