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The damage appears limited to the outer mailer, the Department of Elections says. If all four ballot cards and the return envelope are intact, the ballot can still be voted and returned.
Santa Clara County's bus and light rail agency is financially stable, but Caltrain warns that a no vote on Nov. 3 could put its Gilroy and Morgan Hill service on the chopping block.
Preliminary counts show 254,248 paid exits on Oct. 6, topping the post-pandemic high BART set just three weeks earlier, as voters weigh a regional sales tax meant to head off deep transit cuts.
Mayor Daniel Lurie's new limits on police use of the city's 400-plus Flock cameras add a 30-day access window and required incident numbers, but critics say key safeguards date to a 2016 state law and one major recommendation was left out.
The county is urging people to make a plan, build a kit, pick up sandbags and sign up for SMC Alert now, with federal forecasters giving better than 90% odds of a very strong El Niño this fall and winter.
An early-morning fire on Central Avenue trapped residents on the third floor, sent two people to the hospital and displaced about a dozen. Police arrested a 52-year-old man who lives at the complex.
Three of the bridge's six lanes are closing from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights this week so crews can build work platforms beneath the deck for the last phase of a seismic upgrade expected to run through 2036.
Crews found flames coming through the roof of a two-story house on Rose Court around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Both residents were rescued but died at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and the cause is under investigation.
Most Oakland Unified buildings have no cooling. The district has put temperature sensors in every classroom at 83 schools and says a public dashboard of the readings is coming this week.
A state parks burn meant to cut wildfire risk sent air quality on the Richmond shoreline above 400 on the AQI. The Air District has apologized and says it is reassessing its permit process, with a board member pressing the issue this week.
A new survey puts Caltrain's rider satisfaction at an all-time high two years after electrification, but the agency still faces a roughly $75 million annual gap that could close stations and end weekend trains.
A judge ended 23 years of court oversight of the Oakland Police Department. Now the city's own oversight agencies, which together get less than 2% of OPD's budget, are expected to carry the load.
The former Orange County congresswoman cited Wiener's record on housing, health care and transit, a month before San Francisco voters choose between him and Supervisor Connie Chan.
Berkeley's mayor, an Alameda County supervisor and dozens of other officials want Young stripped of his committee seats after an investigation found he subjected a fellow director to unwanted physical contact.
The City Council voted unanimously for a temporary ban on new detention facilities anywhere in Gilroy, which can be stretched to two years, while a federal court has already paused construction of an ICE center east of the city.
The City Council voted 9-2 for a permit program that caps sidewalk speeds at 5 mph, lets the city limit how many robots operate, and puts DoorDash's larger Dot robot on a one-year trial, according to SJSU's Spartan Media Group.
Three council members want to bar tent sites near preschools and in-home daycares, as northwest Berkeley parents push back on a court-approved camp on Camelia Street and city leaders say a citywide camping ban couldn't be enforced, The Berkeley Scanner reports.
After days of triple-digit inland heat, forecasters expect a sharp cooldown, gusty winds and rough seas that could affect this weekend's Blue Angels shows, plus a coastal flood advisory starting Friday, SFGATE reports.
One of the biggest developments the Sonoma County town has seen in decades goes before the City Council, with backers touting jobs and tax revenue and opponents warning about old contamination on the property.
Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution, which says it feeds more than 1,000 people a day, was cited for zoning and sidewalk violations. Mayor Matt Mahan says the city may help move it.
San Francisco police arrested Shakia Vanderbilt in the weekend shooting of Ulysses Tykee Davis, a 47-year-old guard and father of six who was working a reality-TV tour event at the Mid-Market venue.
Mail ballots for the Nov. 3 election are reaching Santa Clara County voters this week. The Registrar of Voters is urging people to use drop boxes or mail ballots at least a week ahead, citing possible postal delays.
A five-county sales tax meant to head off deep cuts at BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit drew 48% support in a new survey, short of the simple majority it needs. Here is what the measure does and what each side argues.
A Van's RV-7A went down in a field by Rooster Run Golf Club late Wednesday morning, closing part of East Washington Street. The FAA and NTSB are investigating, and the condition of the two people aboard wasn't immediately known.
Supervisors voted unanimously to proclaim a local emergency so crews can get ahead of flooding and slides, two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide El Niño proclamation.
State data shows the region has the highest flu test positivity in California, weeks or months ahead of the usual winter rise, and health officials are urging people to get vaccinated now.
With more than a million visitors expected, SFMTA plans to block driverless cars from picking up or dropping off along a large stretch of the waterfront from Friday through Sunday, NBC Bay Area reports.
High mortgage rates and thin inventory are keeping entry-level buyers on the sidelines, while homes priced at $6.5 million and up are selling faster, according to NBC Bay Area reporting.
A $3 million state award will fund a regional effort, led by StopWaste, to develop standardized modular home designs and smoother permitting for middle-income housing.
On the same Tuesday, San Francisco supervisors and the Oakland City Council unanimously approved 45-day moratoriums so planners can study energy, water and air-quality impacts.
In her second annual address, Lee pointed to public-safety gains and new cleanup spending while city workers protested more than 1,000 unfilled positions.
The City Council approved a $1.3 million design contract for gate upgrades at Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive and Charleston Road, a step toward federal 'quiet zone' status.
N17 Development wants a judge to force approval of its Willow Park project on the former Sunset Magazine campus. The city says the project doesn't qualify for fast-track review.