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'Megafires' Don’t Have to be Our New Normal
Fire season doesn't have to be this bad. There are lots of things we can do to prevent more and more extreme wildfires.
It'll take a big shift in the …
6 years, 1 month ago
The ‘Brittle’ System of Incarcerated Firefighters
California is low on firefighters at a really bad time. It’s partially because the state released thousands of incarcerated firefighters to prevent t…
6 years, 1 month ago
What A WeChat Ban Would Mean for Organizing in San Francisco's Chinatown
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that could ban WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app, from operating in the …
6 years, 1 month ago
The Grassroots Group Helping Oakland Mask Up (Again)
Back in 2017, Quinn Jasmine Redwoods saw a long line of people at a food distribution center in Oakland. Nobody in line had a mask, even though the m…
6 years, 1 month ago
California’s Overloaded Power Grid
People across the state lost power with almost no warning over the weekend, and there’s a risk it could happen again soon. The California Independent…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Pandemic Feels Like Déjà Vu For Some Survivors of the HIV/AIDS Crisis
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jesus Guillen overheard a woman ask why those being held on the Grand Princess cruise ship docked at the O…
6 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19 Has Made ICE Detention Centers Even More Dangerous
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered a privately-run immigrant detention center in Bakersfield to stop transferring people to the facility an…
6 years, 1 month ago
How San Francisco Shaped VP Nominee Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman and person of Indian descent to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. Many Americans got t…
6 years, 1 month ago
Older and Overlooked: What One Fire Tells Us About the Vulnerability of Senior Care Homes
Many senior care homes in the Bay Area are in fire risk areas, according to a KQED investigation. These facilities are supposed to have emergency pla…
6 years, 1 month ago
How Will Pandemic ‘Learning Pods’ Impact Our Public Schools?
Almost all Bay Area schools are required to start the school year remotely to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 this fall. In response, many fam…
6 years, 1 month ago