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THREE DECADES AFTER its local businesses were cleared away in the name of progress, an effort to seed Black-owned entrepreneurs in Marin City is underway.

The Marin City Entrepreneur Collective is a pilot project of the philanthropic nonprofit Marin Community Foundation. The resident-led program involves teaching young people how to run businesses,...


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Oakland firefighters knocked down a vegetation fire near Chabot Space and Science Center in


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Prosecution of a former Napa County Sheriff’s deputy for distributing nude pictures of a woman has been paused after he asserted mental health issues including sex addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Visiting Napa County Superior Court Judge Julie M. Conger granted a request for mental health diversion to former deputy James Robert Fotherby, 44, of Napa, o...


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East Palo Alto City Councilmember Martha Barragan has decided against running for reelection in November, she announced this week.

“After much thought and reflection, I have decided that I will not be seeking reelection at this time,” she wrote in a social media post.

FILE: Outgoing Mayor Martha Barragan receives a plaque in honor of her service during the E...

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A Pinole man was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Friday for killing a woman 10 days after she broke off their relationship, prosecutors said.

Jeffery Kendall, 39, was convicted in May of first-degree murder in the slaying of 30-year-old Brittany Elizabeth Ligdis on Feb. 16, 2024, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office.

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