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  • Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 969, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D- San Francisco), which allows cities and counties across California to create local ordinances creating “entertainment zones” where local bars and restaurants can sell alcohol to-go in designated areas.

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  • By Mahrukh Siddiqui and Amelia Biscardi California’s 2024-2025 state budget sets aside $500 million to update bust fleets to more environmentally friendly K-12 transportation.  34 words make up the proposed budget addition of zero-emission school buses from Gov. Gavin Newsom.  The single use budget item works through Proposition 98. Which helps provide electric and clean…

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  • Crossing the street while walking is a daily occurrence for many who live in San Francisco. Forsome residents in the Richmond District though, crossing the street can seem like a life and deathdecision.Angela Pon is a resident of the Richmond District who also works as an ombudsman in the area.“I feel like it should be…

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  • “Don’t fear the changes, change the fear,” said DVC student Sofia Escalente at a DACA workshop on Sept. 21. Dr. César A. Cruz, the co-founder of Homies Empowerment, an independent youth development organization in Oakland hosted the event, leading attendees in a variety of exercises focused around how everyone felt about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals repeal. President…

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  • Just because you’re a student, doesn’t mean you don’t have freedom of speech. But your exercise of that right or any other right has to be weighed against its societal impact,” said Diablo Valley College political science professor Scott MacDougall. DVC is not facing the same problems as the University of California, Berkeley, which has…

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