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Back to SearchCASA and the Push for a Regional Housing Solution
What if we looked at solving the Bay Area's housing crisis from a regional lens? Could we come up with solutions that actually work? It's often said that solving the housing crisis requires a regiona…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Can Gavin Newsom Broker a Deal Between Gig Workers, Tech and Unions?
The debate over whether gig workers are employees or contractors has been a slow, messy conversation. Now, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, is trying to help broker a deal between the two sid…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
PG&E’s Road to Bankruptcy
PG&E says it has no choice but to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that it's going to file papers around Jan. 29. A lot of things led to this: from deregulation in the 1990's, to the fatal …
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Big Oil, Small Town: Valero’s Election Influence in Benicia’s Politics
Valero spent $200,000 in last year's Benicia city council election to help elect two candidates who were less critical of the company than others. That's created tension between the oil refiner and t…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
How Housing Prices Are Hurting Salinas Schoolkids
About 40 percent of students in the Salinas City Elementary School District are considered homeless. This can mean living in a shelter or living in an overcrowded home, like multiple families co-exis…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Documents Show Fired Police Officer Asked for Sex From Woman He Arrested
The San Mateo County district attorney is looking to reopen an investigation against a fired Burlingame police officer. The cop was accused by three women of asking them for sex in exchange for help …
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Why S.F. Chronicle’s New Food Critic Is Focusing on Race and Identity
Food says a lot about who we are. It can identify where we come from and what we like. In some cases, it may even let us know when we’re being racist. In a way, that’s a starting point for the San Fr…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Bay Area Leading Fight to Make Police Records Public
Getting access to police records has never been easy. Especially when the records involve allegations of police wrongdoing. A new California law - SB 1421 - introduced by a Bay Area state senator, is…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Happy New Year! From The Bay
See ya, 2018. What up, 2019! We’ve produced almost 150 episodes of The Bay covering all kinds of local news from e-scooters, to housing policies and #GrillingWhileBlack. Today, we want to pause a mom…
Published on 7 years ago
Oscar Grant: A Killing That Changed How We View Police Shootings
Ten years ago, in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by Bart police officer, Johannes Mehserle. This was one of the first police shootings caught on cell phone…
Published on 7 years ago