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Wetlands or housing? Climate change pressures shoreline development plans.

by Ezra Romero
Dec 22, 2023
In California, a fight is brewing over whether to build middle-class homes or restore wetlands that could mitigate flood risk. 
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Tomorrow's tech disruptors learn how to raise their game

by David Brancaccio
Jul 17, 2023
The video game industry has a diversity problem. This Bay Area mentorship program has solutions.
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House that sold for one dollar in Bay Area needs a home

by Sam Harnett
Jan 6, 2017
The house is perched on a grassy lot where the city moved it to make way for new housing.
Even if it costs $300,000 to fix and move this house that sold in Hercules, Calif. for a dollar, the person who bought it thinks he can make a profit.
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In Oakland, people worry that good jobs are out of reach

by Sarah Gardner
Dec 7, 2016
Working-class residents aren't sharing as the tech boom spreads to Oakland.
A mural on the wall of a public high school in West Oakland conveys the message "Knowledge is Power."
Sarah Gardner
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Silicon Valley is ruining the local restaurant economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 10, 2016
An semi-affordable meal is hard to come by
Can you afford a $2,000 dinner?
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Startup creates neighbor-to-neighbor food sharing

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 25, 2015
You can order homemade dishes online and then pick them up from a neighborhood cook.
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Wannabe tech cities need angel investors, too

by Aaron Mendelson
Aug 5, 2014
What's it take to turn your town into a tech hub? A wealthy resident helps.
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West Oakland: From Black families to tech geeks

by Aarti Shahani
Oct 16, 2013
The housing crisis hit many black families in West Oakland. One community activist thinks how the real-estate market is doing now doesn't match the neighborhood.
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