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.
Featured in Category ‘This is the show’: E. Oakland youth athletes compete in national Junior Olympics events By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | July 18, 2025 The athletes trained under a nonprofit that mentors youth in track and field; the organization is fundraising in order to help pay for travel and housing.
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.
City Sanitation strike impacts Piedmont trash pick-up | UPDATES By Exedra staff; City of Piedmont | July 17, 2025 Organics collection has resumed but general trash collection continues to be disrupted, irregular, and unpredictable.
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.
California Citing security threats, California lawmakers want to shield their addresses from public By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | July 17, 2025 After two Minnesota lawmakers were shot, one fatally, in their homes last month, California lawmakers want to keep their information confidential.
Oakland 100,000 riders and counting: Free Oakland-Alameda water shuttle celebrates one year By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | July 16, 2025 Woodstock, the famous 1969 music festival, served as a source of artistic inspiration for the theme of the little ferry’s birthday party.
California Rise in measles cases worsens over summer By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource | July 16, 2025 As of July 7, California has had 17 confirmed measles cases, already surpassing total cases for 2024 and 2023, only halfway through the year.
Bay Area ‘Sinful, filthy, dirty’: Pelosi slams Trump’s Medicaid cuts in SF talk on health centers By Anna Tran | Bay City News | July 14, 2025 Trump's bill could displace 11.8 million Americans from their health care coverage, according to the American Hospital Association.