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Applying For Student Aid Was Supposed to Be Easier This Year. It Wasn’t
Applying for student aid this year was supposed to be easier for incoming college students, with a more simplified application process for FAFSA, or …
2 years, 4 months ago
Advocates Protest Planned Closure of East San Jose Trauma Center
The company that owns the Regional Medical Center of San Jose says it plans to close the hospital’s trauma center on August 12. The trauma center is …
2 years, 4 months ago
A Chevron Tax(?), More Farmworker Housing, and Berkeley’s Baby Falcons. Plus, a Visiting Journalist From the Republic of Georgia
In this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Ericka, Alan, and intern Ellie talk about a possible tax on oil refining in Richmond, the debate o…
2 years, 4 months ago
A Morning with BART’s Crisis Intervention Specialists
If you ride BART, you may have seen uniformed employees with the words ‘Crisis Intervention Specialist” on their backs. About 20 of these ‘CIS-es’ — …
2 years, 4 months ago
D Sharp: The DJ Behind the Warriors Games
During his 12 years with The Golden State Warriors, DJ D Sharp has seen it all — from the team’s lowest point to the championship rings. Raised in Ea…
2 years, 4 months ago
Fate of Uber, Lyft Workers’ Benefits Now Up to the State Supreme Court
In 2020, California voters passed Proposition 22, which allowed app-based companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors and not empl…
2 years, 4 months ago
How SF Hopes to Make This Critical Opioid Addiction Treatment More Available
Less than half of all San Francisco pharmacies carry buprenorphine, one of the most powerful medications used to treat opioid addiction, according to…
2 years, 4 months ago
Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel
Last week, protesters blocked the entrance of Google’s largest development conference in Mountain View to protest the tech giant’s ties with the Isra…
2 years, 4 months ago
Displacing People for “Progress": The Origins of BART
Back in the 60s, BART was just a plan in the making. And located through its path were communities of mostly low income people of color. But thanks t…
2 years, 5 months ago
'I Am Still Haunted': Women Accuse Rising SF Political Star of Rape and Abuse
Jon Jacobo was a rising star in the progressive wing of San Francisco politics when a colleague publicly accused him of rape in 2021. At that time, h…
2 years, 5 months ago