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fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

Why Bay Area homeless sweeps no longer hinge on big events like the Super Bowl

As Super Bowl LX brings a national spotlight and a surge of fans and celebrities to the region this weekend, officials in San Jose, San Francisco and Santa Clara say they have no plans to alter their approach to homeless encampments. The reason is simple: In many Bay Area cities, sweeps have already become standard policy - not a temporary response to a marquee event.
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Arts
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Drama Masks: Feel good this plot is not - 48 hills

Bay Area civic and cultural life is devolving into surreal, corporate-driven spectacles and real dangers that blur satire and genuine threat.
US politics
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Bay Area partisans are fired up over California's Prop 50 contest. Others? Not so much

Proposition 50 would redraw California congressional districts to help Democrats flip five Republican-held seats, while many Bay Area voters remain disengaged.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Bay Area leaders, immigrant advocates react with alarm to reported federal immigration crackdown

Federal agents and possible National Guard deployment planned for the Bay Area, prompting local leaders to condemn the operation and vow to protect sanctuary-city immigrants.
California
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

These three Trump policies are most hated in the Bay Area

A Bay Area poll shows most voters expect Trump's policies to worsen the region and their personal lives, amid broad criticism of progressivism.
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