Rally for Proposition 1

Reproductive rights advocates rally for abortion ballot measure

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Peninsula Press · Reproductive rights advocates rally for abortion ballot measure Oakland — Reproductive healthcare advocates rallied in Oakland on October 8 in support of Proposition 1, a ballot measure that would establish a constitutional right to abortion in California. The rally, which brought together more than 100 people from across the Bay Area, was […]

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Hundreds rally for solidarity with Iranian protestors

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Peninsula Press · Hundreds rally for solidarity with Iranian protestors SAN FRANCISCO – Hundreds rallied at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on October 9 in support of the ongoing protest movements in Iran, shouting, “Women, Life, Freedom” and calling for women’s rights and justice in Iran. Rally participants came to show solidarity with Iranian women,

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Community identity on full display at 2022 Bay Area Diwali Festival

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Cupertino — Scents of decadent food stall delights; enchanting tunes and riveting musical acts; beaming smiles amongst cheerful crowds, and flashes of colours from the elegant sarees, dhotis and other garments adorning so many of the hundreds of attendees who had flocked from far and wide to immerse themselves in the cultural melting pot at

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Rabindra Sah test drives a Toyota Mirai

‘EV Week’ Event Shows Off Electric Vehicles as Consumers Consider New Incentives

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Peninsula Press · 'EV Week' Lets Consumers Test Drive Electric Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area-based electric vehicle advocacy group Charge Across Town held their annual EV Week event at Embarcadero Plaza on Oct. 8 and 9, hoping to entice people to make the switch. EV Week 2022 came as local, state, and federal actors

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San Jose mayoral candidate Matt Mahan met with Stanford student journalists

San Jose mayor candidate Mahan calls for state support to tackle housing crisis

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City councilmember and mayoral candidate Matt Mahan said the state isn’t doing enough to support San Jose’s response to the housing crisis. “The state is not providing cities with a whole lot of funding for housing,” he said. “We don’t have anything close to the sources of affordable housing funds to meet those targets.” In

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Can a software engineer’s path lead him to a professional kitchen? He has a plan to do it.

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BERKELEY, CA – Stephen New is halfway through his customary lap around the aisles of Berkeley Bowl, an organic grocery store locals obsess over. He reaches for a four dollar GT’s Synergy kombucha, like always, before arriving at his favorite destination: bulk and fresh produce. He tosses all kinds of mushrooms into the cart: maitake,

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“I just miss having them next door”: Paradise’s mobile home community hasn’t been rebuilt 3 years after Camp Fire

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The Camp Fire destroyed 90% of the occupied mobile home park homes within the fire perimeter. Most of those homes were in the 30-plus mobile home parks in Paradise.

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