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Builders say city impact fees hinder new housing. A recent Supreme Court ruling may give developers more power to fight them.
Jonathon Yu is not a professional developer, but he is interested in building new housing. In 2023, the 29-year-old product manager submitted plans to Sunnyvale to raze the modest 1,000-square-foot bungalow he bought a year earlier and replace it with a three-story, five-unit multifamily building. He paid a few thousand...
AB1955: Elon Musk, Sen. Scott Wiener have heated debate over new CA law
(KRON) - A heated exchange between Elon Musk and Senator Scott Wiener ensued on X over AB1955, a law that supports LGBTQ youth by increasing support for students, including allowing California school districts to choose not to disclose a child's sexual orientation to their parent. The exchange started on Tuesday. Musk reposted an article announcing […]
Let's Talk: A New Wave of Businesses Hit Walnut Creek
Stylish New Restaurant Lounge Debuts on Main Street. The team behind Honey + Brie charcuterie are opening Chateau in August. Located at 1376 S. Main Street, this chic Parisian-style bistro will feature creative boards, craft cocktails, caviar service, seasonal small plates. Read More. More Good News for Main Street. Napa...
Cal NIL collective posts football billboards in ACC country
For those of you unfamiliar with the California Legends Collective, they have been hard at work raising NIL (name, image and likeness) funds to ensure our student-athletes get the resources they need to feel like they are properly taken care of in Berkeley. That led to both Cal football and men’s basketball posting top 20 classes in the transfer portal, as the Bears rebuilt their roster to hopefully compete at the highest level in the ACC.
Black families fight for California Gold Country land taken from their ancestors
COLOMA -- In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now frequented by fourth graders learning about the state's history.Their efforts in Coloma, a town of around 300 people that's located about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento, are one of the latest examples of Black Americans urging the government to atone for practices that have kept them from thriving long after chattel slavery was abolished.Debates over reparations for African Americans often come back to land. That was at...
2-Alarm Pittsburg House Fire Sends Two People to Hospital
An overnight 2-alarm house fire in the City of Pittsburg sent a 5-year-old and her father to the hospital. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a home on Apricot Court off Wedgewood at approximately 1:00 am Sunday morning. According to Battalion Chief Scott Valencia, fire crews arrived...
Michele Rasmussen to take over as vice provost for student affairs
Michele Rasmussen, current dean of students in the university at the University of Chicago, will begin her new role as vice provost for student affairs at Stanford on Sept. 10. Rasmussen is “very keen” to meet new and returning Stanford students to hear about their expectations and experiences, she wrote...
Meet Malcolm Harris, Author of “Palo Alto”
Last week, David Sacks addressed the crowd at the Republican National Convention 2024 in Milwaukee, an event our Talk of the Bay host Chris Krohn has been covering [LINKS COMING SOON]. I strongly recommend reading Malcolm Harris’s book “Palo Alto” to understand how exactly we arrived at this point: how did we get from exporting Californian mining engineering expertise around the globe after the Gold Rush to the venture capitalists like Joe Londsdale and David Sacks impacting national politics?
Creekside Inn developer revises housing project
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A developer looking to build housing at the site of the Creekside Inn hotel has revised and refined its controversial plan to build two apartment complexes and a new hotel in Barron Park, according to an application submitted this week. The builder, Oxford Capital...
How to watch Masego at the Stern Grove Festival
The Stern Grove Festival continues its 87th season of free concerts at San Francisco's Sigmund Stern Grove Sunday, but you didn't have to have a ticket to enjoy the music live.Back in May, Stern Grove Festival organizers announced the full schedule of summer concerts for 2024, including funk icon Chaka Khan, jazz keyboard legend Herbie Hancock and this weekend's headliner, singer and saxophonist Masego. He will be joined by local opening act Satya and DJ King Most.Last year marked the first time CBS News Bay Area partnered with Stern Grove to broadcast and stream online most of the season's concerts. Information on how to watch is below. • What: Stern Grove Festival with Masego• Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024• Time: 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.• Location: Stern Grove in San Francisco• On TV: KPIX+ 44 Cable 12• Online stream: Live at www.cbssf.com/live on CBSSF.com and on your mobile or streaming device.
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