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By some estimates, more than half the residents of San Francisco's Chinatown live in Single Room Occupancy buildings, or SROs. Whole families live in one-room apartments, sleeping in bunk beds. The rooms don’t have bathrooms or kitchens. Instead, tenants use communal facilities, or cook in their...
One week from today, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Secure Communities" program goes into effect in California. It's a federal program that checks the fingerprints of people arrested for any crime to determine their immigration status.
San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey is...
We know there’s going to be a big earthquake in California, eventually. And we’re all doing different things to prepare for it: stockpiling water and canned goods, or setting a meeting point for our families, for example. But some people are going a bit further than that. Reporter Casey Miner has...
Vallejo's youth may have gotten a bad rap for a rash of crimes last month. But something positive developed: dialogue and action. A group of high school students called "Vallejo Youth Together" is committed to involving and engaging their peers. The group has planned a youth summit for...
If you're an adult who hasn't given up on the idea of playing outside, you might try Capture the Flag at Oakland City Hall’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. At the beginning of each game, the rules are explained and teams are chosen. Each team paints their cheeks a different color. The goal is to steal the...
By some estimates, more than half the residents of San Francisco's Chinatown live in Single Room Occupancy buildings, or SROs. Whole families live in one-room apartments, sleeping in bunk beds. The rooms don’t have bathrooms or kitchens. Instead, tenants use communal facilities, or cook in their...
Whether it’s higher education, secondary or primary education, we know we need to be training the next generation so young people can help make a better future. But because of the current economic crisis, there isn’t necessarily the money to make that happen. So lawmakers are trying...
Getting help of any kind from the cash-strapped government is hard these days. But when a parent is deemed unfit to raise his or her child, the state steps in, and that's how California becomes a parent – a foster parent. In fact, California is responsible for more foster youth...
Every year, the Bay Area becomes a new home to immigrants from around the world, many who hope to leave war, poverty, and oppression behind them as they begin new lives as Californians. That was the case for Tania Guevara when she came to the U.S. from El Salvador three decades ago. Now the Bay...
Carletta Sue Kay
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