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How We Grieve a Changing California
Our beautiful state is in danger. Human-caused climate change has dramatically increased the risk of destructive wildfires — and now we anticipate th…
2 years, 1 month ago
An Interview with the CEO of PG&E
Patti Poppe started a new job as CEO of PG&E in 2021, after the company emerged from bankruptcy for the second time in two decades. She sat down with…
2 years, 1 month ago
Cal State Faculty Hold a Series of One-Day Strikes
The California State University system is the largest public university system in the nation. This week, faculty at four campuses — Cal Poly Pomona, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Inside Oakland's Largest Housing Megaproject
Brooklyn Basin is poised to become Oakland’s largest housing project, promising 3,700 new homes on the site of a former shipping dock. In a state whe…
2 years, 1 month ago
Can Silicon Valley Investors Win Over Solano County?
California Forever, the group of Silicon Valley investors and billionaires who want to build a new city from scratch in Solano County, are on somethi…
2 years, 1 month ago
San Francisco Bans Vending Along Mission Street
San Francisco has banned street vending on Mission Street for 90 days, citing concerns about crime and sales of stolen goods. It’s the latest in a lo…
2 years, 1 month ago
November News Roundup: Transit Funding, Prison Wages, and Tupac Shakur Way
In this edition of The Bay's monthly news roundup (our last one of the year!), Ericka, Maria and Alan talk about how public transit agencies have tem…
2 years, 1 month ago
Why Your PG&E Bill is About to Go Up
Starting in January, PG&E ratepayers can expect their monthly bills to increase by an average of about $30. The utility says the money will go toward…
2 years, 1 month ago
Public Libraries Are Sacred Spaces
As an anxious, homeschooled kid, Mychal Threets found a haven in his local public library. Now he’s a librarian in Fairfield, and he’s recently becom…
2 years, 1 month ago
What It Takes to Give Land Back
Last year, Oakland returned 5 acres of Joaquin Miller Park to the Sogorea Te’ land trust and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, marking the first t…
2 years, 1 month ago