Bay Area Oakland gets $12.4M over 3 years to employ parolees on Caltrans beautification crews By Audrey Tomlin, Bay City News | September 2, 2025 The funding comes via the Golden State Works program which provides transitional employment and daily pay to parolees.
Bay Area People’s Park student housing remains on schedule as UC Berkeley enrollment grows By Megan Lam | EdSource | September 1, 2025 The project, which aims to ease the student housing crunch, will provide more than 1,100 beds for undergraduates.
gavin newsom Gov. Newsom launches new task force to clear California homeless encampments By Marisa Kendall | Cal Matters | August 29, 2025 Within the next month teams will be sent to camps in California’s 10 largest cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose, Long Beach, Anaheim, Bakersfield and Fresno.
Environment East Bay Regional Park District buys 82 acres at Point Molate to create new shoreline park By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | August 29, 2025 The property includes Native American sacred sites, a historic Chinese fishing village, and Winehaven, once the world’s largest winery.
Environment Pickett Fire could cost an estimated $65M in damage to vintners and other agriculture By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 As of Wednesday evening, the Pickett Fire was 29 percent contained.
gavin newsom Newsom deploys ‘crime suppression’ teams statewide while mocking Trump’s threats By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | August 28, 2025 Crime has again become a hot-button national topic.
berkeley UC Berkeley receives ‘hostile campus’ label over suppression of anti-genocide speech By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 A 2024 CAIR-California report found that 85% of Muslim students at UC Berkeley experienced Islamophobic harassment.
Education Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 28, 2025 The Cal Poly campus postponed a job fair event over concerns about Customs and Border Protection’s participation.
Bay Area Southwest Airlines partners with EVA Air to streamline Taiwan bookings, transfers at SFO By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 Southwest is integrating its network with EVA at airports in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.
public safety SF’s Market Street to open to ride hailing services, much to the chagrin of some locals By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | August 27, 2025 Local advocacy groups point to the reduction in collisions and faster public transit times as proof the car-free road has been successful.