San Francisco seeking to help small, minority-owned businesses access federal financial assistance
In December 2020, while there are approximately 135 businesses in Japantown, at least 13 businesses closed during the COVID lockdowns.
Japantown’s Hotel Battle Comes to an End, But Community’s Struggles Continue
Peninsula Press’ Natasha Jessen-Petersen talks to Steve Nakajo, the executive director of the Japantown Taskforce, and others in the community to discuss the role of Japanese American history and the future of Japantown.
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Environmental justice advocates push for San Leandro Creek site to be turned into greenway
Parks advocates have long seen the disparity in access to and availability of green space to communities in East Oakland as an environmental justice issue.
The Eviction Moratorium Has Expired, Will Palo Alto Leaders Decide to Act?
Nearly three-fourths of households in Palo Alto that earn between $50,000 and $79,000 annually are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent.
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Huge ships wait in line in southern California. Why don’t they call at the Bay Area?
Port of Oakland bar pilots say the number of ships that are calling in the Bay Area are at a low. They’re hoping the situation will change in the coming weeks — by convincing more cargo ships to head to Northern California.
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Unprecedented Texas Senate Bill 8 rattles Bay Area’s pro-choice activists
The marches against Texas SB 8 held in San Francisco and San Jose were among 600 events that took place throughout the United States on Oct. 2, 2021.
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COVID-19, other threats continue to hit California farmworkers
Farmworker Caravan delivers nonperishable foods and household essentials to Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties, where local organizations distribute the items to more than 500 farmworker families once a month.
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Protest in San Francisco criticizes treatment of Haitian migrants at Mexico-U.S. border
Protesters in San Francisco rallied against the treatment of Haitians seeking safety at the United States’ borders.
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Indigenous groups demand shut down of Michigan pipeline
A pipeline stretching across the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan has been thrust back into the spotlight after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered a shutdown of the line that the oil company refused, resulting in a high-profile legal dispute between the state and the oil company.
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‘A recipe for disaster’: The pandemic’s toll on working parents
Since the beginning of the pandemic, California’s job market has lost the largest percentage of parents of school children in the country, trailing only Nevada and Michigan, an analysis of U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey data shows.
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Living with wildfire: A story of reconstruction and resiliency at Rancho Mariposa
For the Monroes and countless other families living in California’s ever-widening fire zones, the question is not whether they’ll stay, but how.
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Meet Vince Pane: Sculptor, Warrior, and Dancer | Vertical Video Series
Meet Vince Pane, a 27-year-old and fourth-year Ph.D. student in Chemistry who also carves out time for a whole host of hobbies and talents — sculpting, training, and dancing.
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