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On Wednesday, dozens of neighbors, artists, community activists and elected officials gathered beneath the 580 overpass on West Street for the unveiling of the third Superheroes...
Community members are raising the volume on their demands that the city protect Oaklanders’ rights following a number of noise complaints by a few residents...
Environmental and community groups—Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) and San Francisco Baykeepers—have filed a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) action...
Santa Clara, CA – Just when the 49ers thought they’ve turned things around. The Seattle Seahawks rained on their parade. After ending a four-game losing streak...
Restaurants and hospitality businesses employ nearly 11 million workers nationally, one of the largest industries in the country, and are growing at a feverish pace...
By Kristen Bole, UCSF News UC San Francisco is launching a healthy beverage initiative in an effort to align campus food and drink sales...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard For decades, an historic mural capturing Richmond’s pre-WWII days was thought to have been lost and possibly gone forever. ...
The For Women in Science Fellowships have been awarded in the United States for the past 12 years to help women at critical stages in...
Students at Bella Vista Elementary School in Oakland had a chance to get active in a youth football clinic with the Raiders on Monday, Oct....
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate for president, shocked people when he noted that 51 percent of African-Americans aged 17 through 20 who have graduated...
By Lynda Carson In a celebration of the privatization of our public housing, which threatens the poor, elderly and disabled with displacement from their housing,...
Ben Forstenzer, US Uncut The major media networks have been eerily silent about the latest wave of racist violence. In the last 10 days,...
By David Register, courtesy of The Guardian On September 18, after facing off against Harvard at the (Eastern New York Correctional Facility), our debaters were...
“Michael Brown is dead, and they still haven’t arrested that policeman,” Kim Nalley sings in anguished alto tones on “Ferguson Blues,” one of two original...
By Lee Ragin, Jr. When it comes to equal opportunity for women and people of color, one would think that in a state as liberal...
Santa Clara, CA – It was no secret the Forty-niners needed this victory today. Both teams came into the matchup with a one win and four...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News Not long after Berkeley became the first city in the country to levy an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages,...
Amid an intensifying housing crisis in Oakland, City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Councilmember Desley Brooks are speaking out against a new proposal from...
Oakland community activist Ann Nomura and her family have begun a petition calling on the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department (OPD) to stop...
Local Black entrepreneurs have emerged as owners of the newest Black-owned beauty supply store in Ferguson, MO following protests over the killing of unarmed Black teen,...
Black churches in Oakland are being asked to moderate their worship voices after neighbors have made noise complaints to the city about the volume of...
By Margaretta Lin In the tradition of Dr. King, Pastor Agee of Pastors of Oakland and Reverend Buford of Allen Temple remind us that housing...
Protesters began to chant when the Republican presidential candidate brought up immigration and his desire to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Moments later,...
Eviction Protections 2.0 is now law in San Francisco, after Mayor Ed Lee decided against a veto of the legislation last Friday. After getting news...