Developer wins latest battle to ship coal through Oakland
OAKLAND — The developer fighting for years to transport coal through Oakland is on the way to another legal victory that could thwart efforts by the city’s leaders to prevent …
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California students with unstable home environments most likely to be suspended, new study shows
Across California, the two groups of children living in more tenuous home environments — foster youth and those experiencing homelessness — are also the most likely to be sent home …
Bay Area students are still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels
It’s been two years since California’s students returned to the classroom. But the Golden State’s newly released assessment test scores show that across both the Bay Area and the state, …
A ‘tsunami’ of cases as Alameda County eviction moratorium ends
One is spending all her money on a messy divorce. One was shot in the foot and couldn’t collect his disability check. More than one lost a job to the …
San Jose baby’s fentanyl death scrutinized as neighbors decry missed warnings
Baby Phoenix Castro wasn’t breathing when a San Jose Fire dispatcher’s voice crackled over their radio system at 10:11 a.m. on May 13. The message was brisk: “CPR is in progress. …
Will pilot’s bad trip set back California psychedelic mushroom legalization?
An East Bay pilot’s midair meltdown last week in which he tried to shut off the jet engines and later told police he’d been depressed and recently took magic mushrooms …
CRISPR could kill HIV. But we don’t know if it’s a cure.
In a provocative first step toward an elusive end to a devastating disease that has claimed 40 million lives, three patients have received CRISPR gene-editing therapies in an effort to …
California official accused of drafting fix with lobbyists
A consumer group says California’s Department of Insurance communications obtained through a records request show the commissioner’s proposed fixes to the state’s troubled home insurance market announced last month were …
With a potential multi-billion-dollar Oakland Coliseum project at stake, legal fight could shake Black-led development group
OAKLAND — A group tapped by the city to help develop a $5 billion plan to transform the forsaken Coliseum complex into a hub of live sports and entertainment appears …
Two Oakland school board candidates seek to break deadlock
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 …