Posts Tagged ‘San Francisco’
New Warriors jersey pays tribute to Oakland
When the Golden State Warriors unveiled new jerseys earlier this month, Jason Wong was confused. Wong, 41, is a Bay Area graphic designer and super-fan, owning more than 100 Warriors jerseys. As he looked at the new release, with throwback colors and updated fonts, something was different.
Read MoreCampus Goodbye: California College of the Arts prepares to close its historic doors in Oakland
After decades of existing in two Bay Area locations, California College of the Arts will consolidate onto the San Francisco campus, closing the doors of its historic Oakland campus.
Read MoreNew plan unveiled to build a bike path along the Bay Bridge
Cyclists hoping to bike from Oakland to San Francisco might finally have an option someday.
Read MoreLargest strike in history yields higher pay, safer work conditions for hotel workers
More than 7,700 hotel workers across the country walked off of their jobs and began the largest strike in history against the largest hotel corporation in the world, Marriott.
Read MoreFor East Bay immigrants, notary fraud is a common legal threat
Notary fraud is a common set-up in which notaries unlawfully give legal advice to immigrants, and in many cases, pretend to be immigration attorneys. The scam often involves the notary reviewing a victim’s case, choosing which legal documents are appropriate for their case, helping complete these documents, and submitting them to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Office—all acts only lawyers have the authority to do.
Immigration experts and advocates say that notary fraud is one of the biggest issues facing the undocumented community. “It is also a big problem in the East Bay and surrounding areas in Northern California,” said Barbara Pinto, an immigration senior staff attorney at the Centro Legal de la Raza, a legal service agency for immigrants’ rights, located in Oakland.
Read MoreNew portable sensor tests for gluten in minutes
Martha Benco, an Oakland native, knows what it’s like to rely on the truthfulness of labels and servers when it comes to checking whether there’s gluten in her food. “I have celiac disease,” says Benco, 35, who also has a way to test her food now. Benco says she’s been lucky so far—though she does…
Read MoreBay Bridge bike path on track—to be finished in 2025
Plans to build a bike/pedestrian path on the west span of the Bay Bridge—connecting San Francisco, Treasure Island and Oakland—are moving full-speed ahead.
Read MoreAs rents rise, tenants confront Oakland’s perfect housing storm
Median rents across Oakland are at an all-time high, pushing low-income families into motels or family members’ homes, pricing working-class households out of their neighborhoods and creating fierce competition for available housing at all income levels.
Read MoreReddit gamer day raises $282,000 for Children’s Hospital
The gamers’ cries were punctuated by clocks of game controllers, flips of cards and a crackle of pizza crusts—all part of the soundtrack at Reddit on November 7 as the social networking and news site participated in Extra Life’s 24-hour Game Day to raise money for Children’s Hospital Oakland.
Read MoreOakland Zoo staffers join march against the ivory trade
Members of the organization March for Elephants, many of whom are Oakland Zoo staffers, and their supporters marched on Saturday to celebrate the law’s passing as well as protest the ongoing ivory trade in China. The event was called Global March for Elephants – San Fransisco.
Read MoreAnimal advocates debate a No Kill policy for Oakland Animal Services
Animal rights groups are claiming that in Oakland, animals are being unlawfully killed; they want the shelter to sign up to the No Kill movement, which keeps euthanasia for only the most extreme cases. The new director, however, has different ideas.
Read MoreKinetic Steam Works in Oakland brings antique machines to life
Kinetic Steam Works is a West Oakland-based nonprofit that utilizes steam to power antique machinery, like a player piano and a printing press, and to create artwork.
Read MoreBART strike derails morning commutes throughout the Bay Area
After months of bargaining and a week of unfulfilled strike threats that kept commuters on edge, BART workers went on strike after unions and management failed to reach a deal on employee contract terms.
Read MoreBay Bridge bike path, dedicated to Oakland bike advocate, opens
Hundreds of cyclists thronged the Bay Bridge on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the span’s new bicycle and pedestrian path.
Read MoreEast Span of Bay Bridge opens hours early
The new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened late Monday night, more than seven hours ahead of schedule.
Read MoreOscar Grant family reaches out to mother of Kenneth Harding
On a Saturday afternoon in July, 2011, Kenneth Harding Jr., 19, lay stomach down in his own blood, fighting for his life on the corner of 3rd Street and Palou Avenue in the heart of the Bay View Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco. Some say San Francisco police officers shot Harding after he allegedly evaded…
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