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California's sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (1509+ words) CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable " the most ambitious deadline in the country. Advocates say it doesn't go far enough. Producers say it goes too far. At least one of them is…...
Mc Near: Mendocino's unique pygmy forests remain thanks to one enterprising woman
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (281+ words) Born in 1874 in Comptche, Charlotte "Lottie" Hoak was the eldest daughter of Lizzie and Newman Hoak. When she was born, her father planted seven redwood trees on their property, which she nicknamed her "Birthday Grove." She grew to love nature…...
Educators relieved by Newsom's funding boosts, still angry over withheld billions
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (1581+ words) WITH ONE CONTENTIOUS EXCEPTION, school districts can check off most items on their wish list for 2026-27 with the release on Thursday of Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised state budget. Also, all employees of community colleges and TK-12 schools will be entitled…...
Marin City residents press housing officials over massive Golden Gate Village overhaul
12+ hour, 24+ min ago (837+ words) As their public housing project in Marin City begins to undergo a massive renovation, the residents of Golden Gate Village posed questions Thursday night to the new leader of the Marin Housing Authority and their incoming property managers from nonprofit…...
Monterey site with 12, 000 years of history may gain national historic park recognition
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4 candidates vie for Sonoma County D2 supervisor seat long held by David Rabbitt
20+ hour, 23+ min ago (616+ words) THE JUNE RACE to represent District 2 on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will fill the seat of a departing, long-serving supervisor and will continue governance over the county's perennial push and pull between rural areas and urban growth." District…...
Guard at San Quentin admits smuggling meth, tobacco for $100 K in bribes
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (282+ words) A guard at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, has admitted taking over $100, 000 in bribes in exchange for smuggling methamphetamine, marijuana and tobacco to inmates. Keith Reindeer Randle, 56, of Vallejo pleaded guilty in federal court…...
Musk v. Altman " Week 3 analysis: Jurors face tangled questions of trust, timing and AI
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1634+ words) AFTER 11 DAYS OF TESTIMONY and hours of closing arguments, U. S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers provided the nine-person jury her instructions on the law they are to apply and sent them off to deliberate on the question of whether Elon Musk…...
Santa Rosa interim city manager to leave post next month, replacement named
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Weeks after pipeline breach, Mountain View residents still without safe water
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (147+ words) Water line disinfection and testing continues in an area of Mountain View that lost service after a pipeline breach three weeks ago, the city said Friday. Twenty-one homes north of Cuesta Park remain under boil water restrictions, according to the…...