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Jan 13, 2025 · Incarceration and justice reform’s ripple effects continue to be felt heavily in our society. Our prison news coverage delves into the complex issues surrounding the penal system, shedding light on the ongoing challenges and reforms that impact the lives of those behind bars and the communities they return to- including reporting by prison journalist Steve Brooks, who was selected to ...
‘It all ended in a second’: LA fires took jobs of thousands of low ...
3 days ago · Community organizers say the losses highlight how the climate crisis harms vulnerable communities the most. Nearly 90% of house cleaners in California are Latino, and more than 80% are foreign-born, according to the UCLA Labor Center.. It’s an especially grim outlook for undocumented immigrants who often don’t qualify for federal unemployment or disaster aid that U.S. citizens are entitled to.
Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly understood — …
4 days ago · A 2023 study of smoke from fires in the wildland-urban interface — areas where urban neighborhoods bleed into the wildlands — found it contained a vast array of chemicals harmful to humans, including hydrogen chloride, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins and a range of toxic organic compounds, including known carcinogens such as benzene, as well as toluene, xylenes, styrene and ...
Digging deeper into Newsom’s claim that he helped create …
1 day ago · But a few weeks after that, he cited a new and much larger number. “On the trajectory we’re currently on — this is an actual number — and if you want to have us back into this number, I’m happy to provide that information later: 624,895 apprenticeships, 624,895 that we are currently on track to achieve well beyond the 500,000 by 2029,” he said.
Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not ...
Jun 15, 2024 · The same is true for other significant political questions: Independents’ political views and perspectives on key issues also reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day.. In contrast, Democrats’ and Republicans’ ideas of what problems deserve government attention and how to solve them are much less likely to be based on their own life experiences, and ...
Sonoma will transition to district-based elections in March out of ...
Dec 12, 2024 · “This is the fiscally responsible action to mitigate potential legal risks,” said Sonoma Mayor John Gurney. “While the California Voting Rights Act aims to address voting discrimination, there is no evidence of vote dilution or discrimination in Sonoma.
Bringing back downtowns: Local leaders seek ways to restore their …
Dec 13, 2024 · AFTER COVID-19 EMPTIED restaurants and theaters in California’s city centers and businesses adapted to allow staff to work from home, downtowns never returned to their pre-pandemic vibrance.. On a recent Wednesday, Democratic state Assemblymembers Matt Haney of San Francisco and Buffy Wicks of Oakland, joined city leaders in …
‘The time to prepare is now’: San Mateo to host free webinar on ...
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Inside/Out - Local News Matters
Berkeley Journalism has a long history of supporting journalism at San Quentin. Professor Bill Drummond, who covered prison issues for the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s, has taught college courses for dozens of prisoners at San Quentin since 2012. He has also taught a UC Berkeley Journalism class, which received the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Service to the Community in 2015, that ...
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Who are you? We are a dedicated group of professional journalists who care about quality news in the greater Bay Area and Northern California. Veteran journalist Katherine Ann Rowlands serves as CEO and president of Bay City News and executive director of the nonprofit.