The proposed budget for 2023-24 is balanced and structurally sound. It maintains current services and makes a few high priority ongoing enhancements to address emerging needs....
Two bills aimed at equipping K-12 students with the ability to discern between accurate and false news -- and teach them media literacy, more broadly –...
City Council chambers were full for the May 17 Planning Commission hearing, and almost all the 40 speakers who had signed up to make presentations talked...
As rising seas threaten to flood hundreds of toxic sites along the California coast, the risk of flood-related contamination will fall disproportionately on the state’s most...
Facts and reality establish that passing SB 357 and similar legislation harms Black communities which are some of the most vulnerable and traumatized people in America....
![Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis updated the Board of Supervisors on March 28 about the state of the local opioid crisis[PDF] and outlined strategies to reduce fatal overdoes in Marin in 2023.](https://www.postnewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/opioid-settlement-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis updated the Board of Supervisors on March 28 about the state of the local opioid crisis[PDF] and outlined strategies to reduce fatal overdoes in Marin in 2023.](https://www.postnewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/opioid-settlement-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
San Rafael, CA – Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis updated the Board of Supervisors on March 28 about the state of the local...
Marin County has launched a newer version of its COVID-19 dashboard, which provides residents with data and information relating to the virus, the county announced on...
More money is available for affordable housing developers to create new affordable homes in Marin County and preserve existing affordable units. This year, the County of...
Rep. Barbara Lee was joined by Pastor Michael McBride, a Bay Area native, national faith leader, and racial justice activist, as her guest to President Biden’s...
There are numerous examples of sports deals failing to deliver the fiscal returns promised by local governments: the Atlanta Braves stadium, where office buildings penciled in...
Kaiser Permanente gave a significant grant to Oakland Promise, helping it reach a $50 million goal for its Generation Fund, which will offer college savings accounts...
Teachers, students and the Oakland Education Association had been vocal about COVID safety issues during the last two school years. Last January, OUSD teachers protested, as...
Monsanto produced nearly 99% of all PCBs used in the United States since the 1930s and continued until its manufacture was banned by the Toxic Substance...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade statute and effectively taking away reproductive rights, some believe voters are now...
Last year, the California Black Census and Redistricting Hub pushed the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw a new congressional district to create consolidate the voting power of these diverse...
The rise in COVID-19 cases has not been accompanied by a similar rise in hospitalizations for severe illness. Today there are no patients in intensive care...
The pandemic has propelled health inequity and racism into news headlines and helped spark national conversations about the health disparities that face the Black, Indigenous, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The bipartisan infrastructure provides resources for our communities. There are matching grants and forgivable loans, which means more of our communities have an...
West Oakland residents are disproportionately lower-income and people of color, and they already face significantly elevated public health threats compared to more affluent Bay Area communities, including...
Oakland City Councilmember-At-Large, Rebecca Kaplan has advanced important region-leading innovative projects, such as the civilian crisis responder program (known as MACRO), new zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell...
Conducted in partnership with six grass-roots organizations, the first of the two-day sessions will be on January 27 and 28, 2022. The virtual meetings will begin...
In California, legal cannabis products must be affixed with the universal symbol that includes an encircled triangle with a marijuana leaf and exclamation mark in it....
In recent years, the proliferation of e-commerce and rising consumer expectations of rapid shipping have contributed to a boom in warehouse development, particularly in Los Angeles...
The seeds have been planted for another California law that could loosen restrictions on the use of recreational drugs in the United States.
Masking works. You can see it working. Vaccines work too, but we’re on the honor system for that. And people lie or show a fake vax...
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