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Ben Trefny

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ben Trefny

    Bay Area Politics: Follow the Money (opens the original)

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    San Francisco residents will be weighing in on 11 ballot measures in November, six charter amendments, four ordinances, and one regional measure. The Mayor is also pushing for three measures, Prop D, E and F, that as a package would give him greater power. If all three are passed, it would change department leadership, how measures get on the ballot, and expand the city administrator's authority over who the city contracts with. Directly and indirectly, Mayor Lurie is deeply invested in the outc

  2. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Ben Trefny

    The Bay Agenda: Making a Scene: Exploring the Bay Area Comedy Landscape (opens the original)

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    Nicole Odell, jokingly, groaned when she shared her experiences about transitioning her comedy shows off of Zoom in a post COVID-19 era. “One of our lasting wounds from the pandemic,” she grumbled. “There was an interesting thing we saw in our audiences where people sort of forgot how to people. A lot of unspoken rules had to be relearned.” Rules like supporting comedians who are trying to entertain crowds. And even showing up for comedy shows in person at all. Odell is the artistic director at

  3. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Ben Trefny

    The Transformative Power of Cold Water (opens the original)

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    Last week, the Bay Area experienced some warmer weather. Some areas were under heat advisories. And in San Francisco, temperatures reached the upper seventies with humidity levels making the air a little stickier. And while that is considered warm for the city, it’s relatively cool compared to most of the state. That’s because cold water temperatures off the coast serve as a natural swamp cooler, dissipating heat from the air. Bay Area water temperatures are notoriously cold year round, at fifty

  4. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Ben Trefny

    California threatens lawsuit over federal offshore wind lease buyout (opens the original)

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    California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild have notified the U.S. Department of the Interior and energy developer Invenergy that the state intends to sue over a federal agreement to cancel an offshore wind lease off the Central Coast. The notice challenges a June 17 agreement under which the Interior Department would pay more than $111 million to an Invenergy subsidiary to relinquish its lease in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area, according to a pr

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Ben Trefny

    Oakland extends court oversight of local real estate empire's properties through 2029 (opens the original)

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    Court oversight of more than 150 Oakland residential properties owned by Dodg Corp. and affiliated landlords has been extended through September 2029 under an agreement approved by the Alameda County Superior Court, the Oakland City Attorney's Office announced Friday. The agreement, which happened on July 10 between the city, the state, and Dodg Corp., SBMANN LLC, and owners Baljit and Surinder Mann extends oversight for three years beyond the original 2026 deadline after the city alleged the la

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