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2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Valley Water District 6 Election 2026: Milan Balinton vs. Phuong Nguyen in Central and East San Jose https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/midpen-open-space-ward-1-election-2026-craig-gleason-vs-tina-marie-to Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Midpen Open Space Ward 1 Election 2026: Craig Gleason Seeks a Second Term Against Tina Marie To https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/santa-clara-unified-school-board-trustee-area-1-2026-canova-vs-yassin Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Santa Clara Unified Trustee Area 1 Election 2026: Jim Canova, on the Board Since 1992, Faces Kamal Yassin https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gilroy-unified-trustee-area-3-election-2026-nelson-vs-harney Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Gilroy Unified Trustee Area 3 Election 2026: Incumbent Michelle Nelson vs. Former Councilmember Dan Harney https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gilroy-unified-trustee-area-4-election-2026-van-laar-vs-stevens Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Gilroy Unified Trustee Area 4 Election 2026: Trevor Van Laar vs. Jane Stevens https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/campbell-union-school-district-election-2026-trustee-areas-4-and-5 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Campbell Union School District Election 2026: Miller vs. Vora in Area 4, Krow-Lucal vs. Chandra in Area 5 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gavilan-college-board-trustee-area-3-election-2026-gutierrez-vs-merchant Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:00:21-07:00 Gavilan College Board Trustee Area 3 Election 2026: Gabriel Gutierrez vs. Shahida Merchant https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fort-point-golden-gate-bridge-history-civil-war-fort-secret-bay-area Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:04:02-07:00 Secret Bay Area: Fort Point, the Civil War Fort the Golden Gate Bridge Was Redesigned to Save https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/rosie-the-riveter-home-front-park-richmond-747-ships-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:04:02-07:00 Bay Area 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When Will It Reopen? https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/the-sea-ranch-sonoma-coast-architecture-halprin-condominium-one Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:26:22-07:00 The Sea Ranch: How a 1960s Planned Community on 10 Miles of Sonoma Coast Helped Create the Coastal Commission https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/las-trampas-regional-wilderness-danville-elk-traps-hiking-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Las Trampas: The East Bay's 'Tough Guy' Park, Named for Traps Once Set for Elk https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/briones-regional-park-martinez-lafayette-special-management-area-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Briones Regional Park: The Ranchland Between Martinez and Lafayette Now Has Alternating Bike and Horse Days https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/point-pinole-regional-shoreline-richmond-giant-powder-dynamite-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Point Pinole: The Richmond Shoreline Park That Was Once Home to a Dynamite Factory https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/miller-knox-regional-shoreline-point-richmond-keller-beach-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline: Point Richmond's Bayside Park With Keller Beach, a Lagoon and Skyline Views https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/huckleberry-botanic-regional-preserve-oakland-hills-relic-plants Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Huckleberry Preserve: A 1.7-Mile Oakland Hills Loop Through a Relic Plant Community https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sibley-volcanic-regional-preserve-oakland-hills-round-top-labyrinths Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Sibley Volcanic Preserve: Walk an Oakland Hills Volcano That Began Erupting 10 Million Years Ago https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mount-umunhum-sierra-azul-cold-war-radar-cube-summit-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Mount Umunhum: The Cold War Radar 'Cube' Above San Jose and the 19,000-Acre Preserve Around It https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/audium-san-francisco-sound-theater-176-speakers-halloween-the-depths Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Audium: San Francisco's Pitch-Dark Sound Theater With 176 Speakers Has a Halloween Show https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/blackhawk-museum-danville-classic-cars-open-despite-plaza-news Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Blackhawk Museum: Danville's Classic Car Museum Says It's Staying Open Despite Changes at Blackhawk Plaza https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fitzgerald-marine-reserve-moss-beach-tidepools-el-nino-high-tides Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:29:22-07:00 Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: Moss Beach's Tide Pools, and Why San Mateo County Is Warning About High Tides This Winter https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/shadow-cliffs-regional-recreation-area-pleasanton-gravel-quarry-lake Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Shadow Cliffs: How a Kaiser Gravel Quarry Became Pleasanton's Swimming and Fishing Lake https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/vasco-caves-regional-preserve-rock-art-guided-tours-only Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Vasco Caves: The East Contra Costa Preserve You Can Only Visit on a Guided Tour https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/morgan-territory-regional-preserve-jeremiah-morgan-diablo-sunflower Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Morgan Territory: The Mount Diablo Backcountry Named for an 1850s Rancher https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/big-break-regional-shoreline-oakley-delta-visitor-center-1928-levee Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Big Break: The Oakley Shoreline Created When a Levee Broke and Flooded an Asparagus Farm in 1928 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/round-valley-regional-preserve-brentwood-kit-fox-murphy-ranch Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Round Valley: The Brentwood Preserve Where Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes Reach the Edge of Their Range https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/reinhardt-redwood-regional-park-oakland-navigation-trees-logging-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park: The Oakland Hills Forest Logged Twice, Once Home to Redwoods Sailors Used to Navigate https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/pleasanton-ridge-regional-park-1983-referendum-tyler-ranch-trails Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Pleasanton Ridge: The Park Residents Saved From a Golf Course in a 1983 Referendum https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/contra-loma-regional-park-antioch-reservoir-fishing-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Contra Loma Regional Park: Antioch's 80-Acre Reservoir for Year-Round Fishing https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/wildcat-canyon-regional-park-richmond-alvarado-park-nimitz-way Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Wildcat Canyon Regional Park: Richmond's 2,789-Acre Wild Side, From Historic Alvarado Park to Nimitz Way https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ohlone-wilderness-rose-peak-tule-elk-trail-permit-dropped-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T09:31:39-07:00 Ohlone Wilderness: The 9,737-Acre Backcountry You Can Reach Only on Foot or Horseback, No Permit Needed in 2026 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/emperor-norton-san-francisco-self-proclaimed-emperor-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Emperor Norton: The Bankrupt Rice Trader Who Declared Himself Emperor of the United States From San Francisco https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/key-system-east-bay-streetcars-trains-history-ac-transit Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 The Key System: How a Borax Fortune Built the East Bay's Lost Network of Streetcars and Bay Bridge Trains https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/playland-at-the-beach-ocean-beach-amusement-park-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Playland at the Beach: The Ocean Beach Amusement Park San Francisco Lost in 1972 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/hetch-hetchy-valley-reservoir-san-francisco-water-history-visiting Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Hetch Hetchy: The Flooded Yosemite Valley That Still Supplies San Francisco's Water https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mission-san-jose-fremont-history-14th-california-mission Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Mission San José: Fremont's 1797 Mission, Rebuilt After the 1868 Earthquake https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fort-ross-state-historic-park-russian-colony-sonoma-coast-visit Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Fort Ross: California's Russian Outpost on the Sonoma Coast, and How to Visit https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mclaren-park-san-francisco-guide-shelley-promenade-garcia-amphitheater Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 McLaren Park: A Guide to San Francisco's 313-Acre Park in the Southeast, From Shelley Promenade to the Garcia Amphitheater https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/covenant-york-walker-berkeley-rep-peets-theatre-nov-6-dec-13-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Covenant at Berkeley Rep: York Walker's Southern Gothic Bluesman Thriller Opens Nov. 6 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/the-secret-museum-lynne-kaufman-the-marsh-san-francisco-world-premiere-nov-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 The Secret Museum: Lynne Kaufman's Pompeii Love Story Premieres at The Marsh Nov. 7-22 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/free-flu-shot-clinics-san-mateo-marin-county-november-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T15:55:37-07:00 Free Flu Shot Clinics in San Mateo and Marin Counties: Dates and Places Through November https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/jonas-brothers-burning-up-tour-all-over-again-chase-center-nov-21-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Jonas Brothers Bring 'The Burning Up Tour All Over Again' to Chase Center Nov. 21 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/journey-final-frontier-tour-hometown-finale-chase-center-nov-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Journey Ends Its Final Frontier Tour With a Hometown Show at Chase Center Nov. 28 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/dolores-huerta-dies-96-bay-area-reaction-si-se-puede-las-campesinas Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Dolores Huerta, Farmworker Movement Co-Founder, Dies at 96; Bay Area Leaders Pay Tribute https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/eames-institute-novato-museum-master-plan-herzog-de-meuron-birkenstock-site Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Eames Institute Unveils Museum Plans for Novato's Former Birkenstock Warehouse https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-scottish-rite-center-lake-merritt-sells-9-2-million-art-of-living Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Oakland's Scottish Rite Center on Lake Merritt Sells for $9.2 Million https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-jose-renames-plaza-de-cesar-chavez-plaza-de-san-jose-council-vote Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 San Jose Renames Downtown's Plaza de César Chávez as Plaza de San José https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sf-market-bayview-wholesale-produce-market-expansion-1900-kirkwood-approved Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 SF's Overnight Wholesale Produce Market in the Bayview Gets the Green Light to Expand https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/stanford-at-louisville-preview-oct-31-2026-halloween-acc-network-road-streak Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Stanford at Louisville Preview: Cardinal Try to End a 14-Game Road Skid on Halloween https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/uc-davis-report-el-nino-flooding-risk-highway-37-sfo-bay-bridge-toll-plaza Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 UC Davis Report: El Niño Could Push Flooding Onto Highway 37, SFO and the Bay Bridge Approach https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/chabot-space-science-center-shared-sky-astrophotography-exhibit-oakland Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:01:44-07:00 Chabot's New 'Shared Sky' Exhibit Lets Families Make an Astro-Selfie and See Award-Winning Space Photos https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/49ers-reacquire-deforest-buckner-trade-colts-2027-fourth-round-pick Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 49ers Bring Back DeForest Buckner in Trade With the Colts for a 2027 Fourth-Round Pick https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/secret-bay-area-sharks-red-wings-1995-nhl-game-rained-out-guadalupe-river-flood Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Secret Bay Area: The Night Rain Postponed an NHL Game in San Jose https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mike-thompson-eric-jones-4th-congressional-district-race-explained-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Thompson vs. Jones: What to Know About the Democrat-on-Democrat Race for California's 4th District https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/glide-safety-worker-justin-randle-killed-tenderloin-ellis-street-da-declines-charges Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 GLIDE Safety Worker Justin Randle Killed on Ellis Street; DA Declines to Charge Arrested Driver https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/pleasanton-sewer-rate-increase-nov-17-hearing-57-bimonthly-prop-218-protest Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Pleasanton Sewer Bills Could Nearly Double: What's Proposed and How to Protest Before Nov. 17 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/highway-84-woodside-la-honda-striping-one-way-traffic-oct-28-30-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Highway 84 Between Woodside and La Honda Has One-Way Traffic Through Friday for Striping https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-public-conservatory-of-music-20-years-angela-wellman-retires Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Turns 20 as Founder Angela Wellman Prepares to Step Down https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/high-pile-concepts-in-tufting-bedford-gallery-walnut-creek-through-dec-13 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 'High Pile' at Walnut Creek's Bedford Gallery Turns Rug Tufting Into Fine Art https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/punk-or-treat-gilman-brewing-berkeley-halloween-show-oct-30-2026-all-ages Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Punk or Treat: An All-Ages Halloween Punk Show at Gilman Brewing in Berkeley Friday https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/meta-snap-social-media-addiction-trial-jury-selection-los-angeles-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:10:14-07:00 Meta and Snap Face a Los Angeles Jury Over Claims Their Apps Hooked Teens https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-jose-council-approves-city-union-contracts-amsp-supervisors-reject-deal Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 San Jose Approves New Contracts for About 4,000 City Workers, but One Supervisors' Unit Rejects the Deal https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-council-approves-si-se-puede-park-rename-ufw-trademark-approval-pending Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Berkeley OKs 'Sí Se Puede Park' as the New Name for Former Cesar Chavez Park, but the UFW Still Has to Sign Off https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-police-suv-stolen-restraining-order-call-suspect-arrested-oakland-basement Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Man Steals Running Alameda Police SUV During Restraining-Order Call; Found Hiding in an Oakland Basement https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sharks-shut-out-by-sabres-2-0-colten-ellis-askarov-38-saves-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Sharks Shut Out 2-0 by Sabres in First Game Home From Road Trip Despite 38 Saves From Askarov https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/newsom-executive-order-highway-1-task-force-el-nino-storms-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Newsom Orders a Highway 1 Task Force to Prepare the Coast Highway for El Niño Storms https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/steve-adami-named-san-francisco-recovery-director-homelessness-department Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Steve Adami, Abstinence-Based Recovery Advocate, Will Lead San Francisco's New Recovery Unit https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/creative-growth-flash-tattoo-fundraiser-nov-13-14-2026-oakland-berkeley-sf Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Get a Creative Growth Tattoo: Oakland Art Center's Flash Fundraiser Comes to SF, Berkeley and Oakland Shops Nov. 13-14 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/betrayal-marin-theatre-mill-valley-carey-perloff-pinter-through-nov-15-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Carey Perloff directs Pinter's 'Betrayal' at Marin Theatre in Mill Valley through Nov. 15 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gilroy-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Gilroy Home Prices, September 2026: $1.07M Median, and Price Cuts Fall Sharply https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/pacifica-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:28:45-07:00 Pacifica Home Prices, September 2026: $1.28M Median as Sales Jump 39% https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-county-court-interpreters-half-day-strike-oakland-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Court interpreters stage half-day strike at two Oakland courthouses over pay https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-ab-1883-bossware-law-ai-emotion-neural-data-workplace-jan-1-2027 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 California's AI 'bossware' ban takes effect Jan. 1: no reading workers' emotions or neural data https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/cal-stanford-big-spike-volleyball-oct-28-haas-oct-30-maples-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Cal and No. 18 Stanford meet twice this week in volleyball's Big Spike: Haas on Wednesday, Maples on Friday https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-urban-farm-oasis-chickens-stolen-dumped-edible-schoolyard-king-middle Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Stolen Berkeley flock turns up at King Middle School's Edible Schoolyard, but dozens of birds are dead or missing https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/kaiser-oakland-mammogram-visits-lung-cancer-screening-gap-study-missed-by-a-pack Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Oakland mammogram study finds women eligible for lung cancer screening are being missed https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/vallejo-benicia-halloween-dia-de-muertos-weekend-2026-nightmare-on-glenn-street Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Vallejo-area Halloween weekend: Nightmare on Glenn Street, a downtown costume stroll, Lumpia Fest and Día de Muertos on Marin Street https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/garamendi-carbajal-golden-bear-mare-island-deportation-ship-letter-dhs Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Garamendi and Carbajal demand DHS drop reported plan to use Mare Island's Golden Bear training ship for deportations https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/the-burning-ember-romantasy-bookstore-santa-cruz-trailside-books-aptos-opening-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Two new indie bookstores open in Santa Cruz County: The Burning Ember (romantasy) downtown and Trailside Books in Aptos Village https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/7-mile-house-brisbane-history-last-original-mile-house-bayshore-1858-toll-gate Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Secret Bay Area: Brisbane's 7 Mile House, the Bay Area's last mile house still standing where it was built https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/morgan-hill-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:29:17-07:00 Morgan Hill Home Prices, September 2026: $1.28M Median, and 41% of Listings Cut Prices https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lake-pillsbury-magnitude-4-0-earthquake-lake-county-sequence-bartlett-springs-fault-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Magnitude 4.0 earthquake shakes Lake County near Lake Pillsbury, the biggest in a 12-quake sequence https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-rabies-record-2026-368-rabid-animals-bats-bay-area-county-counts Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 California's rabies count hits a 28-year high: 368 rabid animals so far in 2026, and most are bats https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/yellow-browed-warbler-moss-beach-first-bay-area-record-birders-siberia Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 A lost Siberian songbird draws hundreds of birders to Moss Beach: the Bay Area's first yellow-browed warbler https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-mateo-jack-in-the-box-hot-coffee-thrown-at-manager-willie-quinn-three-strikes Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 San Mateo man accused of throwing 200-degree coffee in Jack in the Box manager's face; faces possible three-strikes life term https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/project-uris-ian-jacobs-max-raskin-union-square-165-post-47-kearny-seven-buildings Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Project Uris buys 165 Post and 47 Kearny for $19.6 million, its seventh Union Square building https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/upstairs-cafe-oakland-temescal-above-snail-bar-sammy-chang-soft-opening Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Upstairs, the cafe in a former apartment above Oakland's Snail Bar, is finally pouring coffee https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/colma-city-of-the-dead-history-how-san-francisco-moved-its-cemeteries-south Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Colma, the town where the dead outnumber the living: how San Francisco evicted its cemeteries https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/john-proctor-is-the-villain-act-toni-rembe-west-coast-premiere-nov-12-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 'John Proctor Is the Villain,' the Tony-nominated Broadway hit, makes its West Coast premiere at A.C.T. Nov. 12 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/galactic-fillmore-halloween-weekend-2026-oct-30-31-parlor-greens-bella-rayne Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Galactic brings New Orleans funk to the Fillmore for two Halloween-weekend nights https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/brentwood-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:34:17-07:00 Brentwood Home Prices, September 2026: $745K Median, but Sales Jump 30% https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-police-suv-stolen-stardust-place-suspect-arrested-oakland-international-blvd-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Man accused of stealing an Alameda police SUV during a domestic violence call is caught hiding in an Oakland basement https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gilroy-skater-things-clubhouse-roller-skating-rink-permit-6920-monterey-road Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 A Gilroy roller skating spot is packed with families, but the city says its permit doesn't allow a rink https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-jose-council-approves-union-contracts-ifpte-local-21-mef-afscme-101-amsp-holdout Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 San José council approves raises for 4,000 city workers, but one union still says no https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/o2-eatery-berkeley-solano-avenue-brunch-o2-sushi-albany-san-pablo Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 O2 Eatery on Solano Avenue is now a daytime-only brunch spot, and its sushi has moved to Albany https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alphabet-q3-2026-earnings-revenue-127-6-billion-cloud-doubles-stock-falls Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Google's parent misses Wall Street estimates as AI spending pushes cash flow negative; cloud revenue more than doubles https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/secret-bay-area-moss-beach-distillery-blue-lady-ghost-franks-place-speakeasy Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Secret Bay Area: the cliffside speakeasy on the San Mateo coast and the 'Blue Lady' ghost story that may be a hoax https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sharks-shut-out-by-sabres-2-0-askarov-38-saves-kesselring-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Sharks shut out 2-0 by Sabres despite 38 saves from Askarov https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-council-approves-si-se-puede-park-rename-cesar-chavez-park-ufw-trademark Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Berkeley approves renaming its waterfront park 'Sí Se Puede Park,' pending the farmworkers union's OK https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-unified-newcomer-immigrant-student-enrollment-drop-212-programs-cut-17-to-6 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Oakland Unified has enrolled just 212 new immigrant students this year, down from more than 1,300 a year https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/martinez-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T16:40:40-07:00 Martinez Home Prices, September 2026: Median Up 5.1% to $820K, Four Offers per Home https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-ashby-bart-east-lot-saha-habitat-174-homes-council-vote-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Berkeley picks SAHA and Habitat to build 174 affordable homes on Ashby BART's east lot https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-leandro-ballot-error-city-resolution-precinct-results-districts-1-2-3-5 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 San Leandro ballot mix-up traced to a city resolution; votes will be sorted by precinct to pick district winners https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/meda-2059-mission-street-22-million-loan-budget-committee-advances-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Supervisors' budget committee advances $22.2 million loan deal for MEDA's 2059 Mission St. building https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sheng-thao-trial-cecilia-mendez-secret-recordings-california-waste-solutions-juarez-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Sheng Thao trial: jurors hear secret recordings of Juarez complaining the mayor wasn't 'keeping promises' https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/judge-carter-special-master-doj-20000-likely-noncitizen-ballots-california-hearing-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Judge signals special master in DOJ's bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots, likely pushing a final ruling past Election Day https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sffilm-sf-honors-artificial-guadagnino-andrew-garfield-bay-area-premiere-nov-17-jccsf Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Andrew Garfield and Luca Guadagnino bring 'Artificial,' the OpenAI movie, to SF for its Bay Area premiere Nov. 17 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-airport-passengers-down-15-percent-august-2026-sfo-san-jose-compared Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Oakland airport traffic is down 15% this year as SFO grows: what the August numbers show https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/marin-ice-detentions-county-property-week-after-policy-civic-center-jail-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 ICE detained at least four people on Marin County property in the week after supervisors passed limits, advocates say https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mill-valley-miller-avenue-redwood-highway-frontage-road-closed-tidal-flooding-second-day-oct-28 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Mill Valley closes Miller Avenue and Redwood Highway Frontage Road again as high tides flood Marin https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mill-valley-home-prices-september-2026-redfin-zillow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:01:51-07:00 Mill Valley Home Prices, September 2026: Median Falls 19.6% to $1.85M, but Homes Sell in 17 Days https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fbi-searches-stephen-cloobeck-beverly-hills-mansion-eric-swalwell-investigation-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 FBI searches Stephen Cloobeck's Beverly Hills mansion in the Eric Swalwell investigation https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/palo-alto-renters-down-payment-50-years-san-jose-43-years-crl-report-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 Saving for a down payment could take Palo Alto renters nearly 50 years, new estimates show https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/leyla-bakery-meyhouse-turkish-bakery-santa-clara-2079-el-camino-real-2027 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 The Meyhouse team's Turkish bakery, Leyla, is taking orders now and plans a Santa Clara shop in early 2027 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fog-city-dan-pritzker-film-shoot-24th-street-mission-1930s-makeover-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 'Fog City' turns a stretch of 24th Street into 1930s San Francisco for Dan Pritzker's noir film https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/roxie-theater-new-people-cinema-japantown-series-through-mid-december-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 The Roxie is running films at Japantown's New People Cinema through mid-December https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-aquatic-center-construction-jean-sweeney-park-40-5-million-2028 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 Alameda's $40.5 million aquatic center is under construction at Jean Sweeney Open Space Park https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/watsonville-hospital-nurses-reassure-immigrant-patients-natividad-ice-reports-denied-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 Watsonville nurses tell immigrant patients the hospital is safe; Monterey County calls Natividad ICE reports false https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/east-palo-alto-councilmember-mark-dinan-whatsapp-messages-developer-owen-byrd-housing-vote Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 East Palo Alto councilmember Mark Dinan messaged a developer during an affordable housing vote, videos show https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/openai-engineer-abdulrahman-alfozan-indicted-grand-jury-conference-room-recording-device Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 Grand jury indicts ex-OpenAI engineer accused of hiding a recording device in an executive conference room https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-cane-corso-dog-attacks-lake-merritt-pepper-tomiquia-moss-police-investigate Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T17:12:27-07:00 Oakland police investigate a string of dog attacks near Lake Merritt and other parks after a cane corso mauling kills a pet https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-harrison-encampment-9th-circuit-allows-full-closure-leptospirosis-oct-26-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 9th Circuit says Berkeley can finish closing the Harrison encampment over leptospirosis https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/golden-gate-ferry-four-boats-out-napa-engine-failure-temporary-schedule-larkspur-tiburon-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Golden Gate Ferry runs a temporary schedule with four boats out of service https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/larkspur-ferry-terminal-expansion-draft-eir-parking-garage-alternatives-76-daily-trips-nov-5-meeting Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Larkspur ferry terminal report weighs garages of up to 3,998 stalls and 76 daily trips https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sf-prop-d-analysis-123-measures-since-2016-signature-threshold-8-percent-spending-gap-nov-3 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 SF Prop D: how a higher signature bar would have changed past ballots https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/vallejo-costco-relocates-860-admiral-callaghan-lane-opens-nov-6-2026-fairview-plaza Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Vallejo's new Costco on Admiral Callaghan Lane opens Nov. 6 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/residences-at-liberation-park-eastmont-oakland-groundbreaking-119-affordable-homes-black-cultural-zone Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Groundbreaking for 119 affordable homes at Liberation Park in East Oakland https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/square-pie-guys-closing-palo-alto-california-avenue-after-one-year-oct-30-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Square Pie Guys closes its Palo Alto Cal Ave pizzeria after one year https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/valkyries-nakase-lineup-change-hayes-charles-starters-wnba-finals-game-6-atlanta Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 How Nakase's lineup switch turned the WNBA Finals for the Valkyries https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/elsie-allen-high-school-haunted-house-alien-invasion-oct-29-30-2026-santa-rosa-free Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Santa Rosa's Elsie Allen High students build a free 'Alien Invasion' haunted house https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/marin-el-nino-emergency-declarations-larkspur-corte-madera-tiburon-flood-prep-costs-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-28T18:17:44-07:00 Larkspur, Corte Madera and Tiburon declare El Niño emergencies https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/doordash-to-buy-instacart-17-billion-sf-delivery-giants-merge-oct-29-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for $17 billion, merging two San Francisco delivery giants https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/watsonville-community-hospital-board-votes-3-2-close-maternity-nicu-120-day-notice-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Watsonville hospital board votes 3-2 to start closing labor and delivery https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/thao-nguyen-show-me-album-release-independent-sf-nov-8-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Oakland's Thao Nguyen drops 'Show Me,' her first album in six years, with an SF release show Nov. 8 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/piedmont-girls-flag-football-first-ncs-playoff-falls-terra-linda-27-14 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Piedmont girls flag football's first NCS playoff run ends at Terra Linda, 27-14 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/altarena-playhouse-lion-in-winter-alameda-through-nov-22-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Altarena Playhouse closes its 2026 season with 'The Lion in Winter' in Alameda https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/uc-berkeley-hula-hoop-physics-study-nonlinear-dynamics-oreilly Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Berkeley engineers say the old explanation of how hula hoops stay up was wrong https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/volpis-petaluma-check-please-bay-area-nov-5-2026-kqed Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Petaluma's century-old Volpi's gets its 'Check, Please! Bay Area' episode Nov. 5 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fci-dublin-10th-officer-pleads-guilty-david-perez-discipline-hearing-officer Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 10th former FCI Dublin employee pleads guilty in women's prison sex abuse scandal https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alexandre-chorin-uc-berkeley-computational-fluid-dynamics-pioneer-dies-88 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Alexandre Chorin, UC Berkeley mathematician behind modern fluid simulation, dies at 88 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/judge-carter-denies-doj-order-segregate-20000-california-ballots-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:37:02-07:00 Judge rejects bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots, so Bay Area counties keep counting https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/high-speed-rail-ceo-ian-choudri-resigns-travel-scandal-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 California high-speed rail CEO Ian Choudri resigns amid consultant travel scandal https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-pablo-18-year-old-arrested-murder-luis-luigi-ramirez-16th-street Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 San Pablo police arrest 18-year-old in killing of Luis 'Luigi' Ramirez https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bilal-mahmood-grocery-affordability-initiative-produce-buyers-club-district-5 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood pitches a produce buyers club to cut grocery prices in the Tenderloin and Fillmore https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/stanford-basketball-campus-craze-maples-pavilion-home-openers-nov-2-nov-4-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Stanford basketball plans 'Campus Craze' for Maples Pavilion home openers Nov. 2 and Nov. 4 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/la-catrina-de-oakland-34-foot-sculpture-fruitvale-final-week-nov-5-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Last call to see La Catrina de Oakland, the 34-foot sculpture at Fruitvale https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/csu-faculty-strike-authorization-vote-cfa-bay-area-rallies-sjsu-sf-state-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 CSU faculty begin strike authorization vote as Bay Area campuses rally https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/compact-act-march-san-francisco-end-federal-dog-cat-experiments-beagles-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Rescued beagles lead San Francisco march for bill to end federally funded dog and cat experiments https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-francisco-chinese-community-bilingual-education-history-tape-v-hurley-lau-v-nichols Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 From Mamie Tape to Lau v. Nichols: How San Francisco's Chinese community shaped bilingual education https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/pleasant-hill-police-september-2026-crime-stats-48-arrests-86-larcenies Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Pleasant Hill crime up 3.6% in September, police monthly snapshot shows https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/secret-bay-area-leidesdorff-street-william-leidesdorff-city-hotel-first-steamboat Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:43:23-07:00 Secret Bay Area: The tiny Financial District alley named for San Francisco's first Black business titan https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/kollin-kosmicki-recall-misses-signature-deadline-san-benito-county-supervisor-district-2 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Recall of San Benito County Supervisor Kollin Kosmicki falls short after missing signature deadline https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-animal-control-raccoon-rescue-alameda-point-hangar-roof-oct-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Alameda animal control rides a lift to rescue a raccoon stuck on an Alameda Point hangar https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/young-peoples-symphony-orchestra-90th-season-fall-concert-first-church-berkeley-nov-7-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Young People's Symphony Orchestra opens its 90th season Nov. 7 in Berkeley with Brahms' First https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sfdanceworks-season-9-z-space-merce-cunningham-solos-world-premieres-nov-4-7-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 SFDanceworks Season 9 pairs Merce Cunningham solos with two world premieres at Z Space, Nov. 4–7 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-benito-county-el-nino-preparations-state-assistance-500k-reserve-shelters-bolado-park Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 San Benito County braces for El Niño: $500,000 set aside, shelters lined up and a warning from the sheriff https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/franko-and-friends-union-street-cow-hollow-ukrainian-cafe-wine-bar-evening-hours Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Franko & Friends brings Ukrainian wine and syrniki to Cow Hollow, now open at night https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/verdier-mansion-1001-vallejo-street-russian-hill-25-million-the-oa-house-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Russian Hill's Verdier Mansion, 'The OA' house, lists for $25 million for the first time in 20 years https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/prop-38-uc-santa-cruz-left-off-research-grant-council-immunology-bond-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Prop. 38 leaves UC Santa Cruz off the council that would hand out $4 billion in research grants https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/walnut-creek-veterans-day-ceremony-2026-lesher-center-nov-11-concert-band Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Walnut Creek's free Veterans Day ceremony returns to the Lesher Center Nov. 11 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/afeni-shakur-panther-21-trial-1971-self-defense-sausalito-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:49:35-07:00 Afeni Shakur, who later lived in Sausalito, won the Panther 21 case at 23 while pregnant with Tupac https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-francisco-prop-a-term-limits-language-aaron-peskin-could-return-prop-b-conflict Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 Did San Francisco's Prop. A accidentally reopen the door for Aaron Peskin? https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-mateo-county-farmworker-housing-drinking-water-testing-program-32-systems-nov-19 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 San Mateo County will require quarterly water testing at farmworker housing after task force found bacteria in more than half of systems https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/secret-bay-area-musee-mecanique-pier-45-laffing-sal-ed-zelinsky-penny-arcade-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 Secret Bay Area: The free Fisherman's Wharf arcade that started with five quarts of motor oil https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/death-cap-mushroom-season-bay-area-2026-lessons-from-record-amatoxin-outbreak Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 Death cap season is starting in the Bay Area. Here's what last winter's record poisoning outbreak taught doctors https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mount-diablo-beacon-history-eye-of-diablo-pearl-harbor-nimitz-veterans-day Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 The Eye of Diablo: why a 1928 airway beacon on Mount Diablo goes dark most of the year https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mori-point-pacifica-hike-guide-red-legged-frogs-bootleggers-steps-harold-and-maude Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 Mori Point: Pacifica's bluff-top hike with frog ponds, a Prohibition past and a famous movie crash https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ai-agents-calling-san-francisco-small-businesses-voygr-848-calls-vets-bars-hang-up Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 AI agents are phoning San Francisco shops. A test of 848 calls found two-thirds of businesses hang up https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/camera-obscura-cliff-house-lands-end-giant-camera-1946-playland-secret Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 The Giant Camera at Lands End is the last piece of Playland, and it still works the way it did in 1946 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tonga-room-fairmont-nob-hill-tiki-bar-history-swimming-pool-lagoon-rainstorms Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 The Tonga Room: how a 1929 hotel swimming pool on Nob Hill became San Francisco's most famous tiki bar https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/great-american-music-hall-history-blancos-sally-rand-music-box-tenderloin-1907 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T08:59:36-07:00 Great American Music Hall at 119: from post-quake men's club to Sally Rand's Music Box to the Grateful Dead https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bonta-election-safeguards-seizure-ballots-sb-73-law-enforcement-polling-places-poll-workers-nov-3 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Bonta issues new rules of the road for police at polling places and any attempt to seize ballots https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/stanford-research-park-turns-75-varian-hp-xerox-parc-next-housing-plan-palo-alto Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Stanford Research Park turns 75, and its next chapter may include housing https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/where-did-hyde-street-pier-ships-go-balclutha-eureka-mare-island-vallejo-weekend-visits Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Where did San Francisco's historic ships go? Balclutha and friends are waiting in Vallejo https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lawrence-hall-of-science-berkeley-hills-guide-planetarium-nobel-medal-colossus-dia-de-los-muertos Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Lawrence Hall of Science: a family guide to Berkeley's hilltop science center, stolen Nobel medal and all https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/happy-hollow-park-zoo-san-jose-guide-1961-kelley-park-rides-jaguar-red-pandas-parking Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Happy Hollow Park & Zoo: what to know about San Jose's small-kid zoo and amusement park https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-francisco-prop-i-social-housing-opponents-outspend-4-to-1-real-estate-donors-moritz-apartment-association Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Real estate money is outspending San Francisco's Prop. I social housing measure 4-to-1 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/childrens-fairyland-oakland-guide-75-years-walt-disney-magic-key-puppet-theater-tickets-oakland-fridays Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Children's Fairyland at 75: the Oakland park that inspired Walt Disney, and how to visit now https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tilden-park-steam-train-redwood-valley-railway-history-erich-thomsen-lease-dispute-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 The Tilden steam train: a 1952 backyard dream, 800 redwoods and a years-long lease fight https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/haas-lilienthal-house-pacific-heights-1886-victorian-museum-survived-1906-fire-van-ness Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 Haas-Lilienthal House: the Pacific Heights Victorian that watched the 1906 fire stop a few blocks away https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/randall-museum-75th-anniversary-corona-heights-free-san-francisco-josephine-randall-model-trains-animals Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:06:50-07:00 The Randall Museum turns 75 on Corona Heights: free admission, live animals and a model railroad club since 1961 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/exploratorium-guide-frank-oppenheimer-1969-pier-15-tactile-dome-after-dark-glow-exhibition Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 The Exploratorium, from a physicist's blacklist exile to Pier 15: a visitor's guide https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/uss-potomac-oakland-fdr-floating-white-house-history-cruises-jack-london-square Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 FDR's 'Floating White House' is docked in Oakland, and you can still ride it on the bay https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tadich-grill-history-1849-oldest-restaurant-california-cioppino-hangtown-fry-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 Tadich Grill, California's oldest restaurant, began as a Gold Rush coffee stand on a wharf https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/kezar-stadium-history-49ers-raiders-dirty-harry-little-kezar-turkey-bowl-golden-gate-park Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 Kezar Stadium: where the 49ers and Raiders began, Dirty Harry filmed, and high schoolers still play https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/buena-vista-cafe-irish-coffee-history-1952-delaplane-koeppler-shannon-hyde-street Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 How a San Francisco bar on Hyde Street brought Irish coffee to America https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/point-isabel-dog-park-richmond-guide-off-leash-rules-permits-north-point-isabel-usps-lease Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 Point Isabel, the Bay Area's giant off-leash dog park: rules, permits and what changed with the lease https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/f-market-wharves-historic-streetcars-history-trolley-festival-klebolt-hamburg-1995 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 How San Francisco's F-line streetcars started with a festival and a tram from Hamburg https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/transamerica-pyramid-history-pereira-redwood-park-yoda-sale-725-million-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 The Transamerica Pyramid, from 1972 controversy to a $725 million sale: what to know about SF's landmark https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ghirardelli-square-history-chocolate-factory-1893-roth-halprin-first-adaptive-reuse-ruth-asawa-andrea Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 Ghirardelli Square: how a chocolate factory became America's first big adaptive-reuse project https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lincoln-highway-western-terminus-legion-of-honor-lincoln-park-san-francisco-1913-anniversary Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:14:56-07:00 America's first coast-to-coast highway ends at a bus stop in San Francisco's Lincoln Park https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/berkeley-pier-ferry-project-electric-ferry-judicial-streamlining-sb-149-106-million-construction-2028 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 Berkeley's pier and electric ferry plan: where it stands after the state fast-tracked it https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tech-interactive-san-jose-28th-anniversary-guide-imax-dome-ai-sandbox-tickets-tech-challenge Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 The Tech Interactive turns 28: how San Jose's 'Garage' became a downtown landmark, and how to visit https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-museum-of-california-omca-guide-history-1969-roche-dinkeloo-gardens-first-sundays-free Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 Oakland Museum of California: a visitor's guide to the museum built like a hillside garden https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/curiodyssey-san-mateo-coyote-point-guide-rescued-animals-science-playground-winter-hours-tickets Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point: the San Mateo science museum and zoo of rescued California animals https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/giant-dipper-santa-cruz-boardwalk-history-1924-arthur-looff-47-days-national-historic-landmark Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 The Giant Dipper: how Santa Cruz built a wooden coaster in 47 days that's still running a century later https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/its-it-ice-cream-sandwich-history-playland-at-the-beach-1928-george-whitney-burlingame-factory Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 It's-It: how a Playland at the Beach treat became San Francisco's signature ice cream sandwich https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/anchor-brewing-revival-chobani-ulukaya-steam-beer-labels-approved-history-1896-potrero-hill Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 Is Anchor Brewing coming back? What's known about the Potrero Hill brewery's revival https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/city-lights-bookstore-history-ferlinghetti-1953-howl-obscenity-trial-shig-murao-landmark-north-beach Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 City Lights at Columbus and Broadway: the bookstore that won the 'Howl' trial https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/presidio-tunnel-tops-guide-outpost-playground-field-station-free-hours-getting-there-picnic Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 Presidio Tunnel Tops guide: the free 14-acre park on top of the Presidio Parkway tunnels https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/terror-vault-slashed-old-mint-san-francisco-final-weekend-halloween-2026-fang-bang-escape-tomb Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:22:11-07:00 Terror Vault's 'SLASHED' hits its final nights inside the Old Mint https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bay-lights-bay-bridge-where-to-watch-rebuilt-48000-leds-leo-villareal-dusk-to-dawn-guide Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 The Bay Lights are back: where to watch Leo Villareal's rebuilt Bay Bridge artwork https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/salesforce-park-guide-rooftop-park-hours-bus-fountain-gondola-free-events-transit-center Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Salesforce Park guide: the 5.4-acre rooftop park, its winter hours and the fountain that follows the buses https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sather-tower-campanile-uc-berkeley-guide-observation-deck-carillon-concerts-history-1915 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Climbing the Campanile: a guide to UC Berkeley's Sather Tower, its bells and its view https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/boudin-bakery-history-1849-isidore-boudin-sourdough-mother-dough-oldest-business-san-francisco Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Boudin Bakery: how an 1849 Gold Rush starter became San Francisco's oldest business https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bimbos-365-club-history-north-beach-bal-tabarin-1931-pflueger-bar-rita-hayworth-girl-in-fishbowl Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Bimbo's 365 Club: the North Beach nightclub that began as a speakeasy and still books shows https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/rice-a-roni-san-francisco-treat-history-armenian-pilaf-pailadzo-captanian-golden-grain-dedomenico Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 The San Francisco Treat's secret ingredient: how an Armenian grandmother's pilaf became Rice-A-Roni https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/stanford-power-outage-oct-27-main-quad-30-buildings-classes-cancelled-dorm-kitchens-alertsu Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Stanford power outage knocks out about 30 buildings around Main Quad for nearly five hours https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fairfield-motorcyclist-killed-i-80-on-ramp-manuel-campos-parkway-chp-solano-oct-29-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Motorcyclist, 37, killed on I-80 on-ramp in Fairfield early Thursday, CHP says https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/jelly-belly-factory-fairfield-history-goelitz-oakland-1924-reagan-jelly-beans-visitor-center Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Jelly Belly's Fairfield factory: the Bay Area roots of Reagan's favorite jelly bean https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/crown-memorial-state-beach-crab-cove-alameda-guide-neptune-beach-history-hours-parking Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:29:47-07:00 Crown Beach and Crab Cove: a guide to Alameda's 2.5-mile bay beach, once the 'Coney Island of the West' https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-academy-of-sciences-guide-golden-gate-park-planetarium-rainforest-methuselah-nightlife-history-1853 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 California Academy of Sciences guide: planetarium tips, NightLife and 170 years of history https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sfmoma-guide-hours-wednesday-closed-kids-free-history-1935-botta-snohetta-fisher-collection Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 SFMOMA guide: hours, kids-free admission and how a 1935 museum became a giant https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tomales-bay-state-park-guide-hearts-desire-beach-indian-beach-miwok-jepson-bishop-pine-dogs-parking Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Tomales Bay State Park guide: calm beaches, a Bishop pine grove and the dog rules https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/niles-canyon-railway-history-transcontinental-railroad-sunol-niles-fremont-train-of-lights-sold-out Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Niles Canyon Railway: the East Bay's living piece of the transcontinental railroad https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/muir-beach-overlook-guide-fire-rings-dogs-monarchs-no-lifeguards-base-end-stations-marin Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Muir Beach and the Muir Beach Overlook: fire rings, monarchs and the famous staircase https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/small-earthquakes-pacifica-hollister-magnitude-2-7-usgs-felt-reports-oct-28-29-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Two small quakes 13 hours apart near Hollister, plus a 2.7 felt across the Peninsula https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gilroy-la-ofrenda-festival-2026-fourth-annual-dia-de-muertos-downtown-casa-de-cultura-y-arte Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Gilroy's fourth La Ofrenda Festival filled downtown with altars, lucha libre and thousands of visitors https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/coit-tower-guide-winter-hours-nov-1-murals-free-elevator-tickets-lillie-hitchcock-coit-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Coit Tower guide: free murals, elevator tickets and the woman who paid for it https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/asian-art-museum-san-francisco-guide-closed-oct-29-gala-hours-free-first-sunday-brundage-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Asian Art Museum guide: closed today for its gala, free first Sundays and a complicated founder https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lombard-street-crooked-block-guide-history-1922-eight-turns-reservation-proposal-vermont-street Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:39:30-07:00 Lombard Street's crooked block: why it bends, how to see it and the reservation plan https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/museum-of-the-african-diaspora-moad-guide-hours-free-second-saturday-thrive-history-yerba-buena Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Museum of the African Diaspora guide: hours, free Second Saturdays and how MoAD began https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/tenderloin-museum-guide-398-eddy-hours-admission-walking-tours-neon-expansion-comptons-cafeteria-riot Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Tenderloin Museum guide: walking tours, a new neon exhibit and San Francisco's most misunderstood neighborhood https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mount-tamalpais-state-park-guide-pantoll-road-work-dogs-bikes-camping-east-peak-mountain-theater Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Mount Tamalpais State Park guide: road work at Pantoll, dog rules and where to camp https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/butano-state-park-guide-campground-closed-czu-fire-no-drinking-water-trails-little-butano-creek-pescadero Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Butano State Park: the quiet redwood canyon near Pescadero still recovering from the CZU fire https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/purisima-creek-redwoods-preserve-guide-trails-redwood-trail-accessible-logging-history-half-moon-bay Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Purisima Creek Redwoods: a logged-over canyon above Half Moon Bay that grew back https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ruth-bancroft-garden-walnut-creek-guide-hours-admission-dogs-welcome-dry-garden-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Ruth Bancroft Garden: Walnut Creek's dry garden started with a single succulent https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/childrens-discovery-museum-san-jose-guide-woz-way-legorreta-purple-building-mammoths-museums-for-all Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: the purple building on Woz Way https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/stanford-theatre-palo-alto-mary-poppins-wizard-of-oz-oct-29-nov-8-2026-tickets-history-wurlitzer Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 The Stanford Theatre is showing The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins, for $7, through Nov. 8 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fort-mason-history-guide-fremont-seized-land-civil-war-battery-wwii-port-of-embarkation-night-market Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Fort Mason's hidden history: a seized estate, a Civil War battery and the port that shipped soldiers to the Pacific https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/windy-hill-preserve-portola-valley-guide-hamms-gulch-connector-closed-nov-3-6-sausal-pond-summit-views Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:47:21-07:00 Windy Hill Preserve guide: the bald hilltop above Portola Valley, and a trail closure Nov. 3–6 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/warriors-beat-timberwolves-119-114-curry-44-points-16-of-16-free-throws-lendeborg-26-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Curry scores 44 as Warriors hold off Timberwolves 119-114 and Kuminga's late rally https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/montalvo-arts-center-saratoga-guide-redwood-lookout-trails-closed-oct-27-nov-4-phelan-villa-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Montalvo Arts Center guide: Phelan's Saratoga villa, its trails and a closure through Nov. 4 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/samuel-p-taylor-state-park-guide-lagunitas-creek-redwoods-salmon-barnabe-peak-pioneer-paper-mill-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Samuel P. Taylor State Park guide: Lagunitas Creek redwoods, salmon season and a Gold Rush paper mill https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/octagon-house-san-francisco-cow-hollow-guide-1861-mcelroy-colonial-dames-museum-open-nov-8-nov-22-last-2026-dates Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Octagon House: the eight-sided 1861 Cow Hollow museum has two open days left this year https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/glen-canyon-park-san-francisco-guide-islais-creek-chert-bouldering-giant-powder-dynamite-1868-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Glen Canyon Park: San Francisco's wild canyon, where America's first dynamite factory blew up https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lake-merced-san-francisco-guide-4-5-mile-trail-boathouse-rowing-water-levels-broderick-terry-duel-1859 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Lake Merced guide: a 4.5-mile loop, rowing crews and the 1859 duel that killed a senator https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/dress-for-success-san-francisco-reopens-renovated-500-sutter-boutique-macys-grant-1345-women-served Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Dress for Success San Francisco reopens its renovated Union Square boutique https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/pardee-home-museum-oakland-guide-tours-second-third-saturdays-governor-george-pardee-italianate-villa-i-980 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Pardee Home Museum: an Oakland governor's house, untouched since 1981, saved from I-980 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/mountain-lake-presidio-guide-natural-lake-western-pond-turtles-golden-gator-1996-anza-trail-playground Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Mountain Lake: the Presidio's restored natural lake, from the 1996 'Golden Gator' to returning turtles https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sutro-heights-park-guide-adolph-sutro-estate-parapet-lions-diana-statue-views-cliff-house-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T09:55:01-07:00 Sutro Heights: what's left of Adolph Sutro's clifftop garden above Ocean Beach https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/cloverdale-milk-tanker-overturns-highway-128-4800-gallons-creek-mazzini-road-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Milk tanker overturns on Highway 128 near Cloverdale, spilling about 4,800 gallons into roadway and creek https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/earthquakes-draw-colorado-rapids-2-2-jasinski-equalizer-clinch-first-paypal-park-playoff-game-oct-28-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Jasinski's late header earns Earthquakes 2-2 draw with Rapids and clinches first home playoff game at PayPal Park https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alphabet-stock-plunges-500-billion-market-value-google-search-ai-mode-oct-29-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Alphabet loses more than $500 billion in market value as Google's search slowdown spooks Wall Street https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/east-bay-innovations-tom-heinz-retiring-san-leandro-nonprofit-disabilities-independent-living Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Tom Heinz, who built East Bay Innovations into a lifeline for adults with disabilities, plans to retire https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/lake-chabot-regional-park-guide-castro-valley-1875-reservoir-boat-rentals-fishing-algae-advisory Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Lake Chabot guide: the 1875 reservoir in Castro Valley that was off-limits to the public for 91 years https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/henry-cowell-redwoods-state-park-guide-felton-old-growth-grove-277-foot-tree-fall-creek-lime-kilns Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park guide: a 1,500-year-old giant, Fall Creek's lime kilns and a train next door https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/russian-ridge-open-space-preserve-guide-borel-hill-skyline-boulevard-raptors-mindego-hill Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Russian Ridge guide: Borel Hill views, golden eagles and why autumn is the best time to go https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/garin-regional-park-guide-hayward-dry-creek-pioneer-ukraina-honcharenko-landmark-apple-orchard Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Garin and Dry Creek guide: Hayward's hill parks, an heirloom orchard and a Ukrainian priest's hidden grotto https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/farallon-islands-guide-devils-teeth-wildlife-refuge-closed-to-public-seabirds-white-sharks-egg-war Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 The Farallon Islands, explained: San Francisco's off-limits 'Devil's Teeth' 30 miles past the Golden Gate https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/don-edwards-san-francisco-bay-national-wildlife-refuge-guide-fremont-alviso-first-urban-refuge-birds Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:03:58-07:00 Don Edwards refuge guide: the nation's first urban wildlife refuge and the South Bay salt ponds it saved https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bodega-head-guide-sonoma-coast-whale-watching-san-andreas-fault-granite-nuclear-plant-1964 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Bodega Head guide: the Sonoma Coast headland that sits west of the San Andreas Fault and once nearly got a nuclear plant https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/baker-beach-guide-presidio-golden-gate-views-serpentine-cliffs-battery-chamberlin-burning-man-history Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Baker Beach guide: Golden Gate views, serpentine cliffs, an old Army battery and the first Burning Man https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-bruno-mountain-guide-brisbane-daly-city-radio-peak-mission-blue-butterfly-little-boxes Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 San Bruno Mountain guide: the wild ridge on San Francisco's southern skyline, home to rare butterflies https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/quarry-lakes-regional-recreation-area-guide-fremont-gravel-pits-horseshoe-lake-trout-groundwater Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Quarry Lakes guide: how Fremont's flooded gravel pits became a park for fishing, boating and birding https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-gregorio-state-beach-guide-lagoon-driftwood-portola-1769-landmark-26-no-dogs Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 San Gregorio State Beach guide: a creek lagoon, driftwood and a 1769 Portolá campsite https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/gray-whale-cove-state-beach-guide-pacifica-montara-devils-slide-steep-trail-whale-watching Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Gray Whale Cove State Beach guide: a cliff-ringed cove just south of Devil's Slide https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/montara-state-beach-guide-mcnee-ranch-montara-mountain-portola-1769-point-montara-lighthouse-hostel Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Montara State Beach guide: bluffs, surf and the mountain behind it https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/east-brother-light-station-guide-richmond-1874-lighthouse-island-bed-and-breakfast-point-san-pablo Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 East Brother Light Station: the 1874 island lighthouse off Richmond where you can spend the night https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/portola-redwoods-state-park-guide-la-honda-old-tree-peters-creek-grove-tip-toe-falls-no-cell-service Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Portola Redwoods State Park guide: a hidden redwood canyon with a 1,200-year-old tree and no cell service https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sam-mcdonald-county-park-guide-la-honda-redwoods-heritage-grove-stanford-worker-legacy Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:08:45-07:00 Sam McDonald Park: the La Honda redwoods left by a Stanford worker whose grandparents had been enslaved https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-time-off-to-vote-2026-two-hours-paid-leave-employer-notice-nov-3 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Can you take time off work to vote on Nov. 3? California's two-hour paid voting leave, explained https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-electioneering-100-feet-polling-place-drop-box-rules-voter-intimidation-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 What's banned within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot drop box in California, and what counts as voter intimidation https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-ballot-selfie-legal-2026-ab-1494-photo-of-your-ballot-rules Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Yes, a ballot selfie is legal in California. Here are the limits before you post one https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-voting-with-criminal-record-2026-parole-probation-jail-who-can-vote Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Can you vote with a criminal record in California? Who's eligible on parole, probation or in jail on Nov. 3 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-accessible-voting-2026-ravbm-remote-accessible-vote-by-mail-curbside-voting-disabilities Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Voting with a disability in California: accessible vote-by-mail, curbside voting and bringing helpers on Nov. 3 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/concord-man-charged-murder-wife-panoramic-drive-out-on-bail-stay-away-order Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Concord man charged with killing his wife while out on $1,000 bail in an earlier domestic violence case https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-jose-pedestrian-killed-motorcycle-bascom-fruitdale-20th-pedestrian-death-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Pedestrian killed by motorcycle on South Bascom Avenue, San Jose's 20th pedestrian death this year https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/redwood-city-man-arrested-indecent-exposure-12-year-olds-sequoia-station Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Redwood City police arrest man accused of exposing himself to two 12-year-olds near Sequoia Station https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ebmud-ward-7-election-2026-april-chan-gary-wolff-luis-reynoso-joseph-grcar Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 EBMUD Ward 7 election 2026: Incumbent April Chan faces Gary Wolff, Luis Reynoso and Joseph Grcar https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/anamarie-avila-farias-lawsuit-former-district-director-retaliation-discrimination-assembly Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:19:32-07:00 Former district director sues Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías, alleging retaliation after reporting campaign work on state time https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-lieutenant-governor-2026-fiona-ma-vs-gloria-romero-what-the-job-does Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 Fiona Ma vs. Gloria Romero for lieutenant governor: what the job actually does, and who's running https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-secretary-of-state-2026-shirley-weber-vs-don-wagner-voter-id-vote-count Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 Secretary of State race: Shirley Weber and Don Wagner split over voter ID and how fast California counts https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-controller-2026-malia-cohen-vs-herb-morgan-state-fiscal-officer Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 California controller: Malia Cohen, a former SF supervisor, vs. investment executive Herb Morgan https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-treasurer-2026-eleni-kounalakis-vs-jennifer-hawks-state-banker Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 State treasurer race: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis vs. Silicon Valley retiree Jennifer Hawks https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-attorney-general-2026-rob-bonta-vs-michael-gates-crime-trump-lawsuits Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 Attorney general: Rob Bonta, who has sued the Trump administration 50-plus times, vs. ex-Huntington Beach city attorney Michael Gates https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-superintendent-public-instruction-2026-richard-barrera-vs-sonja-shaw Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 State schools chief race: Richard Barrera vs. Sonja Shaw, as the job is about to shrink https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/board-of-equalization-district-2-2026-sally-lieber-vs-john-pimentel-bay-area Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 Board of Equalization District 2: Sally Lieber vs. John Pimentel, two Democrats, on the Bay Area ballot https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-supreme-court-retention-2026-kelli-evans-joshua-groban-court-of-appeal-yes-no Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 The judges on your ballot: what a yes or no vote on Justices Kelli Evans, Joshua Groban and 16 Bay Area appeals justices means https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-ballot-signature-cure-2026-missing-mismatched-signature-november-25-deadline Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 Forgot to sign your ballot envelope, or your signature doesn't match? You have until Nov. 25 to fix it https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-pre-register-to-vote-16-17-year-olds-2026-turn-18-before-election-day Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:25:40-07:00 16 or 17? You can pre-register to vote in California now, and it turns on automatically at 18 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-14-wahab-hernandez-rematch-taliban-remark-endorsements-shift-dublin-new-lines Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 Wahab vs. Hernandez, round two: a debate remark, shifting endorsements and new district lines in the East Bay's CA-14 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/connie-chan-monolingual-chinese-voters-polls-undercount-ca-11-june-precincts Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 Can polls see Connie Chan's voters? Why the CA-11 race may be closer than the numbers show https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-12-lateefah-simon-jamie-joyce-rematch-ai-candidate-fundraising-gap Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 CA-12 by the numbers: Lateefah Simon has raised about 24 times what challenger Jamie Joyce has https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-12-elward-lucan-grow-california-3-million-labor-north-bay Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 Labor vs. tech money in Marin and Sonoma: what to know about the Elward–Lucan Assembly race https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/state-senate-district-2-connolly-gibbs-housing-laws-prop-43-marin-to-oregon Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 From the Golden Gate to Oregon: Damon Connolly and Tief Gibbs face off for Mike McGuire's Senate seat https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/state-senate-district-10-sakakihara-price-data-centers-housing-wahab-seat Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 Data centers, housing rules and who pays: how the two candidates for Aisha Wahab's state Senate seat answer https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-18-mia-bonta-andre-sandford-rematch-party-switch-oakland Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 Mia Bonta's challenger is back, now as a Democrat: a quick guide to the AD-18 rematch https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/san-jose-unified-workforce-housing-hillsdale-vs-silvery-towers-condos-measure-r Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 San Jose Unified weighs building teacher housing on Hillsdale Avenue or buying 337 downtown condos https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/contra-costa-college-board-raquel-donoso-fppc-complaint-24-hour-reports-form-497 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 FPPC complaint says Contra Costa college board candidate filed required 24-hour donation reports late https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/richmond-san-pablo-nov-3-ballot-what-measures-cost-homeowners-rtm-measure-q-measure-v Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:31:44-07:00 What the Nov. 3 ballot could cost a Richmond homeowner: about $200 a year in property taxes, plus a transit sales tax https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sf-hot-prowl-burglaries-levi-banks-charged-noe-valley-pacific-heights-presidio-heights Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 Man charged with 10 nighttime home burglaries in Noe Valley, Pacific Heights and the Inner Richmond https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-17-khanna-tandon-debate-abolish-ice-green-card-backlog-billionaire-tax Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 Khanna vs. Tandon debate: "I would abolish ICE," a green card backlog and a $58,000 vs. $17 million money gap https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-17-haney-noris-barrera-write-in-468-votes-top-two-explained Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 How 468 write-in votes put a Republican on San Francisco's Assembly District 17 ballot https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-16-bauer-kahan-rubay-fourth-matchup-tri-valley-lamorinda Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 Bauer-Kahan vs. Rubay, round four: what each says for the Tri-Valley and Lamorinda in Assembly District 16 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-measure-ee-steven-falk-opposes-strong-mayor-thao-trial-poll-71-percent Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 The man who pushed Oakland toward a strong mayor now says vote no on Measure EE. Polls say voters disagree https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/bay-area-ballot-language-assistance-2026-which-languages-each-county-provides Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 Need your ballot in Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog or Vietnamese? Here's what each Bay Area county must provide https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-voter-bill-of-rights-2026-ten-rights-at-the-polls-explained Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 California's Voter Bill of Rights, explained: 10 rights you have on Nov. 3 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-15-kevin-mullin-charles-hoelter-retired-ups-supervisor-peninsula-house-race Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 CA-15: Rep. Kevin Mullin vs. Charles Hoelter, a retired UPS supervisor running his first race https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-24-max-hsia-challenges-alex-lee-milpitas-fremont-supermajority-pitch Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 Max Hsia knocked on thousands of doors to challenge Alex Lee. His pitch: break the Democratic supermajority https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-19-stefani-wing-hsa-tax-deduction-new-communities-sf-westside Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:39:08-07:00 AD19 in 4 questions: Catherine Stefani vs. Philip Louis Wing on San Francisco's west side https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-14-buffy-wicks-mark-rendon-green-party-calcare-housing Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 AD14: Buffy Wicks vs. Green Party teacher Mark Rendón, a fight over how to fix California housing https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-23-marc-berman-david-johnson-vlf-ai-trump-where-they-split Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 AD23: Marc Berman vs. David Johnson on housing, the $157M VLF fight, AI and Trump https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-20-liz-ortega-patricia-muga-hayward-san-leandro-tri-valley Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 AD20: Liz Ortega seeks a third term; Republican Patricia Muga says the district needs a change https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-21-diane-papan-jabra-muhawieh-san-mateo-county-questions Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 Assembly District 21: Five quick questions about Diane Papan vs. Jabra Muhawieh https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-16-sam-liccardo-peter-soule-by-the-numbers-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 CA-16 by the numbers: Sam Liccardo's 75.6% primary and the investor trying to unseat him https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/california-military-overseas-voters-2026-uocava-ballot-deadlines-fax-fvap Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 Voting from overseas or in the military? Your Nov. 3 ballot deadlines, and why FVAP no longer faxes ballots https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-15-avila-farias-arthur-webb-no-party-preference-challenger Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 AD15: Anamarie Ávila Farías faces a no-party-preference challenger, Arthur Webb https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-25-ash-kalra-himat-singh-bainiwal-san-jose Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 Ash Kalra vs. Himat Singh Bainiwal in AD25: what we know about the San Jose race https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-18-zoe-lofgren-shane-lewis-interview-answers-healthcare-tariffs-immigration Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 CA-18 in their own words: Zoe Lofgren and Shane Lewis on the biggest issues facing the district https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-10-mark-desaulnier-jeff-frese-term-limits-fat-snax-contra-costa Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:45:48-07:00 CA-10: Mark DeSaulnier vs. Fat Snax founder Jeff Frese, who wants term limits and a stock-trading ban https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-26-patrick-ahrens-tim-gorsulowsky-data-centers-housing-in-their-words Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD26: Patrick Ahrens and Tim Gorsulowsky answer the same four questions on data centers, housing and costs https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-11-lori-wilson-jenny-callison-rematch-california-forever-solano Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD11 rematch: Lori Wilson vs. Jenny Callison, split over California Forever's Collinsville shipyard https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-2-jared-huffman-robin-littau-redrawn-district-shasta-wolves-healthcare Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 CA-2: Jared Huffman meets Robin Littau in a district Prop 50 stretched to Redding https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-2-chris-rogers-michael-greer-rematch-deregulation-north-coast Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD2 rematch: retired teacher Michael Greer takes another run at Chris Rogers with a deregulation pitch https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-28-gail-pellerin-carol-pefley-local-control-housing-mandates Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD28: Carol Pefley runs against Gail Pellerin on 'local control' of housing. Here's what's being argued https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-30-dawn-addis-shannon-kessler-santa-cruz-monterey-healthcare-immigration Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD30: Dawn Addis vs. Shannon Kessler, a race decided mostly outside Santa Cruz County https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-29-speaker-robert-rivas-dennis-sanchez-san-benito-data-centers-jobs Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas faces Dennis Sanchez in AD29: what each says San Benito County needs https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-8-john-garamendi-rudy-recile-third-matchup-mare-island-vallejo-richmond Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 CA-8, round three: Garamendi vs. Recile in a district Prop 50 reshaped around Vallejo and Richmond https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/assembly-district-4-cecilia-aguiar-curry-only-name-on-ballot-what-unopposed-means Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 AD4 has one name on the ballot: why Cecilia Aguiar-Curry's race still shows up, and what your vote does https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-19-jimmy-panetta-peter-verbica-money-gap-santa-cruz-san-jose Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T10:51:21-07:00 CA-19 by the money: Panetta reports $5.47M on hand, Verbica $6,821 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/becerra-hilton-governor-where-they-stand-taxes-housing-homelessness-trump Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Becerra or Hilton? Where California's two candidates for governor stand on taxes, housing, homelessness and Trump https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/ca-1-mike-mcguire-james-gallagher-north-state-congressional-race-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Mike McGuire vs. James Gallagher: the North State House race that the Prop 50 map created https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/how-college-students-and-unhoused-californians-can-vote-nov-3-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 No dorm, no address? How college students and unhoused Californians can vote Nov. 3 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/appeals-court-reverses-san-jose-murder-convictions-pit-bull-analogy-racial-justice-act Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Appeals court throws out San Jose murder convictions over a prosecutor's pit bull analogy and 'predator' talk https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-county-sheriff-drone-docks-fire-station-23-cherryland-approved Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Alameda County approves sheriff's drone docks on a Cherryland fire station roof https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/sf-rental-scam-same-scammer-crestmont-forest-knolls-how-to-spot-fake-listing Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 The same rental scammer struck again in SF. Here's how the copied-listing con works https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/latino-voters-north-bay-california-turnout-affordability-2026-election Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Affordability over everything: what's driving Latino voters in the North Bay and California this November https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/hayward-lincoln-landing-former-mervyns-headquarters-apartments-sold-essex-205-million Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Hayward's Lincoln Landing, built on the old Mervyn's headquarters, sells for $205.3 million https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakley-council-declares-george-fuller-seat-vacant-4-1-appointment-to-follow Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Oakley council votes 4-1 to declare George Fuller's seat vacant; he says he will keep serving https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/silicon-valley-poll-2026-bay-area-young-adults-unlikely-to-have-children-cost Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:03:21-07:00 Too expensive to have kids: 58% of childless Bay Area adults who don't plan on children cite cost https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/oakland-black-crowned-night-heron-rookery-12th-harrison-affordable-housing-285-12th-street Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Herons or housing? Oakland's biggest night heron rookery sits on the site of a 65-unit affordable building https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/uc-berkeley-pipevine-swallowtail-habitat-clean-energy-campus-strawberry-creek-pipevine-posse Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 UC Berkeley's clean energy project uproots pipevine butterfly habitat, and volunteers are moving the plants https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/alameda-da-dismissed-case-hermelindo-ramos-ramos-shooting-mario-juarez-home-sheng-thao-witness Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Alameda County DA quietly dropped the case against the man accused of shooting at Sheng Thao trial witness Mario Juarez's home https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/watsonville-airport-director-rayvon-williams-retiring-dec-30-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Watsonville airport director Rayvon Williams to retire Dec. 30 after 15 years https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/vacaville-council-declines-prop-1-resolution-creates-first-housing-trust-fund-oct-27-2026 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Vacaville council stays neutral on Prop 1 and creates the city's first Housing Trust Fund https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/santa-cruz-graham-hill-water-treatment-plant-232-million-upgrade-approved-construction-2027 Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Santa Cruz approves $232 million rebuild of the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant; work starts January 2027 https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/vanderbilt-san-francisco-lisa-grove-associate-vice-chancellor-cca-potrero-hill-campus Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Vanderbilt picks Fine Arts Museums executive Lisa Grove to build its San Francisco campus at CCA's Potrero Hill site https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/jamazea-kittell-convicted-murder-oakland-c-street-drive-by-out-on-bail-vallejo-police-shooting Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Man convicted of 2025 Oakland drive-by murder was out on bail in a Vallejo case where an officer shot him https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/benicia-data-center-ordinance-conditional-use-permit-20-mw-cap-fairfield-by-right-loophole Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 Benicia moves to require public review for data centers, with a 20 MW cap, as Fairfield faces a by-right project https://thebayareabrief.com/articles/fci-dublin-bop-final-report-deactivate-prison-7500-comments-gsa-transfer Bay Area Briefen 2026-10-29T11:12:39-07:00 FCI Dublin will be permanently deactivated, and 7,500 public comments asked the Bureau of Prisons to tear it down