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Books: 4 stunning fiction debuts by Bay Area authors of color

While many of us will remember the last year as a time when superstar authors published highly anticipated follow-ups — think Michelle Obama, Jennifer Egan and Hanya Yanagihara — it was also a banner year for emerging voices.

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Overnight downpours cause damage throughout Bay Area, but forecasts clear for remainder of the week

SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the wettest periods in the Bay Area’s recorded history began winding to a close this week with a lashing of rain that caused hillsides to buckle in the Berkeley and Oakland hills and several highways to close across Northern California.

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AMA Supercross Postpones Oakland Round Due To Severe Weather

The Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship cancels its second round of 2023 at Oakland, California’s RingCentral Coliseum due to severe weather.

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Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024.

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A’s appear to be down to 1 potential Las Vegas ballpark site

Talks between the Oakland Athletics and those involved in one key Las Vegas stadium site have stalled, while talks on the other remain ongoing.

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Sandy Banks: Southwest Airlines becomes the Grinch that stole Christmas travel

The numbers tell a sobering story of Southwest Airlines' holiday collapse: thousands of flights abruptly canceled, and thousands upon thousands of travelers stranded for days in airport terminals.

Los Angeles Times

East Bay cannabis seizures cap busy regulatory year

SAN JOSE, Calif. — State cannabis control workers closed out a busy year in Alameda and Contra Costa counties by serving warrants at multiple homes in Antioch and Oakland last week, recovering plants and processed flowers, as well as cash, authorities said.

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From DeFremery Park to the Garden: The Oakland roots of Boston Celtics greatness

A school, a park, and a home in Oakland California helped create a hotbed for Black excellence central to the Celtics' success.

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Michigan State’s Tom Izzo Rocks Sublime Ugly Christmas Sweater

The Spartans' head elf went to battle with Oakland in style.

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PG&E wildfire and catastrophe proposal may trigger higher monthly bills

OAKLAND, Calif. — Higher monthly bills might jolt PG&E customers due to the utility’s request that state regulators allow the company to collect more revenue for its spending linked to wildfires and catastrophes.

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‘Some scars are for ever’: the grief of losing a child to gun violence during the holidays

End of the year can be painful for those who have lost loved ones to firearm crime, but forming new traditions can help ease trauma

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Oakland woman claims New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art secretly sold her grandma’s Nazi-stolen van Gogh

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Oakland woman last week sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, claiming it bought then secretly sold a Vincent van Gogh painting the Nazis stole from her grandmother.

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Jason Kidd on growing up around Bill Russell in Oakland, California

An underrated hotbed for NBA basketball that gave us the 11-time champ, Jason Kidd had a front row seat.

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DA charges 3 in California freeway shooting that killed 23-month-old Jasper Wu

OAKLAND, California — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged three alleged San Francisco gang members with multiple felonies Thursday after their arrests in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of a 23-month-old boy riding in a car on Interstate 880.

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‘Texas is watching.’ Reparations meeting attracts those placing their hopes in California

OAKLAND, Calif. — Baraka Davis traveled from Texas to deliver her message to California’s Reparations Task Force Wednesday.

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Reports of Misleading Voters About Oil and Gas Referendum Surface Across California

Petition circulators have reportedly claimed that a ballot measure would ban new oil and gas wells near homes. In fact, it would do the opposite.

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Taking nude photo of woman in her cell was an accident, says ex-prison warden charged with sex abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jurors no longer have to wonder how Ray J. Garcia will explain the nude photo of an incarcerated woman, on all fours inside her cell, that allegedly shows a reflection of his face holding the camera.

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'Too $hort Way': Oakland street to be renamed for hip-hop icon

OAKLAND, Calif. — Among the many intimate encounters detailed by Too $hort on the iconic late-1980s hip-hop track “Freaky Tales” is a raunchy escapade that took place in the back of the “Foothill bus, #43.”

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From homeless to city hall: the Hmong American mayor making history in Oakland

Sheng Thao says her experiences will help her lead the city through its severe housing crisis

Los Angeles Times

Fugitive extradited from Singapore to face sentencing after 20 years on the run

A woman who was a fugitive from federal authorities for 20 years appeared in court in Oakland, California, for the first time after being extradited from Singapore, U.S. prosecutors said.

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Ed Graney: Las Vegas should drive hard bargain with A’s

LAS VEGAS — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred recently made news when he said he was skeptical a deal could be worked out to keep the A’s in Oakland. That it didn’t appear a planned $12 billion Howard Terminal project — which would include a $1 billion ballpark — would come…

Los Angeles Times

Inside the hunt for a serial killer stalking Stockton: 'This person's on a mission'

STOCKTON, Calif. — When it became clear that someone was killing random people on the streets of Stockton, police were blunt about who they were dealing with.

Los Angeles Times

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical

It was late September, and to some, Oakland seemed a city on the brink.

Los Angeles Times

Man who blamed girlfriend's killing on anti-Asian hate was behind murder-for-hire scheme, police say

A man who allegedly orchestrated his girlfriend's murder in Oakland, California, stood to gain millions from her death, according to court documents released Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Rob Manfred: Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas isn’t imminent or guaranteed

HOUSTON — The Las Vegas Athletics? Not so fast.

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