Bay Area’s Newest Professional Women’s Soccer Team Takes Shape
On Dec. 15, the team selected five players in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.
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Stranded and Stripped of Independence: Chaos Ensues When Airlines Damage Wheelchairs
If Janelle Fiesta didn’t live with a physical disability, she is certain she would be a flight attendant. The 27-year-old from Honolulu is an avid traveler whose eyes twinkle as she reminisces about trips to Disney Parks with her boyfriend, Antoine, and opportunities she’s had to connect with the global community of individuals living with
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As Restrictions Loom, RV Residents Fear They’ll Lose More Than Their Parking Spot
Four-hour weekday parking limits that were announced last September by the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority are set to go into effect on Dec. 19, less than a week before Christmas.
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Social Media Bill Expected to Return to California Lawmakers in 2024
SB 680 aimed to hold social media companies accountable for content that promotes eating disorder, suicide and drug addiction.
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Bridging the (Nature) Gap
That journalist, James Edward Mills, and many others like him, know the opposite to be true. There is a gap in knowledge about stories of people of color in the outdoors that mirrors a discrepancy in presence. Racial disparity in the outdoors, also known as the nature gap, is a problem pressing into the public consciousness. But it illuminates a sister concern: representation.
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Oakland’s Cannabis Equity Program gave applicants hope, but leaves promises unfulfilledÂ
Oakland’s Cannabis Equity Program, which was the first of its kind in the U.S., has distributed at least $6.4 million in no-interest loans and grants to qualified applicants to start businesses in the cannabis industry, such as dispensaries, delivery services and cultivation operations.
Some CSU Maintenance Workers On Brink of Homelessness Because of Poor Wages
SAN JOSE, Calif – The 90-minute commute to work as an air conditioning refrigeration mechanic at San Jose State University now feels short to Aaron Flores. During the 80-mile drive from the Central Valley to San Jose, Flores sips his coffee and turns on satellite radio, listening to a few songs or the news, but
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Saved By a Whistle: A U.S. Coast Guard Rescue In The San Francisco Bay
A behind-the-scenes look at a dramatic rescue in the San Francisco Bay. Lieutenant Commander JJ Briggs with the U.S. Coast Guard recounts the rescue of a surfer who was swept out to open sea on Oct. 18, 2023.
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Disability Representation Takes Center Stage at Bay Area Film Festival Â
The Superfest Disability Film Festival showcased 15 jury-selected films. The festival took place amid immense turmoil in the entertainment industry with two expansive strikes halting production for much of 2023, threatening a disproportionate impact on disabled creatives.
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San Mateo County To Expand Police and Behavioral Health Provider Partnership ProgramÂ
The program, the Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team was piloted in 2022 amid calls to increase community resources for mental health in policing after the county experienced a surge in mental health related 911 calls during the pandemic.
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Redwood City School District Pushes Forward With Teacher Housing Project
Redwood City School District joins a growing list of Silicon Valley schools starting to address teacher woes through new housing developments.
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More than 800,000 Californians Have Lost Medi-Cal Coverage This Year
The majority lost coverage due to procedural reasons, such as failing to return their forms in time or returning forms with incomplete or inaccurate information, according to state data.
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