By Magellan Reyes BERKELEY, CA — The Chess Tables on Telegraph Ave, wedged on the corner of Haste near Me ...
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Op-Ed: Complementary Perspectives, and the Fight for the Telegraph Chess Tables
Op-Ed: Complementary Perspectives, and the Fight for the Telegraph Chess Tables
By Magellan Reyes BERKELEY, CA — The Chess Tables on Telegraph Ave, wedged on the corner of Haste near Mezzo’s and Amoeba Records, is a centerpiece of conversation and relaxation in the sea of student ...
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, ...
Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023, California has been hit by ...
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System
GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System
By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the ...
By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the largest strike ever by academic workers in the United States. Graduate student instructors (GS ...
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Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease
Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease
By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California ...
By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California’s most populous cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, have been the most heavily affected in ...
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free
Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, maki ...
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and th ...
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law
California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law
BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...
BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...
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ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps
ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps
By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Law ...
By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil rights of the SF Bay Area filed a lawsuit against the city of SF on b ...
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession
President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession
By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...
By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...
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Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide
Authorities Link Stockton Serial Killer to the Bay Area through a 2021 Oakland Homicide
By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay ...
By Rick Cruz Oakland--Authorities have linked a slew of killings in Stockton, CA to a homicide in the Bay Area. The Oakland Police Department recently announced that a 2021 shooting in East Oakland ma ...
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill
‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill
By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–histori ...
By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–historically celebrated by many Asian American students–as a holiday into California law. While the ma ...
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Internet for All: California Department of Technology Readies 3000 Miles of Broadband Network Infrastructure
Internet for All: California Department of Technology Readies 3000 Miles of Broadband Network Infrastructure
By: Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO, CA––The California Department of Technology has begun readying 3,00 ...
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Governor Newsom Signs Blockchain Executive Order Supporting Web3 Businesses
Governor Newsom Signs Blockchain Executive Order Supporting Web3 Businesses
By Jose Cruz Roa Sacramento, CA - On May 4th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bl ...
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices
Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices
By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have b ...
By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have been conducting a hunger strike in protest of increases in commissary prices, which range from 2 ...
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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members ...
By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members Bryan (D-54) and Kalra (D-27) introduced AB 1816, which would require the Department of Housing ...
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Neglect, Wildfires and Poor Infrastructure Threaten California Inmates
Neglect, Wildfires and Poor Infrastructure Threaten California Inmates
By: Jessica Yu DAVIS, CA - Every year, wildfires threaten the safety of inmates in ...
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct
SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct
By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...
By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...
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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for ...
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for her silence on the issue, Nancy Pelosi endorses a stock trading ban pushed by Democrats in the ...
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New California Bill Would Require K-12 Students To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
New California Bill Would Require K-12 Students To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
By Jose Cruz Roa With schools all around the nation slowly moving back to in-person learning afte ...
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LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff
LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff
By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots ...
By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots and currently counted from the Super Tuesday election, leading the other two progressive candid ...
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