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How many Bay Area concrete buildings might fall like those in Turkey’s deadly earthquake?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The scenes of tilted, crumbled and collapsed concrete buildings after powerful earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria last month are sobering. In Turkey alone, the shaking wrecked some 185,000 buildings, and the death toll in both countries has topped 48,000 people.

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Showers linger into Wednesday following Bay Area’s 'bomb cyclone'

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Even experienced weather experts were stunned by the destructive, deadly and ultimately rare “bomb cyclone” that touched down in the region Tuesday afternoon.

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Commentary: LA’s half-empty, crime-ridden Metro trains don’t have to stay that way

It’s no secret that the pandemic devastated public transit systems across the country, and Los Angeles’ ever-expanding Metro rail system is no exception. With many white-collar employees now working remotely for all or much of the week, ridership on the region’s subway and light-rail lines is still around just two-thirds…

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Here’s how facial recognition is changing travel through Bay Area airports

For speedier entry into the U.S., your most important travel tool is now your face.

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Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse undercuts key engine of Bay Area economy

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has stripped the Bay Area’s startup industry — a key driver of the region’s economy — of a crucial source of funding that for decades has fueled innovation and growth.

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Facebook owner Meta will chop 10,000 more jobs as tech layoffs worsen

MENLO PARK, California — Facebook owner Meta Platforms said Tuesday it has decided to chop another 10,000 jobs and hold off on filling thousands of open positions in a fresh round of brutal layoffs for the Bay Area’s tech sector.

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Feds backstop all deposits of failed Silicon Valley Bank, second Bay Area bank plunges

SANTA CLARA, California — Federal officials moved to insure all deposits at failed Silicon Valley Bank, hoping to inoculate the banking system against contagion, but shares of another Bay Area regional bank plunged on Monday.

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Mind the rind: Bay Area cheese classes offer deep, delicious dive into curds

SAN FRANCISCO — “Always taste from mild to wild,” proclaims Caitlin O’Neill, a certified cheese professional with The Cheese School of San Francisco.

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Hundreds more tech, biotech layoffs hit Bay Area, Google real estate ally cuts jobs

About 600 more tech and biotech layoffs rocked the Bay Area job market in a fresh round of cutbacks that suggest the staffing reductions in the region have yet to run their course, new state government filings show.

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Snow falling on telescopes: Astronomy shut down on Bay Area's Mount Hamilton

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A huge slab of ice and snow slides off the huge domed roof of the Great Refractor telescope at Mount Hamilton’s Lick Observatory and smashes thunderously to the asphalt.

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The saga of David Misch: Judge believes alleged Bay Area serial killer may not have acted alone, tragic details of notorious slayings revealed

DUBLIN, Calif. — In gripping and heartwrenching testimony, the families of three East Bay homicide victims — including a 9-year-old girl abducted and killed — described their final memories of their loved ones from the witness stand and ended a three-decade wait to confront the man accused of murdering them.

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Mark Z. Barabak: Trump tormentor, whiteboard wizard — it's the brand that matters in California Senate race

When Adam B. Schiff recently brought his U.S. Senate campaign to Northern California, 500 people showed up for his stop at a 55-and-older community nestled in the green, rolling hills of the East Bay Area. Dozens more were turned away.

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PG&E delivers bill shocks to customers amid soaring natural gas prices

Soaring prices for natural gas and this winter’s icy blasts have jolted unsuspecting PG&E customers with brutal — and fast-rising — monthly utility bills.

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California signs off on Oakland’s plan to add 26,000 new homes

State regulators have signed off on Oakland’s plan to add at least 26,000 new homes over the next decade — meaning the Bay Area’s third-largest city is no longer at risk of missing out on crucial funding or losing control over local development rules.

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Hundreds more tech, life science layoffs jolt East Bay, San Francisco

BERKELEY, Calif. — Hundreds more layoffs affecting tech and life science jobs in the Bay Area have been disclosed by companies in what has morphed into a steady drumbeat of local staffing reductions in the wobbly sectors.

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LinkedIn cuts scores of Bay Area jobs in new round of tech layoffs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — LinkedIn has revealed plans to eliminate scores of Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of layoffs that intensify the current tough times for Silicon Valley tech and biotech companies.

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Silicon Valley tech layoffs: Why so many jobs were slashed, and who’s hiring amid fierce competition?

A growing barrage of technology industry layoffs means slim pickings for job-seeking software engineers and other tech workers amid a fiercely competitive Bay Area job market that has tipped from bountiful to brutal.

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Serial Bay Area bank robber charged with robbing banks days after he was sentenced in bank robbery case

SAN FRANCISCO — Last November, New Jersey native Christian Plummer was released from jail after being sentenced to two years in federal prison for robbing six banks around the Bay Area.

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Bay Area homes selling below asking price for first time in 10 years

SAN JOSE, California -- Looking to buy a home in the Bay Area? The odds of scoring a deal could be tipping in your favor.

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'The next thing I knew, I was on the ground': Bay Area bike riders tell of attacks

On the evening of Feb. 10, Eleanor Mead was riding her bike in Oakland on the way to the East Bay Bike Party, a meet-up of dozens of bicyclists who then pedal through the San Francisco Bay Area streets.

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Evictions eclipsed pre-pandemic levels in Bay Area as tenant protections expired

Janae Randolph waited nervously with her boyfriend outside a wood-paneled courtroom at the Contra Costa County courthouse in Martinez, California. She scanned the increasingly crowded hallway for somebody official-looking — maybe a public defender, she hoped — who would explain why they’d been summoned after receiving an eviction notice at…

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Silicon Valley stays sturdy despite 'gloom and doom' of tech layoffs: report

SAN JOSE, California — Silicon Valley’s economy and job markets remain sturdy despite being jolted by a steady drumbeat of Bay Area layoffs orchestrated by tech and biotech companies, a new report released Tuesday states.

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Job cuts widen as tech, biotech firms plan fresh rounds of layoffs

Tech and biotech companies have begun to reveal plans for multiple rounds of job cuts in the Bay Area, disquieting disclosures that suggest the current layoff surges will be ongoing.

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Eight charged with felonies for role in organized retail theft ring that targeted Apple stores in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO — Eight people from an organized retail crime theft ring that targeted Apple stores throughout California of about $1 million in merchandise have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies, authorities said Thursday.

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Report: Warriors acquiring Gary Payton II from Trail Blazers for five second round picks

Gary Payton II is reportedly on his way back to the Bay Area in a move between the Trail Blazers and Warriors on NBA trade deadline day.

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