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An Evening at San Jose’s Story Road Night Market
Night markets have exploded in popularity over the past few years in the Bay Area. Many local downtowns and shopping districts have invested in night…
1 year, 2 months ago
Two Big Recall Elections in the East Bay
Voters in Alameda County and the city of Oakland could recall District Attorney Pamela Price and Mayor Sheng Thao in November.
Price and Thao are pro…
1 year, 2 months ago
Close All Tabs: The Evolution of Online Campaigning
Online campaigning has changed dramatically since the early days of dial-up modems. In a new miniseries from KQED called Close All Tabs, internet cul…
1 year, 2 months ago
$100 Million Is Coming to Deep East Oakland
Deep East Oakland used to be a thriving community with movie theaters and bowling alleys. But the crack cocaine epidemic and decades of disinvestment…
1 year, 2 months ago
Explaining Ranked Choice Voting
Some Bay Area cities like Oakland and San Francisco use a system known as ranked choice voting in the November election. Ranked choice voting is also…
1 year, 2 months ago
'It's Been a Year. This Must End.'
One year ago, Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in an attack on Israel and took at least 250 hostages. In response, Israel’s bombardment and invasi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prop. 36: Increase Penalties for Certain Theft and Drug Crimes
10 years ago, Californians passed Prop. 47, which reclassified certain petty theft and drug possession crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies. At…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prop. 35: Changes to the MCO Tax for Medi-Cal Funding
In recent years, the expansion of Medi-Cal has allowed millions of low-income Californians to get access to health care. But while demand for service…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prop. 34: Prescription Drug Spending (But Also...Rent Control?)
Prop. 34 takes aim at how revenues earned through a federal drug pricing program are spent by a very specific number of providers. On the surface, it…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prop. 33: Removing Limits on Local Rent Control
Since 1995, California has banned certain types of local rent control laws — specifically, on single family homes, condos, properties built after 199…
1 year, 3 months ago