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Jobs data for Alameda and Contra Costa solar industry looks sunny, but challenges lie ahead.
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Impossible Foods brings a meatless burger to Oakland
On March 22, Impossible Foods launched a burger manufacturing facility in East Oakland. All burgers are plant-based, and they're a bit pricy.
Oakland offers emergency loans to those affected by Ghost Ship fire
The city and the Federal Small Business Administration (SBA) are offering low-interest loans and technical assistance to business owners, nonprofits, homeowners and tenants in the vicinity of the fire. According to Economic Development Manager Aliza...
Video rental, antiques, shoe repair: Old-fashioned shops struggle to hang on
A big red house stands in the middle of Telegraph Avenue, two blocks from the Berkeley border with Oakland. It resembles Santa’s workshop: fun, colorful and packed with a massive amount of “stuff.” The building...
Some Bay Area workers commute for hours for the sake of affordable rent
Cindy Wood spends her weeknights in a vacant apartment at the Pacifica Senior Living facility in Oakland Heights, a long commute away from her husband and children in Santa Rosa. She works as the executive...
Sandra Johnson needs a job: Finding work after incarceration
Sandra Johnson needs a job, desperately. The formerly incarcerated 59-year-old Oakland woman is now a City College of San Francisco student, but needs to find work as well. In June, the Alameda County Board of...
Cannabis industry in limbo as California ends pot prohibition
With the passage of Proposition 64 on the November 8 ballot, and new statewide medical cannabis regulations about to be implemented, California state regulators get to spend the next 13 months establishing all the rules...
New data shows high rates of violence against nurses
The latest U.S. Labor Department data shows that nurses are facing potential violence at work, prompting safety advocates to demand stricter rules and regulations.
“Peaceful Trump Response” surrounds Lake Merritt
Thousands of people linked hands around Lake Merritt Sunday afternoon, forming a human chain that stretched around the entire lake.
Alameda County to designate 1,400 county jobs for the formerly incarcerated
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved a program to create 1,400 county jobs for formerly incarcerated residents.
From junk to jackets: Oakland retailer upcycles vintage car seats
A brown building with tall doors opened to the ringing sound of sewing machines. Inside were racks of red-and-white leather jackets with pieces of the Cadillac logo, multicolored wrist wallets and leather bags. It was...
Schaaf talks Oakland ‘moon shot’ at State of City
Schaaf opened her State of the City speech with a clip of President John F. Kennedy’s famous “moon shot” speech at Rice University in 1962, during which he promised Americans that the United States would...
U.S. has modest job gains in September, East Bay economy is still growing
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the U.S. unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5 percent in September. Meanwhile, the most recent data for the Bay Area shows Alameda County’s unemployment rate at...
Lawsuit against popular Bay Area restaurant sheds light on restaurant labor practices
A lawsuit filed against a popular restaurant, Burma Superstar, sheds light on labor practices in Bay Area restaurants.
Renters’ rights, landlord responsibilities core of Oakland’s Measure JJ
Demonstrator's outside of Oakland City Hall participated in the national Renter's Day of Action on September 22, highlighting the Oakland City Measure JJ that would introduce stricter regulations on landlords.
Nurses hold town hall to oppose closure of Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley
Sutter Health, which runs the campus as part of its Alta Bates Summit Medical Center based in Oakland, announced last October that it intends to close the campus between 2018 and 2030 and consolidate all...
