A group of South Bay leaders, healthcare workers and patient advocates is calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to intervene in the planned closure of the only trauma center on the east side of Santa Clara County. Our KQED News story:
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ICYMI: Up to 6 Family Resource Centers run by Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County are set to close this summer due to declining tobacco tax revenue.

Our full KQED News story below:

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Devastated that KQED is canceling #Rightnowish , brainchild of brilliant host Pendarvis H. and producer marisol says howdy. No other project has played as big a role in making the station relevant to our community. Huge loss for the Bay kqed.org/news/11987509/…

Send a lil love to your ppl at KQED this week. ✌🏾

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New: Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, which runs 11 of the Family Resource Centers out of about 20 in the county, will shut down up to six of them across San José and Sunnyvale by this summer, officials told KQED News. Our story below:
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Hundreds of protesters demonstrated Tuesday morning outside the #GoogleIO conference in Mountain View to demand the tech giant end its contracts with Israel in light of that nation’s deadly bombardment of Gaza. Our KQED News story below:
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Happening now: People from multiple Bay Area orga are protesting against Google's contracts with Israel today at the tech giant's annual I/O conference in Mountain View.

From Tunnel Muck to Tidal Marsh, BART Extension Could Benefit the Bay

The millions of yards of muck from the BART extension could shave decades off restoration work, reports Joseph Geha

KQED News KQED Science
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Today is 2 years since I joined the Los Angeles Times. Still doing my part to make it weirder!
Favorite thing in the last year? Easily cooking Greek food with John Stamos. latimes.com/entertainment-…

The #CA16 recount is over.

Evan Low has finished in second place in the primary, five votes ahead of Joe Simitian.

Evan Low will face Sam Liccardo in the November general election.

on KQED News

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NEW: California homeowners allege that an Oakland-based lending company scammed them out of $3 million in home improvement loans for projects that never completed or even started.

The group is demanding Solar Mosaic cancel the loans. More KQED News: kqed.org/news/11984466/…

Santa Clara County only awards a small sliver of its contracts to businesses owned by people of diverse backgrounds and women.

“This racism is so obvious, it’s just sickening, really,” said Walter Wilson, co-founder of the Minority Business Consortium.

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Hoping to combat crime, San Jose installed its 235th license plate reader this week, and plans to up the number to 500 by the summer. The scanners are collecting millions of plate reads every month, and the city saves the data for a year. Full story here:
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San José is expanding the use of automated license plate readers to bolster a thinly-staffed police department.

But privacy advocates question the amount of data police are keeping — and why the info is retained for a full year.

from Joseph Geha

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Alameda has all the marks of an island. To get there, you have to use a bridge, tunnel or boat. Locals talk about going “on and off island.” Residents wear T-shirts that say 'Islander.” But it wasn't always separated from the mainland. Via Bay Curious
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Once again, Joe Simitian and @evan_low are TIED in #CA16 after Tuesday's updates.

Hear more on The Bay + parts of my interview with recount requester Jonathan Padilla

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While interviewing Mayor Matt Mahan in downtown San Jose, a man was shouting at us and fought Mayor Mahan's security guard.

The fight lasted a couple minutes and the man was arrested by SJPD.

Police said they were compiling evidence and sending it to the DA's office/

Some preliminary results in #CA16 recount

SCC Registrar of Voters has completed counting about 75 precincts.

By my count, Joe Simitian has gained 2 votes, Evan Low has gained 1 vote.

Dozens more precincts left to recount in Santa Clara and San Mateo + disqualified ballots being challenged

Check out Vanessa Rancaño’s explainer on Johnson v. Grants Pass and what it could mean for California here: kqed.org/news/11983492/…

Here’s What Bay Area Rappers Are Eating (According to Their Lyrics) buff.ly/4b0LoII via KQED Arts & Culture POCHO BOY MEETS WORLD