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How Alameda County’s DA Would Handle Federal Troops in Oakland

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025. After Alameda County recalled progressive District Attorney Pamela Price last year, the Board

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Scott Wiener Revives Push for San Francisco to Break With PG&E After Massive Outage

Noting a previous incident at the same location, Wiener criticized the utility for putting shareholder interest over public good and said PG&E should be financially

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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104

“I learned a lot these past couple of months, being on the naming committee and doing the project in general,” said Anaya Zenad, a former

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Power Returning Across San Francisco

Update, 9:51 p.m. Saturday: PG&E is restoring power for tens of thousands of households and businesses across San Francisco. As of 9:30 p.m. Saturday night,

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Antioch Agrees to Pay $4.6 Million, Reform Police Department After Misconduct Suit

“The important part is not that we have put the agreement together,” civil rights attorney John Burris, who filed the complaint on behalf of the

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How Trump Yields the Presidential Pardon

Liz Oyer (left), a former U.S. pardon attorney who reviewed and investigated applications for executive clemency, speaks alongside Ryan Crosswell, Rachel Cohen and Stacey Young

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Dublin Council Takes Stand Against Turning Closed Prison Into ICE Detention

Roughly three dozen people spoke Tuesday night in favor of the resolution, with just one speaker opposed. One of those who spoke was Liz Schmitt,

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Farmworkers Pursue the American Dream in Fear of ICE Raids

California is home to some of the most productive agricultural land in the country, but it could not operate without the hundreds of thousands of

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After Vision Zero, San Francisco ‘Overhauls’ Approach to Tackling Traffic Violence

However, some transportation experts and advocates have questioned whether a Safe System approach, the official strategy for roadway safety in the U.S., goes far enough

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What Should Mixed-Status Students Know About FAFSA This Year?

According to the California Dream Act website, “any information you provide on a CA Dream Act Application (CADAA) is only used to determine eligibility for