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Photo Gallery: In Oakland Artists' Enclave, Residents Ponder Life With New Neighbors

April 22, 2013, 6:00 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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By Kyung Jin Lee, Deborah Svoboda and Dan Brekke When he was in China earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown announced something that was very important to a handful of residents on a fairly obscure stretch of Oakland's waterfront. The … Continue reading »

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Development Threatens California Farms--and Farm Economy

January 17, 2013, 12:38 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Despite written policies protecting farmland across Central California's agricultural heartland, the state's most productive region is on track to lose 570,000 acres of prime, irrigated land to development by 2050, according to a new report. The American … Continue reading »

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Treasure Island Development Plans Inch Forward

December 3, 2012, 11:03 am • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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by Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen After a decade of delays, San Francisco is taking concrete steps toward turning the former sandbar known as Treasure Island into a $1.5 billion condominium community. However, obstacles remain for the … Continue reading »

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