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2 weeks ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
The Nintendo Switch 2 is photographed in Martinez, Calif., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO TNS The Nintendo Switch 2’s price will bring sticker shock to fans. With a starting price of $449, it’s one of the most expensive machines that the company has put up for sale. The barebones system won’t come with any games, and it will have minimal accessories included with the box.
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2 weeks ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
The Nintendo Switch 2 is photographed in Martinez, Calif., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO TNS Although Nintendo no longer produces the most cutting-edge video game systems, the company has always had the most powerful ideas. That’s how it has thrived in an era where it competes against tech behemoths Microsoft and Sony.
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2 weeks ago | 
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JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO TNS Santa Clara rolled out the red carpet when Taylor Swift and Beyonce came to town in the summer of 2023, anointing the global pop superstars as honorary mayors before they took the stage for their respective concerts at Levi’s Stadium. Now, after a lengthy investigation into whether Swift’s “The Eras Tour” and Beyonce’s “Renaissance Tour” broke the stadium’s notorious 11 p.m. curfew, city officials are admitting they did — but declining to issue any citations.
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3 weeks ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
Employees work inside the Nintendo San Francisco store in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Members of the media received tours of the Nintendo San Francisco store which opens to the public May 15th. The opening of the San Francisco store will make a total of five Nintendo stores worldwide.
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3 weeks ago | 
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FILE - The Chevron Richmond Refinery operates in Richmond, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Governor Gavin Newsom has outlined a plan to set a profit cap on the oil industry and give more oversight power to the state’s Energy Commission. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO TNS RICHMOND – A visible flare at the Chevron Richmond Refinery prompted a level one Community Warning System notification Saturday afternoon.
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1 month ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 5 : Heat waves rise from the road as traffic moves smoothly during the Labor Day holiday on Marsh Creek Road as the temperature reaches 112 degrees in Brentwood, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The Bay Area is experiencing an excessive heat warning as temperatures soar above 104 degrees in the East Bay.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
News that a Southern California high school transgender athlete is advancing to the girls' state track and field championship this weekend triggered President Trump on Tuesday to threaten "large scale" funding cuts to the state and to order local authorities to block the athlete "if necessary" from competing in the Clovis meet. Trump's Truth Social post early Tuesday also blasted Gov.
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1 month ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
Rapper Flo Rida stands during the playing of the Canadian national anthem before Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario on Sunday, June 2, 2019. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO TNS BottleRock Napa Valley attendees who were hoping to sing along with “Club Can’t Handle Me,” “Good Feeling,” “Wild One,” “Whistle” and — of course — the blockbuster “Low” at the festival on Sunday (May 25) were likely feeling disappointed.
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1 month ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
Construction worker Jairo Albarado shovels dirt during a hot day in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Monday, July 1, 2024. The Bay Area will be under a heat advisory by the National Weather Service from Tuesday to Friday with temperatures reaching an estimated 111 degrees in East County. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Jose Carlos Fajardo TNS The unofficial start of summer that comes with Memorial Day weekend won’t be bringing with it weather that is typical of the hottest months.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
SAN JOSE, Calif. - On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu's backyard in Milpitas. They soak in the light and ripen in the heat before suddenly splitting from the branches at the slightest tug of Espiritu's hand. At first glance, the harvest looks like a puzzling mixture of familiar fruits - the color of a mango, the shape of a baby apricot, the texture of a ripe peach.
