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Letting go of La Pulga
Growing up, Katrina Ramos White helped her immigrant parents run a toy stand at the Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose. A few years ago, with hopes of…
3 years, 8 months ago
Bay Curious: Oakland’s 16th Train Station Helped Build West Oakland and the Civil Rights Movement
Now a derelict building, the 16th street train station in West Oakland was once a thriving center of transportation during the golden age of rail tra…
3 years, 8 months ago
‘Love me Before the City Disappears’: Poet Nijla Mu’min
Tell me memories mean something
and I will carve your face on a tree.
Never cut it down.
Guarded with what slaps and surprises
sage and old E-40 cass…
3 years, 8 months ago
An Immigrant Visa Problem is Hitting Silicon Valley
For many families waiting decades for the right to live and work permanently in the U.S. through the crazy, byzantine rules of America’s immigration …
3 years, 8 months ago
Masks Are Optional. But Not For the Medically Vulnerable.
A federal judge in Florida ruled on Monday that the federal mask mandate was unlawful. Hours later, the Transportation Security Administration lifted…
3 years, 8 months ago
San Francisco is Limiting What Police Can Do With Your DNA
On Tuesday afternoon, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would limit how police store and use DNA profiles obtained fr…
3 years, 8 months ago
Could Schools Be Held Accountable in Court for How They Handle Sexual Assault?
When a student makes an allegation of sexual assault, their options for redress are often unsatisfying. Few cases end up in the legal system, and rar…
3 years, 8 months ago
San Francisco’s Redistricting Disaster
Redistricting is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to redraw a city’s political map. It’s an important yet arcane process that should ultimately lead to…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why Does Uber Want to Team Up with Taxis?
The rise of Uber in San Francisco a decade ago marked the beginning of the end for much of the taxi industry. Taxi companies went bankrupt and driver…
3 years, 9 months ago
Support for Mutual Aid Came and Went, But the Need is Still There
In 2020 call outs for mutual aid donations flooded social media, and people responded with an abundance of money, food and time. Two years later, int…
3 years, 9 months ago