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Students lobby for bill to ease university housing crunch — but would it work?
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Student activists say SB 886 would fast-track campus housing projects, which can get tangled in lawsuits.Bay Area
Restaurants prepare for sales boost from Black Restaurant Week
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Organizers are helping Black businesses in 15 localities across the country, including the Bay Area.Arts & Entertainment
Noted author Jesmyn Ward to give keynote during final Mills College commencement
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Ward is the only woman and person of color to win the National Book Award for fiction two times.Bay Area
Do the rich see inequality as a zero-sum game?
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A UC Berkeley inequality study finds that, although efforts to reduce inequality are popular, many people in “advantaged groups” resist equity policies, believing they’ll be harmed.Around Town
Girl Scouts create art from trash
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'One person's trash is a scout's treasure;' and other insights into littering behaviors observed at PMS.Arts & Entertainment
Pass the Remote: Docs at the 40th CAAMFest highlight the resilience of immigrant families
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A hybrid of live and online viewings starting Thurs and running through May 22, the Center for Asian American Media event kicks off with summit talks this Wed.Business & Finance
Are California companies about to get more transparent?
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California legislators are advancing two bills that would require companies to report more data about pay and internal practices, but business groups oppose the bills.Arts & Entertainment
Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – May 2022
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Fictional and real communities are sources of joy and grief in this month's selection -- plus, a children's story about pizza-eating space cats.California
