After closure, one of the Bay Area’s few live-fire Indian barbecue spots returns The new South Bay restaurant will now serve lunch, cocktails and new dishes.

Hayward’s loss is Milpitas gain.

#Hayward #WahJeeWah #Indian #BBQ

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Here are 10 to 15 stations that could close under BART doomsday scenarios BART has nailed down the 10 stations that could close if voters decline to bail out the rail agency in November, a dire scenario that would gut service across the Bay Area.

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#BART doomsday scenario in 2027? Ten stations closing and no service after 900 pm 🥺

Map: Immigrants make up the largest shares of these Bay Area neighborhoods President Donald Trump has targeted immigrant communities throughout the U.S., a crackdown that has already reached into the Bay Area.

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Some great data reporting by the SF Chronicle using #Census data from the #ACS American Community Survey.

California doesn’t need to be broken up. The Legislature needs more seats OPINION: California’s problem isn’t that the state has become too big to govern. It’s that we need to add more legislative districts and representatives.

Excellent op-ed about expanding size of California State Assembly and State Senate.

Size of Calif state legislature has not changed in over 150 years!

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#beer #craftbeer #UCDavis

Master Brewers alumni from UC Davis program reunite
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California stereotypes are real — and this extremely detailed data about time use proves it How do Californians use their time? This breakdown shows how many minutes are spent on activities daily.

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Great data dive by SF Chronicle on Californians use of time using #ATUS via #iPUMS

American Time Use Survey.

A ride on S.F.’s ‘iron monster’ as a boy sparked a lifelong dedication to city’s streetcars The Market Street Railway is the preservation partner of the San Francisco Municipal Railway, acting as cheerleader, watchdog, lobbying group and support base for the city’s cable cars.

#Streetcars of desire. Great story by Nolte on historic streetcars in #SanFrancisco

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Massive white blimp floating over San Francisco has ties to Google Sergey Brin’s Pathfinder 1 airship completed another test flight over the Bay on Tuesday.

This feels like a remake of the James Bond film “A View to the Kill”

#blimp #zeppelin

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For Bay Area seniors, Waymo and self-driving cars are the future OPINION: “The autonomous car is a wellness antidote: It lets older people continue to partake in normal routines and recapture the thrill of spontaneity,” Jane Gould writes.

Fascinating op-ed re senior citizens and #waymo driverless autos.

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Bad news for #Hayward with loan default for the Maple & Main development in downtown Hayward.

Housing project falls into default
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#craftbeer

Great Jay Brooks story on new / reopened craft breweries:

Rockaway Beach Brewery in Pacifica, 50 Vara brewery in the Sunset, and Magnolia in the Haight. Can’t wait to visit!!

THEY’RE BACK!
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The maps shows the 2,486 PUMAs in the United States, the 217 PUMAs in Texas, and the 38 Congressional Districts in Texas.

Texas has 254 counties, ranging from Loving County (population 64) to Harris County (population 4,731,145).

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The worst PUMA, in terms of share of population < 65 without health insurance is the "Houston City (North) & Aldine" PUMA at 45.8% uninsured.

The best PUMA is the Massachusett's "Middlesex County (West Central)" PUMA at 0.7% uninsured share.

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Historically, PUMAs were used exclusively with the Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). With the advent of the American Community Survey, PUMAs are now also used as a standard tabulation geography. This is great for analysts, since it provides coast-to-coast coverage of ACS data.

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Americans Without Health Insurance (Part 5) PUMAs
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#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

Continuing my analysis of the health uninsured in 2024.

PUMAs are Public Use Microdata Areas. They are essentially "regional analysis districts" with a population of 100,000+ persons.

I saw this East Bay Times article on the East Bay Times app and thought you’d be interested.

I remember old Harry at the Temescal Kaspers.

And I miss my Casper’s in downtown #Hayward, too 🌭🌭

Kasper’s, the hot dog that ‘started it all’ in Oakland, is no more
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All nine Massachusetts congressional districts are in the top 25 best areas (lowest health uninsured shares). Seven California districts are in the top 25., followed by 5 of New York State districts.

The Massachusetts 2nd District (Worcester) has the lowest uninsured share, at 2.6% in 2024.

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Texas congressional districts account for 21 of the worst 25 districts, in terms of high share of health uninsured persons, less than 65 years of age. Arizona, Georgia, Florida and New Jersey have one each in the worst 25

The Texas 29th District (Houston/Pasadena) is at 36.3 % uninsured share.

Americans Without Health Insurance (Part 4) CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

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#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

Continuing my analysis of the health uninsured in 2024.

Table 7. Worst CDs with highest uninsured shares
Table 8. Best CDs with lowest uninsured shares

Bay Area booksellers fear losing business as chains buy indie stores, keep their old names The Bay Area’s tight-knit independent booksellers fear for their future as chains such as Barnes &amp; Noble buy local stores and maintain the indie vibe.

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Great article on the acquisition of indie bookseller Books, Inc by Barnes and Noble. #books #indiebooks

Largest US Cities, Ranked by Total Population: 4/4

New York City has 482 thousand uninsured persons, younger than 65. This is 6.9 percent of NYC population.

Largest number of uninsured persons are in Houston (542 K), New York (482K), Los Angeles (316K), Dallas (295K) and San Antonio (266K).

Worst places with highest uninsured shares: 3/4

#1: Pasadena, Texas at 33.0% uninsured!

16 of top 25 places are in Texas, including Dallas, Houston and El Paso.

New Jersey has 5 of top 25 places. Florida, 3 of top 25.

All have at least a 19.4 percent uninsured share of population younger than 65

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#1: Castro Valley, California at 0.5% uninsured.

13 of top 25 places are in California.

8 of top 25 places are in the SF Bay Area.

All of top 25 are less than 2.8 percent uninsured for population younger than 65.

Americans Without Health Insurance (Part 3) CITIES

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#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

Continuing my analysis of the health uninsured in 2024.

Table 4. Best places with lowest uninsured shares
Table 5. Worst places with highest uninsured shares
Table 6. Largest US places

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Massachusetts is the #1 (Best) US State in 2024, in terms of share of persons under 65 WITHOUT health insurance, at 3.3 percent.

Other top 5 best states include #2 Hawaii (4.3%), #3 District of Columbia (5.0%), #4 Vermont (5.4%), and #5 New Hampshire (5.5%)

The US value is 9.8% uninsured

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The other states in the top 5 worst list are #2 Georgia (14.0%), #3 Oklahoma (13.7%), #4 Florida (13.6%), and #5 Nevada (13.5%). Oklahoma (2021) and Nevada (2014) adopted Medicaid Expansion programs. The other top three states have not.

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#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

Texas is the #1 (Worst) US State in 2024 in terms of share of persons under 65 WITHOUT Health Insurance: 19.2%.

Texas was also the #1 US State in 2009, at 26.3% uninsured, persons age < 65.

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The uninsured share for children peaked at 8.57 percent in 2009, and reached a low of 4.46 percent in 2016.

Data for the USA is shown in tabular as well as in an animated line chart.

Questionnaire wording has changed minimally from 2008 to the present.