Human Interest
Move over boomers and X-ers, there's a new generation in town: the so-called “millennial generation”. It’s made up of people born between 1982 and 2000, and it's poised to rival the baby boomers as the largest generation in history, some 80 million people.
As they’ve begun trickling into the...
Social services all over the country are hurting from the weak economy, and for some, it’s become a matter of life and death. The waiting list to receive life-sustaining drugs for people with H.I.V. or AIDS has ballooned to 2,100 people nationwide. In response, the Obama Administration is...
This story is about something we can probably all relate to: not wanting to throw something away. Maybe it’s a baseball card collection, or a garage full of unread National Geographic magazines. But when the need to acquire and keep things crosses a certain threshold, it’s known as hoarding. It's a...
President Obama is getting back on the horn tomorrow, this time addressing comprehensive immigration reform rather than oil spills, Wall Street or healthcare. The president has been in talks nearly every day this week, meeting with community groups and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...
At least two local police departments are feeling the pinch of California’s economic problems. The San Carlos City Council voted four to one on Monday to dismantle the police department and accept the proposal by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to start providing policing services. Under...
Revelers at San Francisco’s 40th Gay Pride Parade marched, rode, somersaulted and danced their way through the city on Sunday...
But they didn't cause the 3.5 magnitude earthquake at 7:47 this morning. Seismologists report the earthquake was centered in the ocean a few miles west of San Francisco...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that will likely make it easier for white collar criminals to continue to swindle and scheme…
Much of California’s wheeling and dealing is done in Sacramento, where state senators are pushing a bill that urges California public entities not to invest in or do...
The US soccer team lives to see another day in the World Cup after this morning’s riveting match against Algeria. The team came painfully close to elimination but managed to pull out a 1-0 victory with just minutes left. That’s something to cheer about! That is, unless you’re the Algerian team…
Gay...
I first learned of the Richmond Native American community when I met Courtney Cummings at the Native Wellness Center in November. She told me about how the Native American community is beginning to come together for collective healing and to celebrate their myriad of cultures. “We’re...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Silicon Valley on Wednesday in the hopes of attracting capital as well as tech-savvy minds to his “New Silicon Valley” just outside of Moscow. The President will meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the CEO of Google and give a speech at...
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