The California Department of Health Services has awarded $77 million in funding from Proposition 1, a ballot initiative that passed last year, to Alameda Health System.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/10/after-facing-closure-east-bay-hospitals-revived-with-77-million-in-state-funding/

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Lola Jones throws seven scoreless innings as Hillsdale beats Cardinal Newman in second consecutive walk-off win

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/07/hillsdale-softball-norcal-championship-taylor-omahony-walk-off-cardinal-newman/

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A series of escalating incidents reportedly began with a voicemail on May 30 demanding the removal of pride flags from school grounds.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/07/petaluma-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-threatening-school-official-over-pride-flags/

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By CLIFF BRUNT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Mia Scott hit a grand slam, Teagan Kavan claimed another win and Texas defeated Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series championship series on Friday night to win its first national title. Kavan, a sophomore, allowed no earned runs in all 31 2/3 […]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/06/texas-beats-texas-tech-10-4-in-decisive-3rd-game-of-wcws-to-win-its-1st-national-championship/

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The media frenzy surrounding the drowning of Emilie Kiser's son Trigg is fueled by TikTok videos and Reddit threads debating whether the Arizona influencer and her husband did all they could to make their backyard pool safe.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/06/pool-safety-the-focus-in-death-of-mom-influencers-3-year-old-son/

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Democrats in the California Senate say structural reforms to the state's energy system will bring down costs for customers.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/06/california-senate-energy-reform-bills-democrats-affordability/

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Randy Joseph, who served as a Richmond LAND board member from 2021 to 2024, has been accused of signing off on checks to himself worth up to almost $205,000, according to a public statement by Executive Director Princess Robinson.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/05/former-lead-member-of-richmond-land-board-accused-of-embezzlement/

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A new report ranks the 10 best state parks in 2025 for camping, hiking, wildflowers, kid friendliness and more.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/05/california-state-parks-are-great-but-what-ones-best-for-you/

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Prominent attorney likens non-lawyers representing themselves in court to ordinary drivers getting the key to an Indy race car.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/02/san-jose-doctor-spicy-dragon-balls-lawsuit-los-gatos-thai-restaurant-drops-lawyer/

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Serra used one more big rally to come back from a two-run deficit and beat Valley Christian for its first Central Coast Section title since 2009

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/31/serra-valley-christian-ccs-baseball-championship-wcal-norcal-baseball/

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A Vacaville man charged with three 2020 murders — two of them related to a series of wildland fires that swept over parts of Solano County in August that year — entered a no-contest plea in exchange for a stipulated prison sentence of 73 years to life.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/12/triple-murder-plea-in-2020-norcal-wildfire-arson-case/

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Status is tarnished by a jaded reception from the average resident facing rising housing, health care and food costs.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/09/opinion-fourth-largest-economy-californians-cant-afford-housing-health-care/

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President Trump's head of Health and Human Services continues to peddle dangerous remedies and ignore proven solutions.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/08/jarvis-rfk-jr-s-measles-strategy-is-leading-the-u-s-down-a-dark-path/

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In the months and years after 9/11, going to the U.S. was scary for many of us. Border security became harsh and unforgiving, and we could feel our rights drop away upon entering American airspace. Novels were written and movies were made about how an encounter with hostile, suspicious border officials could radicalize even those […]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/07/sharma-why-im-thinking-twice-about-traveling-to-the-us/

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Why do Americans have such deep distrust of their government? It’s a simple question with a complex answer, but here’s part of the reason: All too often, the government wrongfully inflicts profound harm on American citizens and then leaves them with no recourse. It violates the law and leaves its victims with no way to […]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/06/french-real-reasons-why-people-fear-their-government/

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A driver who fled the scene after his vehicle struck and killed an electric scooter rider in Oakland Sunday morning is being sought.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/05/scooter-rider-killed-in-oakland-hit-and-run/

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Two people were wounded by gunfire while they dined at a restaurant in downtown Oakland.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/03/oakland-shoot-crime-gun-restaurant-office-police-hospital-downtown/

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No words can better capture the reality in Gaza today than this: We are dying. Every day, in every imaginable way, we die. Death comes by missile, by gunshot, by collapsed building, by lack of medicine and by fear. And now, once again, it will come by hunger as Israel has closed off humanitarian supplies— […]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/02/opinion-out-of-food-and-under-constant-attack-we-gazans-are-dying-every-day/

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The president's concern for Jews is a sly, barely veiled pretext to attack liberal institutions.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/01/goldberg-i-cant-believe-anyone-thinks-trump-actually-cares-about-antisemitism/

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Trump not only blinked, but he so alienated our allies that many may never align with us against China in the same way.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/11/friedman-what-trump-just-cost-america/

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LAFAYETTE — County officials are finalizing accuracy tests on tabulation machines that will tally the Acalanes Union High School District’s special election on May 6 for a ballot measure that’s sparked indignation among some taxpayers and a Superior Court judge. The district is asking roughly 87,000 voters to approve Measure T, a parcel tax that […]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/10/acalanes-school-district-vote-tax/

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Catch Hiromi's Sonicwonder in concert at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/04/hiromi-concerts-sfjazz-san-francisco-kuumbwa-santa-cruz/

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San Jose has established a no encampment zone around a recently opened interim housing site at Branham Lane and Monterey Road.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/03/san-jose-enforcement-encampment-zone-interim-housing-site/

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Russia's defeats and Hegseth's group texts demonstrate the perils of a military organized around pleasing the boss.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/02/french-what-russian-tanks-can-teach-us-about-the-pete-hegseth-group-chat/

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