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(KRON) — The Oakland City Council will take up a vote Tuesday on whether or not to put the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao on the ballot in November. Organizers of the recall effort, which is backed by the Oakland chapter of the NAACP, announced they had amassed the required number of signatures just days […]
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National Weather Service issues extreme weather warning for Bay Area
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Bay Area heat wave could be 'deadly, historic' as parts of region face extreme weather next few days
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Transient pushes woman into California commuter train, killing her
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‘Everything rests on this’: Will taxpayers loan Bay Area counties $20B to fix housing?
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