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1 day ago · Oakland leaders say about 100 city workers will be laid off or demoted this week and next as the full consequences of the city's devastating financial crisis take shape. Individual layoff notices ...

3 days ago · The latest local news and headlines in East Bay region and Contra Costa and Alameda counties and Northern California.

4 days ago · On Wednesday, the White House rescinded a memo that had called for a freeze on federal grants.. Bay Area universities, nonprofits and local governments are scrambling to understand how the Trump ...

The latest local news and headlines in East Bay region and Contra Costa and Alameda counties and Northern California.

2 days ago · Oakland boxer, facing child molestation case, now charged with breaking deputy’s nose in jail Officers responded to the area of E. 6th Street and A Street about 7:15 a.m. and found the 47-year ...

The latest obituaries in East Bay region and Contra Costa and Alameda counties and Northern California.

1 day ago · About 18,000 Teamsters are set to strike 56 Costco stores across California and five other states unless an 11th-hour agreement prevents what would be the largest retail strike in US history.

5 days ago · The latest news and headlines in East Bay region and Contra Costa and Alameda counties and Northern California.

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