By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa ...
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Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns
Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns
By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail concerning the rumored mistreatment of incarcerated people and the facility’s inabili ...
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San Francisco Jury finds Former Uber Executive Guilty of Obstructing Federal Trade Commission Investigation
San Francisco Jury finds Former Uber Executive Guilty of Obstructing Federal Trade Commission Investigation
By Rick Cruz Last month, a panel of jurors found Joe Sullivan, former Uber Head of Security, guilty of ob ...
By Rick Cruz Last month, a panel of jurors found Joe Sullivan, former Uber Head of Security, guilty of obstruction. The former executive is being charged for a cyber security incident in 2016, when he ...
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UC Berkeley Students March to Support Iranian Protests; No Official Statement from Campus Administration
UC Berkeley Students March to Support Iranian Protests; No Official Statement from Campus Administration
Photo by Tribune India By Huey Collette BERKELEY, CA- UC Berkeley’s campus is no stranger to its students ...
Photo by Tribune India By Huey Collette BERKELEY, CA- UC Berkeley’s campus is no stranger to its students taking the initiative towards advocating for various social issues. Starting from Mario Savio’ ...
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Jury Finds Paul Flores Guilty of 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart
Jury Finds Paul Flores Guilty of 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart
By Laurel Spear MONTEREY COUNTY – On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a jury in Monterey County found Paul ...
By Laurel Spear MONTEREY COUNTY – On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a jury in Monterey County found Paul Flores guilty of the first-degree murder of former classmate Kristin Smart. Flores (who is now ...
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls
Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls
By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ord ...
By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ordinance at the Berkeley City Council meeting to prohibit discriminatory calls to law enforcement ...
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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’s most ...
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 the sta ...
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Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water
Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water
By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has fo ...
By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has found high concentrations of arsenic in the water supply of the Kern Valley State Prison and the ...
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020
California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020
By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB ...
By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB 1020) bill which aims to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels in three stages. The fir ...
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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, making phon ...
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 the peopl ...
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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 Lawyer’s C ...
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 behalf o ...
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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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Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed
Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed
By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the c ...
By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Baltimore prose ...
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Community Members Call for Transparency and Accountability from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at Protest after Suspension of 47 Sheriff’s Deputies
Community Members Call for Transparency and Accountability from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at Protest after Suspension of 47 Sheriff’s Deputies
By Patty Yao Oakland, CA — On Oct. 5, 2022, community advocates and families who have been impacte ...
By Patty Yao Oakland, CA — On Oct. 5, 2022, community advocates and families who have been impacted by violence at the hands of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office held a protest outside the Sh ...
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement
Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement
By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 26 ...
By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2632. If passed, this bill would have limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days and no ...
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams
By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sen ...
By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sent a letter to 47 Sheriff’s deputies notifying them that they are not allowed to perform “any fu ...
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Students Across the Country Gather to Protest Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Students Across the Country Gather to Protest Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES– Several other states across the country follow Florida in proposing anti-L ...
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES– Several other states across the country follow Florida in proposing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, spurring nationwide protests. In the past couple of months, several states h ...
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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination
Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination
By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentall ...
By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentally and physically unsafe working conditions. Marc Cage, who is African-American, alleges that th ...