Catch Me Up: Daily news roundup for July 25, 2025

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This Daily News Roundup for the 24 hours from 4:00 PM Thursday 7/24 to 4:00 PM Friday 7/25 is based on news articles created by Bay City News reporters and editors. We prompted ChatGPT to analyze the articles produced by our staff and to choose 5 stories to highlight. Then we used ElevenLabs and other tools to help us convert the text into audio based on the voice of Leslie Katz, one of our Bay City News editors. This content was verified by a human editor.

Hello, and welcome to Bay City News for Friday, July 25, 2025. Here is a look at some of the top stories from across the region.

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is calling for the proceedings that could remove her from office to be opened to the public. In a news release issued on Thursday, Sheriff Corpus stated that the people of San Mateo County deserve to hear the truth directly, not filtered through political agendas or closed-door deliberations. This move comes as the sheriff faces increasing scrutiny and alleged internal conflicts within her department. Measure A, passed by county voters in March, allows for the removal of the sheriff for cause. Tensions between Corpus and county officials escalated in late 2024 following an independent investigation that alleged abuse of authority and misconduct. The Board of Supervisors had previously passed a unanimous vote of no confidence and called for her resignation. Corpus, elected in 2022 as the county’s first female sheriff, said she has refrained from addressing allegations in detail out of respect for employee privacy. However, she now believes the time has come to bring the truth to light, asserting that her constitutional rights and state and federal laws have been violated by a small group seeking her removal. The board has not yet commented on her latest call for public proceedings.

From that news, we turn to the East Bay, where Hospice East Bay workers say they will strike next Tuesday, July 29, to protest spiking caseloads. Nearly 80 nurses, social workers, chaplains, and bereavement counselors at Hospice East Bay joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers in 2023 and have been seeking their first contract for about 18 months. The union stated on Friday that workers are frustrated with severe understaffing of nurses and that management is bargaining in bad faith, refusing to enshrine existing patient care protocols into a contract before the hospice transfers control to an out-of-state chain. Nurse Jill Tobin described having 15 patients on her caseload instead of the usual 10, stating that they lack sufficient time to provide necessary care. Hospice East Bay says it is prepared for the strike, with a contingency team of qualified clinicians ready to respond to urgent needs. The one-day strike will begin at 6 a.m. at Hospice East Bay in Pleasant Hill.

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, service and patient care workers are on strike today, Friday, July 25, at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. The strike protests the university’s decision to lay off more than 130 frontline patient care workers at UCSF and UC San Diego. The workers are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the largest employee union in the UC system. UCSF Health announced it would maintain regular operations, including emergency and scheduled care, and most appointments and surgeries during the strike. Earlier this month, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge over the layoffs, alleging that the university failed to notify or bargain with union officials. The union also criticized UCSF for laying off workers while retaining contract vendors for the same jobs at higher costs. UCSF stated that the layoffs are part of a broader effort to address serious financial challenges and ensure future patient care, noting that the eliminated positions, affecting about 1% of UCSF Health’s workforce, were chosen to minimize impact on patient care.

Shifting our focus to regional transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is discussing new strategies to stabilize and expand public transit amidst ongoing budget deficits. On Wednesday, commissioners received updates on California Senate Bill 63, known as the Connect Bay Area Act, which could pave the way for a new long-term regional sales-tax measure for Bay Area voters. The bill, sponsored by State Senators Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Jesse Arreguin of Berkeley, has passed through multiple legislative committees but awaits a final vote. While Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties have agreed to participate, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties have not yet officially joined. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan emphasized the need for shared responsibility in funding operators like Caltrain. Officials remain optimistic that all counties will reach a consensus by the Aug. 11 deadline for opting in, ahead of the bill’s final legislative votes. If approved, the measure could be on the ballot as early as 2026, introducing a 14-year sales tax of a half-cent for four counties and one cent for San Francisco. The plan allocates funding for various transit authorities and operators, including BART, AC Transit, Muni, Caltrain, and Golden Gate Transit. Additionally, the commission approved $21 million in toll crossing funds from Regional Measure 3 for capital projects, including new electric buses for Muni and hydrogen refueling for AC Transit.

In other developments, Oakland port officials on Thursday finalized a decision to change the name of the city’s airport for the second time in just over a year. What was historically known as Oakland International Airport will now be called Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport. According to Craig Simon, director of aviation at the Port of Oakland, the new name reflects both local roots and regional reach, and is intended to help continue the airport’s growth by increasing geographic awareness and boosting visibility on airline and travel booking sites. However, San Francisco officials expressed disappointment, stating that the new name still invites traveler confusion and infringes on the globally recognized brand of San Francisco International Airport. The port’s first attempt to include “San Francisco Bay” in the airport’s name last year led to a lawsuit from San Francisco, which resulted in a judge temporarily ordering the new name to be stricken. Oakland appealed that decision, and the case is still pending. Despite the name change, “OAK” will remain the airport’s code, along with the “I Fly OAK” logo.

Finally, some news on a local landmark. Operations and public access to the historic East Brother Light Station in Richmond are at risk if repairs to the island’s only access point are not funded. The nonprofit East Brother Light Station, Incorporated, which acts as the steward to the station, announced on Thursday that at least $750,000 is needed to fund repairs to the pier and gangway. Without this access, the bed and breakfast inn, which generates critical revenue for maintenance, would close, threatening the preservation of the buildings. Built in 1847 and automated in 1969, the Light Station is the oldest operating wood-frame lighthouse on the West Coast and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The nonprofit has cared for the lighthouse for 45 years. While the bed and breakfast revenue helps, it’s not enough for major repairs. The organization has launched an online GoFundMe campaign to raise $51,000 for a prefabricated gangway, with just over $6,000 raised as of Friday morning.

And those are some of the top stories we’re following. Thank you for joining us for Bay City News.