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Lessons from the history of plague in California by Elena Conis and Daniel Roman September 27, 2020 Plague’s story in the U.S. begins 120 years ago, in the basement of the Globe Hotel, a cheap rooming house on Dupont Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Wong Chut King, a 41-year-old lumberyard worker who had immigrated from China’s Guangdong Province…
By Joey Horan and Ande Richards November 3, 2020 Sergio Rios, who owns Bob’s Cleaners on the 23rd Street Corridor, believes Measure U will bring in much-needed cash that can be reinvested into Richmond and bolster the city’s budget. It will help “save one of our local firehouses,” he said, adding that the revenue will help improve the community.…
Ari Sen November 3, 2020 There is perhaps no more commonly spoken word in Oakland Unified School Board meetings than “equity.” The nebulous term discussed frequently on agenda items ranging from charter school access to climate change. There is an entire office devoted to the subject, with a specified board agenda. A new proposition on…
Qinghui Kong October 19, 2020 Two years after California voters rejected Proposition 10, rent control supporters are trying again. This November, voters are considering Proposition 21, which would allow cities to set and manage rent control provisions. If Proposition 21 passes, local governments could establish rent control on residential properties over 15 years old. It would…
Dylan Svoboda October 30, 2020 SACRAMENTO — In early April, Republican congressional candidate Buzz Patterson was asked on Twitter if he supports “the Q movement,” a group on the fringe of GOP politics best known for its outlandish conspiracy theories accusing leading Democrats of being part of a secret Satanic cabal that engages in pedophilia…
Noah Baustin October 30, 2020 On Nov. 3, Oaklanders will vote on whether to strengthen the Oakland Police Commission, the civilian body that oversees the Oakland Police Department (OPD). A “yes” vote on Oakland Measure S1 by more than 50% of voters would increase the commission’s power and independence. It would create an Office of the Inspector…
Melissa Perez Winder November 1, 2020 John ‘J’ Vasquez, a full-time, 43-year-old student at SF State, has never had the right vote. That right was taken away before he was even eligible, because Vasquez, at 16, was sentenced to 15 years-to-life in Sacramento County for shooting and killing a rival gang member, 19-year-old Robert Maisonet,…
Sarah Bohannon and Sasha Hupka November 2, 2020 Dan Detzner watched in shock as the fire spread rapidly into Sleepy Hollow, a neighborhood near his home. In three hours, the flames engulfed 1,500 homes in Orinda, a suburb of Oakland. Detzner’s house could have been one of them – but the fire wasn’t real. It was a…
OCTOBER 23, 2020 BY ZACHARY FLETCHER For California sports fans, walking through the doors of the Staples Center or Levi’s Stadium isn’t an option this year. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local health departments barred fans across the country from attending games. But this November, counties and teams across California are allowing access…
BY ISABELLA BLOOM AND MARCO TORREZ OCTOBER 21, 2020 In August, as lightning strikes ignited fires around his Napa County home, Ian MacMillan escaped the flames with his wife, three kids and mother-in-law. A month later, when another wildfire roared through Northern California’s wine country, they had to flee their home again. “It sounded like a war zone,”…