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What to Know: The Oakland A's Las Vegas Ballpark Plans
The Oakland A’s say they plan to leave Oakland and build a 1.5-billion dollar ballpark right on the Strip in Las Vegas. It’s the latest chapter in the storied baseball team’s 20-year quest for a new ballpark. Here’s how we got here, and what comes next.
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What to Know: The Oakland A's Las Vegas Ballpark Plans
The Oakland A’s say they plan to leave Oakland and build a 1.5-billion dollar ballpark right on the Strip in Las Vegas. It’s the latest chapter in the storied baseball team’s 20-year quest for a new ballpark. Here’s how we got here, and what comes next.
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What to Know: How California Decides If We're in a Drought
California has spent much of the last decade in severe, multi-year droughts, and most of the state remains in drought status in spite of recent heavy rainfall. Here’s how droughts are measured, and what the measurements mean.
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What to Know: How California Decides If We're in a Drought
California has spent much of the last decade in severe, multi-year droughts, and most of the state remains in drought status in spite of recent heavy rainfall. Here’s how droughts are measured, and what the measurements mean.
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What to Know: New Deadline to Get Your Real ID Driver's License in California
The federal government has extended the deadline to get your Real ID driver’s license yet again, meaning you now have until May 7, 2025 before the new ID will be required to pass through airport security. Here’s what you’ll need to get one, and how to go about it.
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What to Know: New Deadline to Get Your Real ID Driver's License in California
The federal government has extended the deadline to get your Real ID driver’s license yet again, meaning you now have until May 7, 2025 before the new ID will be required to pass through airport security. Here’s what you’ll need to get one, and how to go about it.
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What to Know: Voting by Mail in California, in the November 8 Midterm Election
Just a few years ago, about half of California voters were using mail-in ballots. But in the last three elections, about 90 percent of people who voted in California were voting by mail. If you have a mail-in ballot in California, here’s how to vote, and make sure your vote is counted.
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What to Know About Voting by Mail in the California November 8 Midterm Election
Just a few years ago, about half of California voters were using mail-in ballots. But in the last three elections, about 90 percent of people who voted in California were voting by mail. If you have a mail-in ballot in California, here’s how to vote, and make sure your vote is counted.
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What to Know: San Francisco Propositions D and E on Affordable Housing
San Francisco has two competing measures on the November 8 ballot, each promising to build affordable housing the city desperately needs, and do it more quickly by cutting through red tape. Here’s what to know about these two similar-sounding propositions.
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What to Know: San Francisco Propositions D and E on Affordable Housing
San Francisco has two competing measures on the November 8 ballot, each promising to build affordable housing the city desperately needs, and do it more quickly by cutting through red tape. Here’s what to know about these two similar-sounding propositions.
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What to Know: Affordable Housing Ballot Measures in the Bay Area This November
Affordable housing measures are on ballots in cities around the Bay Area this November, asking voters to decide a dizzying array of questions about how and where to build housing, who should be able to live there, and how much it should cost. Here’s a breakdown of what’s on the ballot, how it got there, and what it...
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What to Know: Affordable Housing Ballot Measures in the Bay Area This November
Affordable housing measures are on ballots in cities around the Bay Area this November, asking voters to decide a dizzying array of questions about how and where to build housing, who should be able to live there, and how much it should cost. Here’s a breakdown of what’s on the ballot, how it got there, and what it...
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What to Know: Toll Express Lanes on Bay Area Freeways
While much of Silicon Valley was working from home, some workers were busy making big changes to Highway 101 along the Peninsula. As commuters return to the office, they’ll find the congested two-person carpool lanes have been replaced by toll express lanes. The system aims to make traffic move faster by using the laws of supply and demand. Here’s how...
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What to Know: Toll Express Lanes on Bay Area Freeways
While much of Silicon Valley was working from home, some workers were busy making big changes to Highway 101 along the Peninsula. As commuters return to the office, they’ll find the congested two-person carpool lanes have been replaced by toll express lanes. The system aims to make traffic move faster by using the laws of supply and demand. Here’s how...
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What to Know: Sports Betting Propositions 26 & 27 on California's November Ballot
More than 30 states have legalized sports betting since the U.S. Supreme Court gave the green light in 2018. Now, California could be next — with two competing ballot measures. One would legalize sports betting in person. One would legalize it online. And both are on the ballot this November. Here’s what to know.
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What to Know: The New Omicron COVID Booster Vaccine
It could be the start of a new fall tradition: an updated vaccine for COVID-19 that targets the newest and most contagious variants of the virus. Here’s what to know about when to get it, where to find it, and what to expect.
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What to Know: Heat Wave Warnings, Watches & Alerts
When the weather gets hot, we start hearing about heat advisories, red flag warnings and flex alerts. But what do they all mean? Here’s a rundown of the most common kinds of warnings you’ll get during a Bay Area heat wave.
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What to Know: President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Biden says his plan will relieve student debt for up to 43 million borrowers, and completely eliminate student loans for almost half of them. Here’s how to know if you’re eligible for debt forgiveness under the president’s plan, and how to cash in if you are.
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What to Know: How the Air Quality Index Works
You’ve seen it in your phone’s weather app, and we use it on TV: a color-coded scale where low numbers mean clean air and high numbers mean dirty air. As fire season continues in the Bay Area, here’s what the numbers and colors mean, and how they’re calculated.
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What to Know: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Faces Recall on June 7
In the June 7 primary election, San Francisco voters will be asked whether to keep District Attorney Chesa Boudin in office, or recall him and let Mayor London Breed appoint his replacement. Boudin was elected to office after campaigning on a platform of ending mass incarceration and reforming a racist, broken justice system. But recall supporters blame him for a...