Bay Area Sunshine and Shadows: Part 1 SF agencies hiding thousands of public records requests By Joe Dworetzky | Bay City News | June 21, 2025 The Sunshine ordinance declares that the right of the people to know what the city and its officials are doing is “fundamental to democracy.”
Oakland Oakland to install network of speed cameras to improve safety on city’s deadliest streets By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | June 20, 2025 Oakland officials said that similar programs in large cities have helped reduce speeding by as much as 94 percent.
gavin newsom From save our state to sanctuary, California’s immigration views have shifted dramatically By Ben Christopher and Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | June 20, 2025 California voted to bar immigrants from schools and social services in 1994, but now most Californians see immigrants as a benefit to the state.
events ‘Hella Juneteenth’ draws thousands to OMCA for sold-out celebration of Black freedom By Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News | June 20, 2025 The festival was a community-centered celebration honoring Black history, creativity, and legacy through food, music, art.
California Hunger strike begins as California prisons hand down biggest restrictions since Covid By Cayla Mihalovich | CalMatters | June 19, 2025 Legal experts and advocates called the corrections department’s move drastic and said the approach is solitary confinement in all but name.
Bay Area From San Diego to the Bay Area, California restaurants are on edge over immigration raids By Levi Sumagaysay and Lauren Hepler | CalMatters | June 19, 2025 Some food trucks, farmers markets and small restaurants are temporarily closed, while others are shielding workers and raising funds to help.
lgbtq Police, DA refuse to release records on Latina senator’s DUI arrest near Capitol By Ryan Sabalow and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | June 18, 2025 Meanwhile, a Democratic district attorney insists that politics had nothing to do with his decision not to file charges.
Bay Area Elders act out for democracy: Seniors take to East Bay streets in support of ‘No Kings’ day By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | June 17, 2025 Mostly in their 70s and 80s, rally-goers joined the ranks of the millions who protested on June 14.
Bay Area Commercial crab fishing season comes to end in effort to prevent whale entanglements By Sarah Stierch, Bay City News | June 16, 2025 According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there were 24 confirmed whale entanglements off the California coast in 2024.
Bay Area Federal DEI, ‘wokeness’ restrictions put California homeless providers in a bind By Ben Christopher and Marissa Kendall | CalMatters | June 15, 2025 Taking the Trump administration to court is not a strategy available to most housing grant recipients.