homelessness SF tries new tack as overdose deaths spike, taking aim at root causes of drug addiction By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 19, 2025 "Every overdose death we have here in the city and county of San Francisco is preventable. It’s unacceptable and it’s tragic."
Bay Area Update: Charlene Wang keeps decisive lead for Oakland council race; voters favor Measure A sales tax By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The winner of Tuesday’s election will represent an area that is roughly east of Lake Merritt and south of Piedmont.
Bay Area Bear with us: 27 years in the works, California finally updates black bear conservation plan By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The bear population is estimated at 60,000 statewide, and in the Bay Area, most bears live in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.
homelessness What happens after a homeless person is arrested for camping? Often, not much By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | April 18, 2025 What’s the point of arresting people at all when the city waits too long to prosecute?
Education Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs By Adam Echelman | CalMatters | April 17, 2025 Community colleges, which enroll the majority of the state’s students, have largely avoided the administration’s ire, until recently.
Careers 8-week paid internships in Marin County departments available for youths 15-21 By Pete Young | Bay City News | April 16, 2025 A two-week orientation period starts June 16 and is followed by a six-week placement from June 30 through August 8.
Business & Finance Newsom takes on Trump over tariffs he says are hurting California By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 "The President’s chaotic and haphazard implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troubling, it’s illegal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta says.
climate change How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 The death of this bill reiterates how environmentalists’ most aggressive policies regularly fizzle out when Big Labor works on behalf of Big Oil.
Bay Area On Tax Day, immigrant advocates rally in SF to protest IRS sharing personal data with ICE By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 16, 2025 In contributing to our economy and communities, undocumented immigrants are signing up to be surveilled.
Arts & Entertainment ‘I just can’t believe it’: East Bay Media Center lost in fire, erasing decades of film history By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 15, 2025 Since the mid-1980s, the East Bay Media Center has supported Bay Area filmmakers with gear, training, and a screening room.