Oakland civil rights leader and former East Bay Municipal Utility District Director William “Bill” Patterson, who had been called the “Conscience of the District,” died at the age of 94 on Tuesday. Patterson was the first Black director at EBMUD, where he served for 25 years championing equity for the water agencies 1.4 million customers,…
A billion-dollar hydrogen energy plant that would have supplied clean energy to Silicon Valley, the Port of Oakland and other parts of the Bay Area — along with creating hundreds of green jobs — was ready to begin construction this month. But the project has been put on pause after the Trump Administration canceled a…
RICHMOND — Stuck in contentious negotiations over new contracts, two West Contra Costa Unified School District unions have overwhelmingly voted in favor of striking if district leadership cannot adequately meet their demands. More than 95% of members represented by the United Teachers of Richmond and Teamsters Local 856 separately voted recently to authorize strikes. That…
BERKELEY — Cal’s football season seemed ready to take a turn for the worse late Friday night when defensive back Brent “Paco” Austin came to the rescue. The senior transfer from South Florida punched the ball out of the grasp of North Carolina wide receiver Nathan Leacock just before he was ready to cross the…
Over the next decade, the U.S. economy will face two big challenges: higher interest rates and AI-generated disruption. Each invites the same solution: policies to keep rates below their market level. The strategy, also known as yield-curve control, is tempting, and it may even provide an immediate boost to the economy. But messing with rates…
SAN JOSE – At least two major Bay Area airports have opted not to play a video of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem saying Democrats are to blame for the federal government shutdown. The video is intended to play at security lines, with Noem stating, “It is TSA’s top priority to make sure that…
TAMPA, Fla. — Here is how the 49ers (4-2) graded in Sunday’s 30-19 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) at Raymond James: PASS OFFENSE: C- Mac Jones, already battered through three starts, was sacked six times and intercepted twice but threw for 347 yards with a sore oblique and knee. Coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t…
Space portal Sixth-graders at Columbia Middle School were given a portal into space exploration Oct. 3 by Dr. Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute and NASA Ames Research Center. Lee spoke to students about his Mars research and what it would take to travel to the red planet, including…
By DOUG FEINBERG A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are in rarified air. The franchise won its third WNBA championship in four seasons, completing a sweep of Phoenix in the best-of-seven Finals with a 97-86 victory on Friday night. Only Houston has done better over a four-season span, winning the first four titles in…
By KOSTYA MANENKOV, REGINA GARCIA CANO and GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press OSLO, Norway — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate was lauded for being a “key, unifying…