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Nov 6, 2024

Liccardo Leads By 35K Over Low as 16th District Count Continues

Preliminary results in the first published returns from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties showed Sam Liccardo beating Evan Low by a 60%-40% margin.
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Oct 23, 2024

Who’s on the Short List to Replace Omar Torres?

Just about everyone is calling on Omar Torres to resign his city council seat. The two leading business associations...
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Oct 16, 2024

Lyft and Uber Drivers Are Building a National Movement

Drivers in three states launched Activate Respect, a campaign against driver deactivations—what workers refer to as being “fired by an app.”
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Oct 9, 2024

Heat Struck: Newsom Vetoes Farmworker Heat Safety Bill

Introduced by Sen. Dave Cortese, SB 1299 would have made it easier to file workers’ compensation claims for an injury that is heat related.
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Oct 9, 2024

‘The Other Mr. Lincoln’ Looks at America’s Most Divisive Era

If the current political scene feels unbearably divisive, maybe it’s time to gain a little historical perspective. That’s something local...
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Sep 25, 2024

Thinkers of All Types Come Together at the SALA Festival

The 2024 South Asian Literature and Arts Festival erupts at Stanford, featuring writers, artists, chefs, diplomats and much in between.
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Sep 11, 2024

Low-Wage Jobs Are Up—and so Are Underpaid Older Workers

‘Low-wage worker’ conjures a couple of very specific images, but the stereotypes are not close to the state’s actual labor picture.

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