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MLB approved the Oakland Athletics' move to Las Vegas. But one story that hasn’t gotten as much attention is one that could kill the A’s stadium outright. Where will they get the funding?
Our annual Fall Culture Guide is back with more events to experience, art to see, music and readings to hear, and festivals to revel in through the rest of the year. Also included in this issue is a guide to the Valley's Top Dentists!
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Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty ImagesAt least 30 Palestinians in Israeli jails and 10 hostages held by Hamas are likely to be freed on Wednesday. U.S. and Israeli officials are in Qatar trying to work out a further cease-fire extension. -
Marit Hommedal/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesDisappointed customers are now scrambling to make new plans for where they will live for the next three years — and to extract refunds from the company.
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HealthySteps is an intervention where new parents get practical help with their lives, allowing them to create stable, nurturing bonds with their babies. It all starts at the baby's checkups. -
Forty years ago, Sarah Lubarsky came home from work to find her fiancé vomiting and slurring his words. It took a doctor's intervention for the problem to be taken seriously.
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Merchants say retail thefts have become more frequent and brazen. Law enforcement is now putting more money into things like store stakeouts and task forces that track organized retail crime rings.
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Armed just just a name and a photograph, Annette Vega spent years looking for her biological father. The family story would go from Puerto Rico to Florida to New York.
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