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Mar 26, 2024

‘Richmond Renaissance’ Vision Ignited

Imagine walking up Richmond’s Macdonald Avenue, from the RYSE Center to the Richmond Museum of History & Culture, and seeing “asphalt art”—open studios and galleries, maybe even a live theater performance in Civic Center Plaza. Long-disused buildings bustle with shops, restaurants and live/work spaces. That’s part of the vision of...
Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero
Feb 20, 2024

Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero

Julia Ford was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she moved out of an abandoned school bus in Oakland and into the Healthy Babies Project transitional housing. The shelter came with a treatment program founded...
AG Bonta Talks 'People Power' in Oakland
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Feb 20, 2024

AG Bonta Talks ‘People Power’ in Oakland

On Feb. 8, Rob Bonta gave the keynote speech at the Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture held at Beebe Memorial Cathedral in Oakland. During his speech, Bonta shared his journey from being a “brown boy born...
Ava DuVernay's New Film Makes the Caste Connection
Feb 13, 2024

Ava DuVernay’s New Film Makes the Caste Connection

What does the act of a racist vigilante have to do with the caste system in India that works to the detriment of the Dalits, Jewish people during the Holocaust and the system of slavery that’s in...
Oakland Coaches Trained to Support Young Athletes' Mental Health
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Feb 6, 2024

Oakland Coaches Trained to Support Young Athletes’ Mental Health

This article was produced by Capital & Main and is copublished here with permission. Sign up for Capital & Main’s newsletter. When gunshots ring out around the parks where Oakland Soccer Club practices, the teenage athletes keep their focus on...
Bystander Intervention Engages BART Riders in Safety Protocol
Jan 30, 2024

Bystander Intervention Engages BART Riders in Safety Protocol

A little over five years ago, 18-year-old Nia Wilson got on BART in Concord with her sisters Latifah and Tashiya for the last time. John Lee Cowell, then 29 and three months out of treatment at a...
California's Ethnic Media Struggles to Survive Local News Crisis
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Jan 23, 2024

California’s Ethnic Media Struggles to Survive Local News Crisis

California's Spanish-language press owes much to Francisco Ramrez, who founded "El Clamor Publico," the state's first Spanish-language newspaper, and continues to serve as a voice for underserved communities, while state legislators have proposed ways to help local news outlets stay afloat.
California's Lawsuit Against Big Oil for Climate Deception Continues
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Jan 16, 2024

California’s Lawsuit Against Big Oil for Climate Deception Continues

California's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against five Big Oil companies, while new state laws and a damning report from a local community-based committee aim to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable for their harmful emissions.
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