Bay Area Trash strike affecting Piedmont and other Bay Area communities has ended By Pete Young | Bay City News | July 18, 2025 Officials say Republic Services and union have reached a deal.
Bay Area Top Trump officials tour Alcatraz to plan for proposed transformation back to prison By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | July 18, 2025 Local officials say the plan is expensive, impractical and a typical distraction from recent federal stumbles.
Environment ‘Republic, pay your workers’: Teamsters strike leaves Bay Area with overflowing bins By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | July 18, 2025 Many Republic Services employees in the Bay Area are refusing to cross picket lines, Republic Services shared on its website.
Education ‘Like having a hand cut off’: California schools reeling after AmeriCorps cuts By Adam Echelman and Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | July 18, 2025 AmeriCorps staffs tutoring, mentorship and after-school programs, especially those serving low-income students.
berkeley Berkeley roads can’t handle citywide evacuations during major disasters, study finds By Austin Zeglis | Bay City News | July 17, 2025 The city urges Berkeley residents to plan and be aware of multiple routes away from their homes in anticipation of congested evacuation scenarios.
Bay Area ‘There is no sanctuary anywhere:’ Border Patrol raids come to California’s capital By Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos | CalMatters | July 17, 2025 Border Patrol operations targeted a Home Depot in Sacramento, this time more than 500 miles away from the border.
California Political winds shift for California renewable energy future, as new federal hurdles emerge By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | July 17, 2025 Projects can still be built without tax credits, but it puts more of a financial burden on their investors.
health care ‘When we fight, we win’: Doctors, nurses, health workers rally against Medicaid cuts By Anna Tran | Bay City News | July 17, 2025 The next rally by the Service Employees International Union 1021 will be held July 26 at 1 pm at Snow Park in Oakland.
Bay Area SF leaders try to reassure Jewish community after wave of suspected antisemitic attacks By Samantha Kennedy | Bay City News | July 17, 2025 Hate crimes against Jewish communities in California rose 7.3% from the previous year.
Bay Area Saint Mary’s College professor awarded $1M grant to study religious freedom in prisons By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | July 17, 2025 The project is expected to begin on September 1 and last three years.