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Pastas, frozen meals, wraps and salads, have been added to the list of products sold in the Bay Area and nationally now included in a meat and poultry recall first announced last week.

The debate at the end of the first week after ballots were mailed to registered voters was combative but offered voters few real differences of opinion between the progressive Evan Low and the moderate Sam Liccardo.

The vote is not guaranteed. Eight Senate Democrats did not vote for his bill, the oil industry and Republicans have been sharply critical of the proposal, which they say would actually drive up prices at the pump.

Two of Google’s A.I. researchers, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper,  shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up.

The 16th Congressional District debate on NBC Bay Area/KNTV, Telemundo 48/KSTS, and KQED had been scheduled for Oct. 3, but it was canceled when Liccardo withdrew less than seven hours before the event, citing laryngitis.

Neither Torres or police gave any details about the allegations. Several media outlets have reported the allegations involve possible sexual misconduct related to online searches.

California was nearly $2 billion over forecast in corporate tax receipts this summer, including by $844 million in July. A tax change meant to help the budget deficit helped drive the surge.

Ads connected to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and Israel’s war in Gaza brought Facebook millions.

Defend the Vote said that Low’s state campaign committee is funded through money that is not permitted to be spent in federal elections, and that he is using impermissible funds on federal campaign ads.

Mary Ann Dewan was dismissed Oct. 2 after six years leading the county Office of Education. She is now demanding reinstatement, claiming the board violated California’s Brown Act and had no authority to fire her.

1930 - 2024

Don Earl McCleve, M.D., (94), of Monte Sereno, passed away on September 28, 2024 in Bellingham, Washington, at the home of his oldest son, Todd. He was happily married for sixty years to Beverly Stern McCleve before her passing in 2020. Originally from Holbrook, Arizona, he moved to California to attend Stanford University and Stanford Medical School, becoming an ear, nose, and throat doctor and surgeon.

Gov. Newsom reluctantly signed a bill to reform the state’s lemon-vehicle law – co-authored by San Jose Assemblymember Ash Kalra – despite saying it has problems lawmakers will need to fix.

San Jose has become accustomed to underground casinos. These highly illegal operations are incredibly dangerous but appeal to some people due to the amount of money involved.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

Newsom had pushed his refinery proposal in the final days of the regular session, but Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Salinas Democrat, balked because of legislators' concerns that the plan could drive up gas prices.