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Water Rights in California
Water Rights in California
worldislandinfo.com, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker As environmental crises have arisen from excessive diversions of water ...
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Final Evictions Begin at Oakland Wood Street Homeless Encampment
Final Evictions Begin at Oakland Wood Street Homeless Encampment
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Photo Attribution: NeoBatfreak, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear OAKLAND, CA— A nearly year-long saga is coming to a close as ...
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Crime in Berkeley
Crime in Berkeley
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User:Introvert, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons By Michael Verna BERKELEY- Crime rates are rising in Berkeley, impacting UC Berkeley students ...
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Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility
Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility
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Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear SAN QUENTIN, CA— California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a new plan to t ...
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
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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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New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin
New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO - After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ...
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO - After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in July 2022, Boudin’s successor Brooke Jenkins has advised prosecutorial cases througho ...
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UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows
UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows
By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Ma ...
By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Mathematics Statistics, and Physics-Astronomy Libraries, as part of a new "long-term space plan" ...
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SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.
SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through wi ...
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approved bill to create a court for its mentally ill houseles ...
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California Lawmakers Introduce New Effort to Ban Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime in California Prisons
California Lawmakers Introduce New Effort to Ban Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime in California Prisons
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – Lawmakers in California, as well as Nevada, are seeking to remove “invo ...
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – Lawmakers in California, as well as Nevada, are seeking to remove “involuntary servitude” from their state constitutions, with the goal of “removing exceptions from s ...
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Bay Area Civil Rights Organizations Release a Joint Statement After the 4th Death at Santa Rita Jail in 6 Weeks
Bay Area Civil Rights Organizations Release a Joint Statement After the 4th Death at Santa Rita Jail in 6 Weeks
By Patty Yao Dublin, CA. - Cody Vanburen, 33, dies at Santa Rita Jail after suffering a medical emergency ...
By Patty Yao Dublin, CA. - Cody Vanburen, 33, dies at Santa Rita Jail after suffering a medical emergency. This marks the 4th death at Santa Rita Jail in the past 6 weeks. A day after he was a ...
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Hunger Strikes at Central Valley ICE Detention Centers
Hunger Strikes at Central Valley ICE Detention Centers
By Laurel Spear BAKERSFIELD, CA— Eighty-four immigrants began hunger strikes at two Central Valley immigr ...
By Laurel Spear BAKERSFIELD, CA— Eighty-four immigrants began hunger strikes at two Central Valley immigration detention centers to protest inhumane conditions and wages in the centers. On Feb. 17 202 ...
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BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT WILL ALMOST DOUBLE POLICE PRESENCE IN TRAIN CARS BY MID-MARCH 2023
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT WILL ALMOST DOUBLE POLICE PRESENCE IN TRAIN CARS BY MID-MARCH 2023
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 3, 2023 Bay Area— Beginning March 20th, the Bay Area Rapid Transit ...
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 3, 2023 Bay Area— Beginning March 20th, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, BART, will be more than doubling its deployment of police officers on foot patrols. The ...
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Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death
Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death
By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in O ...
By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in Oakland, died from injuries suffered following a robbery at Wells Fargo in Downtown Oakland. Jen ...
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UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties
UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties
By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to rac ...
By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to racist beliefs tied to former history professor Bernard Moses. On Feb. 7, 2023, UC Berkeley ...
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Recently Fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Appeals Dismissal
Recently Fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Appeals Dismissal
By Laurel Spear OAKLAND, CA— On Thurs. Feb 23, just over a week after he was fired from his job as Oaklan ...
By Laurel Spear OAKLAND, CA— On Thurs. Feb 23, just over a week after he was fired from his job as Oakland Police Chief, LeRonne Armstrong began the formal appeal process to re-evaluate his dismissal. ...
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Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control
Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control
By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ...
By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ASUC* Superb Productions held a free concert for UC Berkeley students featuring Soulja Boy, an ...
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Berkeley Law Students’ Pro Bono Project to Defend Vulnerable Communities from ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Service
Berkeley Law Students’ Pro Bono Project to Defend Vulnerable Communities from ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Service
BY NANCY HU, PATTY YAO, & HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITERS Image courtesy of Getty Images BERKELEY - St ...
BY NANCY HU, PATTY YAO, & HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITERS Image courtesy of Getty Images BERKELEY - Students at UC Berkeley School of Law are conducting a public survey to research and better under ...
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Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years
Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years
By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence, B ...
By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence, Bobby Bostic never imagined he would leave prison. On November 9, 2022, when he left Algoa Corre ...
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots
San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots
By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad ...
By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy to “allow police to bring armed robots to every arrest, and every execution of a warran ...
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Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements
Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Acc ...
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board released a statement about the allegations of police misconduct revealed by a ...