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1 found dead in Vacaville residential fire in English Hills area
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (77+ words) Local News Matters An occupant of a home in the English Hills area north of Vacaville was found dead after a fire on Saturday afternoon, the Vacaville Fire Protection District said. The structure fire in the 7700 block of Chisamore Ranch…...
As tech firms collect and sell student data, new state law aims to protect their privacy
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (95+ words) Local News Matters THE MASSIVE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, including providers such as Canvas and DuoLingo, will face stricter rules around students’ privacy starting next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Thursday. The law, Assembly Bill 1159, prohibits technology…...
McNear: Mendocino???s Hare Creek Surfers: five teens with a mission
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (113+ words) McNear: Mendocino’s Hare Creek Surfers: five teens with a mission Local News Matters In his book A Brief Commentary on the Hare Creek Surfers, Mick Lovett writes “One could make the argument that, with the exception of the Point Arena…...
Former South San Jose school campus set for 80-home development
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (90+ words) Local News Matters A former South San Jose elementary school is poised to become housing. True Life Companies purchased Glider Elementary School, a 9.5-acre site, from Oak Grove School District to redevelop it with 80 homes — a combination of townhomes and…...
New fire station opens in downtown San Jose
2+ week, 42+ min ago (128+ words) One of San Jose’s busiest fire stations has a new, state-of-the-art facility in downtown that will better serve its firefighters and residents. The San San Jose has opened a new state-of-the-art Fire Station 8 in downtown, replacing a decades-old facility and…...
Development watchdog director put on leave ahead of Napa County annexation hearing
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (92+ words) Local News Matters The executive director of an agency responsible for approving land annexations in Napa County has been placed on paid administrative leave amid a massive expansion effort in American Canyon, county officials confirmed on Tuesday. Brendon Freeman, who…...
Will Newsom let immigrant college students without legal status work at their campuses?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (106+ words) Local News Matters Is this the year that Gov. Gavin Newsom allows students without legal status to legally work at California’s public colleges and universities? A state bill with wide support from Democrats but opposed by Republicans seeks to do…...
Mendocino???s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county???s trafficking raids
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (176+ words) Mendocino’s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county’s trafficking raids localnewsmatters.org In May, Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies found a man at an illegal cannabis grow near Navarro who told them he had been forced to…...
SF leaders tout reduced retail theft numbers
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (95+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco city leaders said Tuesday they would continue law enforcement strategies that they say have significantly reduced retail theft over the past year. At a press conference, Mayor Daniel Lurie and others credited the drop in…...
Pit bull involved in attack was deceased when SF Animal Care and Control arrived
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (76+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco Animal Care and Control disputed the Police Department’s timeline of the death of a dog that attacked a person in the Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday morning. Police Chief Derrick Lew said at a press conference shortly…...