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Species · AntiochEndangered Dunes evening primrose thriving now, but rare Lange's metalmark butterfly hasn't been seen in recent surveys.See the Story
A unique Bay Area wildlife refuge is beginning to thrive again — but its most fascinating endangered species is still in peril
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Lafayette, California · LafayetteOfficials with the Lafayette Police Department is reporting that an 11-year-old has been reported missing. The child was last seen Saturday afternoon at a home in Lafayette.See the Story
Lafayette police: 11-year-old found after reported missing
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Lafayette, California · LafayetteSwimmers at Acalanes High School in Lafayette are trying to get the governing body of Northern California Athletics to change rules they claim are unfair. Thirteen athletes are blocked from competing this weekend because their coach did not submit their entries in time.See the Story
Bay Area high school swimmers can't compete in NCS Championship: Here's what they want changed
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Vine Hill · Vine HillArjun Thevar, 9, was beaming brighter than the high-noon sunshine. The Vine Hill Elementary School student had been transported back in time, to the 1800s, as part of a field trip to the Hiram D. Scott house just down the hill from City Hall on April 26. “I really like it,” he said of the historical reenactments, games and demonstrations that sought to educate the group of third graders on how Scotts Valley came to be. For years now, the Scotts …See the Story
Vine Hill 3rd graders take field trip to Scott house - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA
Concord, California · ConcordThe thought of moving from one place to another is not always appealing for most, but for those who work and volunteer at White Pony Express (WPE) — a nonprofit group devoted to preventing food insecurity through food rescue — they couldn’t be more thrilled. Related Articles
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Pleasant Hill’s White Pony Express, East Bay Tesla group helping Ukraine
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Pleasant Hill’s White Pony Express serves need…See the Story
White Pony Express food rescue group moving to better Concord location
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Concord, California · ConcordRent control is having something of a moment: In Los Angeles, tenants are invoking a law that imposes limits on apartments built on sites where rent-controlled units previously stood. A new rent control ordinance went into effect last month in the Bay Area city of Concord, California. Phillipsburg, New Jersey is considering similar restrictions. And, importantly, the Biden administration recently moved to cap rent hikes in some federally subsidi…See the Story
Rent control remains the wrong solution to housing woes
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Brentwood, California · BrentwoodFormer U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024, in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)Thirty years ago this summer, on a cool evening in the Brentwood community of Los Angeles, California, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murde…See the Story
If I did it: From Brentwood to Mar-a-Lago • Nebraska Examiner
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