At Recovery Café, those recovering from homelessness, addiction, mental illness form a community
SAN JOSE — Recovery Cafés offer continued support to people in recovery lasting long after they exit traditional treatment providers.
Domestic abuse advocates rally around incarcerated woman facing deportation
OAKLAND — Activists came together Feb. 7 at the Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland to show support for Liyah Birru, an Ethiopian immigrant who faces deportation after serving a four-year prison sentence.
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Year after year, best picture nominees go to dramas
Between 1930 and last year’s awards, 88 percent of best picture nominees were dramas, compared to 53 percent of feature-length films as a whole.
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Pushing code and pulling communities together: how some Bay Area tech workers juggle jobs, advocacy work and public office
SUNNYVALE — Some Silicon Valley techies are trying to invest in their communities through advocacy work and engagement in local government.
Visualizing the Super Bowl in Legos
It’s Super Bowl Sunday. To bring the big game into context, Peninsula Press reporters used Legos to help visualize certain aspects of this annual sporting event.
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When fewer people watch the Super Bowl on TV, will the ads survive?
In the last two years, advertisers spent less on Super Bowl advertisements than they had in previous years. To understand this trend, we turned to data on game viewership and time spent watching only Super Bowl advertisements on YouTube.
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Money on the field during 2020 Super Bowl
During the 2020 Super Bowl, the net income of players and performers on the field will change throughout the game.
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If California’s Homeless Attended the Super Bowl
A comparison of local government spending on homeless services versus American consumer spending on Super Bowl Sunday.
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Santa Clara County considers proposed sand mining operation on indigenous sacred land
The San Diego-based investment company Debt Acquisition Company of America gained control over the land’s development rights through their work helping the property transition from bankruptcy to foreclosure after its former owners, Sargent Ranch LLC, put it up for auction. In 2016, DACA proposed a sand and gravel mining quarry on approximately 320 acres of the land for the next 30 years. There is a plan to work towards restoring the land once the project is completed.
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Truth in storytelling
Journalism has to take into account how creative ways to tell journalistic stories raise similar questions about the line between fact and fiction.
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John Bolton
Donald Trump’s genius lies in his unrivaled ability to make those around him look better than we know they are.Â
Local Iranian-American community holds Palo Alto candlelight vigil for victims of Ukrainian jetliner disaster
PALO ALTO – About 100 members of the local Iranian-American community held a candlelight vigil in Palo Alto’s downtown Lytton Plaza Jan. 12 for the victims of PS 752, the Ukrainian jetliner downed by an Iranian missile.