East Bay shoppers support local stores on Small Business Saturday
Business owners reminded customers they need support not just on Small Business Saturday, but year-round to thrive.
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Da Lin is an award-winning journalist at KPIX 5 News. He joined KPIX 5 in 2012, but has been reporting the news in the Bay Area since 2007. Da grew up in Oakland, and before his return to the Bay Area, he spent five years covering the news at three other television stations in Texas, Southern and Central California. He also spent five years reporting at KRON 4.
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Business owners reminded customers they need support not just on Small Business Saturday, but year-round to thrive.
The mother of the survivor of Wednesday morning's horrific Tesla Cybertruck crash in the East Bay town of Piedmont that left three young adults from the East Bay community dead on Friday identified her son and the three other victims.
Sunday's mostly dry weather provided a brief window for Guerneville and Forestville residents to assess flooding damage and clean up.
From downed trees to power outages to flooded streets, Friday's storm caused big problems for many East Bay residents.
Oakland will need to look at making some severe cuts to balance its budget. The finance department sounded the alarm on Friday, saying to balance the budget now or declare a fiscal emergency.
Alameda County voters have spoken, and they overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Pamela Price.
Former House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi attended her first public event in San Francisco since the general election. It also came after Pelosi publicly pointed the finger at Joe Biden for losing the White House.
With the recall behind them, many Oaklanders hope new leadership will bring needed change.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she would ensure a smooth transition as the latest results show the recall will likely succeed.
It was a steady weekend at the local elections offices with early voters stopping by to pick up and drop off ballots and in Oakland, weekend voters said they felt good to have done their part.
In the race to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, volunteers on both sides canvassed in different cities and neighborhoods on Saturday.
People on both sides of the Oakland mayor recall race made the final push to turn out the votes Friday, with Mayor Sheng Thao and recall supporters holding separate events.
With a little over a week left to the general election, Bay Area Republicans and Democrats are working hard to earn votes for the presidential and congressional races.
With less than two weeks left until election day, election officials want to make it easy for people to vote. Many Bay Area counties, including San Francisco, opened voter centers on Saturday to provide early voting on weekends.
San Francisco is trending in the wrong direction when it comes to pedestrian safety with the second deadly accident in three days leaving a man dead early Friday morning.