The article demonstrates how modern CSS functions such as sibling-index(), style queries, if(), and mod() can reproduce :nth-child() patterns dynamically by setting variables. It walks through selectors like nth-child(n+B), An, and An+B, including a workaround for a zero divisor and notes on negative A.
A critique argues that a post claiming Astra can read and write weights conflates distinct experiments. Only networks of 17K–172K weights were handled from raw weights alone, while the Qwen math result, which raised MATH-500 from 7.9% to 48.1%, also used Python and up to 50 batches of practice problems.
Anthropic released message threads in public beta for its Messages API; it can cut median time to first token by roughly 35% on Claude Code requests of 500,000 to 1 million tokens by resending only new messages. Token usage remains unchanged and API costs do not inherently fall; threads expire after five minutes idle.
Alameda Health System officials told county supervisors that ICE officers entered a patient's room at Highland Hospital without showing a warrant. Supervisors sought a critical incident review, and the AHS chief executive said afterward that he had been misinformed about the warrant.
Three candidates — Linda Tams, Paul Carey and Michael DeSimone — are competing for Rohnert Park's District 2 council seat, with interviews covering communication and city finances. Rohnert Park faces a projected budget shortfall of about $10 million, and Measure K would raise roughly $5 million.
New Dimensions Radio, started by Justine Toms in 1973, is working to digitize hundreds of thousands of longform interviews, including talks with Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Ram Dass. Toms says Stanford University holds over 8,000 analog tapes, and her team uses AI to help draft descriptions that she reviews.
Five labs at UC Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford ran identical psilocybin trials in mice and found no lasting behavioral changes 24 hours after a single dose. Acute effects such as heightened anxiety and reduced fear expression did replicate across labs, while reported social-learning and antidepressant-like effects did not.
Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek is presenting “High Pile: Concepts in Tufting,” an exhibition of work by 20 artists from across the country who use the textile technique. Curator Emilee Enders says the show explores merging fine art and craft, and it runs through Dec. 13.
Game 6 of the WNBA Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday in Atlanta, which is morning in the Bay Area. The start time changed because the Atlanta Hawks play an NBA regular-season game in the same arena that night.
Prosecutors charged a 17-year-old with two counts of murder and are asking a juvenile court judge to move his case to adult court after an Oct. 30 shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield that killed a pregnant 31-year-old woman and wounded six others.
Community members gathered outside Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas over what they described as increased federal immigration enforcement at the jail. Santa Clara County Executive James Williams confirmed a rise in ICE activity at the county's two jails and said officials were not notified in advance.
Santa Clara County is not intervening as federal immigration agents increasingly stage around its jails, despite county-declared ICE-free zones. Advocates report roughly 10 to 12 agents seen daily at Elmwood and the Main Jail, and the sheriff's office says about 70 people have been detained near county jails since June 2025.
Filings show 14 PACs donating directly to candidates in Santa Clara's election, while the Santa Clara Police Association PAC reported $25,000 in independent expenditures for mailers and digital ads backing four candidates. The 49ers' two Affordable Santa Clara PACs spent $1.7 million, mostly on TV and internet ads.
Foundation work has begun on a 10-story affordable building at 825 Berryessa Station Way beside the Berryessa BART station in Northeast San Jose, with roughly 195 income-restricted units. Affirmed Housing is developing the project, which received $38.5 million from a state program and targets completion as early as spring 2028.
Alum Rock Union School District and CORE Builders celebrated groundbreaking for the Mayfair Workforce Housing Project in East San José, planned to provide 78 below-market apartments for teachers and staff. The project required three state laws and is intended to help the district recruit educators and support its finances.
Bob Costarella now runs Red Eye Barbecue inside Santa Rosa's Epicenter sports and entertainment complex, replacing the former Victory House restaurant after apprenticing under Austin pitmaster Lance Kirkpatrick and building a following through Saturday pop-ups in Roseland.
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew hoisted a 53-year-old crew member from the container ship Ever Elite about 34 miles off San Francisco on Saturday night, after the vessel spent nearly 11 hours moving closer to shore. The man was flown to Air Station San Francisco and taken to Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center.
Construction has begun on a six-story, 119-apartment affordable building in Fremont's Central District at 3440 Walnut Avenue, the initial phase of the Capital at City Center. Brookfield Residential and Pacific West Communities are developing it, with 118 units deed-restricted for households earning 30% to 70% of area median income.
Santa Clara County has restricted access to Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, requiring identification and stated reasons for entry after reports of federal immigration agents waiting outside the jail. Sheriff Bob Jonsen said the indefinite policy aims to improve safety, while advocates said ICE agents remain present.
Santa Clara County told the U.S. Department of Justice it would not release confidential voter information for 902 people or segregate their ballots, calling the demand unlawful. County officials said the underlying DOJ list was deeply flawed, while a Ninth Circuit panel voted 2-1 to reject a related bid to set aside votes in California and Los Angeles County.
Ronald “Money B” Brooks describes growing up around the Black Panther Party in Oakland, attending its community school and free meal programs, before his career with Digital Underground. He discusses his memoir, A DU Party Don’t Stop, and technology as self-defense for music creators.
A commentary outlines five decisions for San Francisco's November ballot: the Upper Great Highway debate and Prop G, the District 4 supervisor contest between Alan Wong and Albert Chow, the congressional race between Connie Chan and Scott Wiener, Proposition D's higher signature thresholds, and ranked-choice voting rules.
Annette Henry, 67, of Oakland, has been denied inpatient stroke rehabilitation by multiple Bay Area hospitals, which cited her difficulty with three hours of daily therapy. A Medicare quality reviewer overturned her 2025 discharge but did not secure readmission.
Oakland's Life Enrichment Committee voted to advance a plan to sell 0.6 acres of Garfield Park to the Oakland Unified School District for $597,500, sending it to the full City Council on Nov. 10. The district wants the site for a $104.5 million Garfield Elementary reconstruction, while community members worry about continued access to the athletic field.
John Hanania, a longtime critic of Petaluma's city council and an auto shop owner in Rohnert Park, is one of three candidates running for mayor there. He cites the abandoned downtown hotel project and street repairs he says lag despite Measure U sales tax revenue as signs the city is heading in the wrong direction.
