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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, 7 months 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, 7 months 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, 7 months ago
A Personal Story from Ericka
Last summer, Ericka told a story live on stage at KQED, at an event hosted by the San Francisco chapter of the Asian American Journalists’ Associatio…
2 years, 7 months ago
Here’s Where Bay Area Electeds Stand on Israel’s Siege of Gaza
With thousands of people taking to the streets on either side of the issue of Israel’s siege of Gaza, how are the Bay Area’s representatives in Congr…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Music Class is Helping Farmworkers Heal in Half Moon Bay
In January, a gunman killed 7 farmworkers at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay. Months later, one community group has been trying to use accordion …
2 years, 7 months ago
Sold Out: The Oakland Block That’s Ditching Natural Gas
A quarter of California’s carbon emissions come from homes and buildings -- from the appliances we use to keep ourselves warm and our families fed. I…
2 years, 7 months ago
How APEC Will Affect Daily Life in San Francisco
Next week, San Francisco is hosting its largest international event since 1945. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference — or APEC — is expec…
2 years, 7 months ago
South Bay Conservatives Are Trying to Gain a Foothold on Local School Boards
As red states pass laws targeting transgender rights and LGBTQ-inclusive education, conservatives in the South Bay have formed their own strategy: fo…
2 years, 7 months ago
A Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out
Foster City is home to one of the largest annual gatherings of Palestinians in the Bay Area. It’s also where Councilmember Sam Hindi holds office as …
2 years, 7 months ago