Bay Area

  • California continues revitalization efforts after pandemic

    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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  • California Budgets One Time Funds for EV Upgrades to K-12 Bus Fleets

    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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  • Pedestrian Safety Still a Concern in the Richmond

    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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  • “Everybody’s Annie”: Richmond District’s Bar Owner More than a Resident

    When you walk into O’Keeffe’s bar, two things hit immediately: it’s filled with laughter and the ownerloves Ireland.The bar is owned by Annie O’Keeffe and is on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Balboa Street. It is filledwith items from her hometown of Leitrim, Ireland and from her late husband, Tim O’Keeffe’s,hometown of Cork County,

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  • DACA workshop brings students, faculty and staff together to build communities

    “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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