Social Issues
By Holly Kernan on Dec 14 2011 - 6:39pm
The increasing need for food assistance is one piece of a bigger problem in California: increasing poverty. Nearly six million Californians are part of families living below the federal poverty level – that’s an average of no more than 22,000 dollars a year for a family of four.
In the Bay Area,...
By Nina Morente on Dec 14 2011 - 10:42am
Occupy protesters contributed to a loss of $4-8 million for the Port of Oakland last Monday after attempting to shut down shipping activity. The port generates about $8.5 million per day, and the losses could cause a ripple effect in companies around the world...
PG&E is finally...
By Ben Trefny on Dec 13 2011 - 6:01pm
People losing their homes has been a national problem, ever since the housing bubble burst, leading the country into recession. A new federal report has revealed that real estate speculation was largely to blame.
Back in 2006 the economy wasn’t bust. It was booming. Investors were...
By Sara Bernard on Dec 13 2011 - 5:29pm
Until 2002, Adrian Allen was working a good paying job in construction.
“I went to school for construction,” she says. “Graduated at the top of my class. I was the only female on an all-men’s crew.”
But then she developed thoracic outlet syndrome, a rare condition that creates terrible...
By Lupe Hernandez on Dec 13 2011 - 5:21pm
Living in San Francisco, one becomes familiar with the variety in culture, each one seeming to have its own neighborhood. For Hispanics and Latinos, this neighborhood is the Mission.
If you haven't been to Mission Street in a while, there have been many changes. The biggest change is in the people...
By Rina Palta on Dec 12 2011 - 5:08pm
It’s been a significant year for criminal justice in the Bay Area, but many of the challenges have come late in the year.
In October, Oakland lost Police Chief Anthony Batts, who resigned saying he couldn’t work in the current political climate. Days later, Oakland’s police department plunged into...
By Nina Morente on Dec 12 2011 - 8:32am
Today, Occupy L.A. will form a picket line at the Port of Long Beach. It's a decision influenced by the Occupy Oakland movement which managed to shut down the Port of Oakland in November. The day of action is not supported by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, though there are similar...
By Sara Bernard on Dec 8 2011 - 10:12am
A report by the Public Policy Institute of California offers grim, and perhaps predictable, results: the middle class is shrinking to less than 50 percent across the state, and Bay Area incomes have dropped 12 percent since the recession started...
The Oakland Police Department has dropped audio...
By Erica Mu on Dec 7 2011 - 5:49pm
Long before Beyonce decided to redefine “diva” for pop culture, the term was associated with high culture. Nevertheless, divas of then and now have maintained a reputation, as late comedian Anna Russell explains, “…you would need to be a glorious-voiced, independently wealthy, sexy, politically...
By Holly Kernan on Dec 7 2011 - 5:49pm
In October, President Obama declared that a major chapter in American military history was about to come to a close...
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year. After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be...
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