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Driver killed after truck hit tree in south Palo Alto
A man was killed in Palo Alto on Wednesday night after the truck he was swerved off the roadway on San Antonio Road and ...
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Atherton’s charter city hopes fizzle out
The town of Atherton will continue to look at becoming a charter city, but with less hope than when the endeavor first ...
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CA colleges pay millions every year for faulty plagiarism detection
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Turnitin’s match score of a student essay at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025. Photo by Jules ...
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Much of LA’s community of immigrants is hiding, leaving a hole in the fabric of the city
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In immigrant-rich Westlake in Los Angeles, stores were empty Friday morning. The computer repair place was closed. ...
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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?
This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. It has been more than two years since the release of ChatGPT created widespread dismay over generative AI’s threat to academic ...
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California doesn’t have enough court reporters. Their unions are fighting substitutes
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ashley Paschen believed she had a strong case as she sought a restraining order against her ex-husband. She alleges ...
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Congress is fighting over this tax deduction. Here’s how it affects Californians
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A provision in the Republicans’ tax and spending bill will help determine a limit on what high-income Californians can ...
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Turnitin charged some California colleges 3 times more for the same plagiarism detector
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If a California community college wants its faculty to be able to detect plagiarism and AI writing in student papers, ...
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California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big ‘structural’ deficit
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Legislative leaders would have us believe that the 2025-26 budget agreement they forged with Gov. Gavin Newsom this ...
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Newsom and Legislature tangle with construction unions over minimum wage
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are on the cusp of striking a last-minute deal to tie one of the year’s most ambitious and ...
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These 4 million acres of California forests could lose protection. Here’s what Trump’s ‘roadless rule’ repeal could do
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of ...
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The Farm brings organic coffee and healthy all-day food options near Palo Alto’s California Avenue
A casual, all-day cafe concept created by a longtime Bay Area restaurateur debuted June 9 near California Avenue in Palo Alto ...