4-year-olds
Facing a $22 billion state budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom trims climate and transit programs, but doesn’t cut $1.2 billion plan for transitional kindergarten, which studies show helps young kids succeed academically.
Oakland landlords
Nearly three years after the COVID pandemic began, downtown Oakland still has a 25% office vacancy rate, up from 24% last fall, as more people continue to work from home and tech companies trim staffing.
Katie Porter
Southern California congresswoman is the first Democrat to announce a run for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat when she retires as expected in 2024. But Porter will have to beat three or four other ambitious Dems to win.
![The final death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in southeastern Ukraine reached 45, officials said Tuesday, as the body of another child was pulled from the wreckage. The strike in the city of Dnipro was the war’s deadliest attack since […]](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APTOPIX_Russia_Ukraine_67916.jpg?w=525 "The final death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in southeastern Ukraine reached 45, officials said Tuesday, as the body of another child was pulled from the wreckage. The strike in the city of Dnipro was the war’s deadliest attack since […]")
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