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A Transgender Asylum Seeker's Quest to Come to the Bay Area
The Bay Area has a long history of providing refuge to migrants seeking asylum. And for some, like Luna Guzmán, a transgender woman who left Guatemal…
5 years, 6 months ago
Why Parents, Doctors and Lawmakers Pushed Back Against Playgrounds Closing
Over the weekend, another surge in COVID-19 cases once again led to playgrounds being closed in many communities across California and in five Bay Ar…
5 years, 6 months ago
By The People: How Black Activists Transformed Voting in Oakland
This is the third episode of By The People, The Bay podcast’s new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we …
5 years, 6 months ago
Why California Is Factoring in Historical Social Injustice in the Vaccine Rollout
California is planning its rollout of a coronavirus vaccine. Healthcare workers have already been prioritized, but figuring out who comes next and ho…
5 years, 6 months ago
Charges Have Been Filed Against Police Officers in The Bay This Year. Why Just Now?
It's always been difficult to charge a police officer after they've killed someone while on the job. But in the Bay, it's happened a few times within…
5 years, 7 months ago
By The People: Shakirah Simley's Journey From Activist to Local Government
This is the second episode of By The People, The Bay podcast's new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we…
5 years, 7 months ago
A Filipino Nurse and The Patients She Won’t Forget
When Evelyn Legarte migrated from the Philippines to the Bay Area in 1980, she was part of a growing number of Filipinos that now make up about 20% o…
5 years, 7 months ago
By The People: Young, Queer Candidates of Color are Changing the Bay Area Political Scene
One way to change your hometown? Run for office. That’s what Alex Lee, James Coleman, and Lucy Shen decided to do in the 2020 elections. All three ar…
5 years, 7 months ago
Some Hotels for Unsheltered People Are Closing. Where Will They Go?
When the pandemic hit, thousands of unsheltered people were moved into hotels under a plan known as Project Roomkey. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the goal …
5 years, 7 months ago
California's COVID-19 'Emergency Brake'
On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said that California has seen the fastest two-week increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started. Now,…
5 years, 7 months ago