Disaster
By Nina Morente on Dec 14 2011 - 10:42am
Occupy protesters contributed to a loss of $4-8 million for the Port of Oakland last Monday after attempting to shut down shipping activity. The port generates about $8.5 million per day, and the losses could cause a ripple effect in companies around the world...
PG&E is finally...
By Sara Bernard on Nov 17 2011 - 8:59am
Police in riot gear dismantled the Occupy Cal tents on the UC Berkeley campus early this morning. Two protesters were arrested, but it was otherwise calm and orderly....
When Occupy Oakland campers were evicted, again, on Sunday night, mayor Jean Quan was torn over her decision to clear the...
By Holly Kernan on Nov 7 2011 - 5:12pm
One serious effect of the recession is many people’s inability to afford health care. And when people aren’t insured, they bring their medical problems to the only place required to take them: the public hospital emergency room.
In Oakland, that emergency room is at Highland Hospital. The new...
By Sara Bernard on Nov 3 2011 - 9:55am
Although Occupy Oakland’s general strike on Wednesday was primarily peaceful with thousands of protesters marching from Frank Ogawa Plaza to the Port of Oakland and halting port activity for the day, it culminated in violence after midnight. A few hundred protesters in masks smashed windows, set...
By Sara Bernard and Jen Chien on Oct 24 2011 - 5:25pm
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to develop in cities around the country and here all around the Bay. Early this morning, San Jose police arrested four protesters outside City Hall, and cited another for camping on public property.
In downtown San Francisco today, interfaith religious...
By Martina Castro on Sep 21 2011 - 4:25pm
Imagine for a moment that you could go back in time and talk to your younger self, say at about age nine. What would have been your biggest dreams? Favorite color? Best friends? What would you hope to never forget as a grown up?
These are just a few of the questions that KALW’s Martina Castro posed...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 12 2011 - 4:49pm
KALW originally aired this documentary on the 8th anniversary of the Iraq War. We republish it today in remembrance of the veterans and civilians whose lives were forever changed in the aftermath of 9/11.
HOLLY KERNAN: It was March 19, 2003:
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: My fellow citizens, at this...
By Holly Kernan on Sep 8 2011 - 5:35pm
Tomorrow (September 9) marks the one-year anniversary of the natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno. The explosion ignited a fire that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes, and now, utility giant PG&E has been under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board for...
By Holly McDede on Aug 26 2011 - 10:23am
BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS
If you enjoyed the zombie marches and fake funerals staged when Oakland libraries were threatened, get out your popcorn because it’s time for an encore. Three Santa Clarita’s libraries were recently handed over to private company Library Systems & Service. Now...
By Callie Shanafelt on Aug 16 2011 - 5:27pm
After Congress reached an agreement on the debt ceiling two weeks ago, President Obama said he and his cabinet are turning their attention back to creating jobs.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: They are redoubling their efforts to focus on what matters most to the American people. That is, how are we going...
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