Labor
By Julie Caine on Dec 13 2011 - 4:35pm
Occupy protesters marched on ports from Anchorage to San Diego Monday in a coordinated action designed to shut down operations.
In Oakland, 150 longshoremen were sent home from work in the morning as a result of the protest, according to ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees. The ILWU, the union...
By Rina Palta on Dec 12 2011 - 5:08pm
It’s been a significant year for criminal justice in the Bay Area, but many of the challenges have come late in the year.
In October, Oakland lost Police Chief Anthony Batts, who resigned saying he couldn’t work in the current political climate. Days later, Oakland’s police department plunged into...
By Nina Morente on Dec 12 2011 - 8:32am
Today, Occupy L.A. will form a picket line at the Port of Long Beach. It's a decision influenced by the Occupy Oakland movement which managed to shut down the Port of Oakland in November. The day of action is not supported by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, though there are similar...
By Sara Bernard on Dec 8 2011 - 10:12am
A report by the Public Policy Institute of California offers grim, and perhaps predictable, results: the middle class is shrinking to less than 50 percent across the state, and Bay Area incomes have dropped 12 percent since the recession started...
The Oakland Police Department has dropped audio...
By Holly McDede on Dec 7 2011 - 5:50pm
California is facing a $13 billion budget shortfall over the next year and a half, and it’s safe to say that the pain will be felt across public services. In some parts of the Bay Area, incoming tax dollars won’t be enough to buy even books for libraries. That’s why, in places like Santa Clarita,...
By Joaquin Palomino on Dec 7 2011 - 9:43am
Early this morning police took down San Francisco’s Occupy encampment – the last large Occupy camp in the Bay Area. Seventy people were arrested, a few on felony charges of assaulting an officer…
Meanwhile, anti-tax groups filed a ballot measure today in response to...
By Jen Chien on Dec 5 2011 - 8:50am
California counties, facing large influxes of new prisoners through the state’s new realignment policy, are using state funds differently. Some are utilizing more money for service programs run by non-profits, while others are sinking the bulk into law enforcement and probation, highlighting a wide...
By Chris Connelly on Dec 1 2011 - 5:04pm
Technology has done great things for medicine: Machines can help keep hearts beating and lungs breathing. Electronic medical records help doctors keep track of their patients’ treatment and prevent mistakes. But all that technology needs a lot of monitoring – and that can be frustrating for nurses...
By Holly Kernan on Nov 30 2011 - 5:26pm
The city of Richmond is notorious for its high crime rate and industrial pollution. And the Iron Triangle neighborhood – which is bordered on three sides by train tracks – just might be the city’s most dangerous neighborhood. But inside the Triangle, activist Tania Pulido is cultivating community...
By Shuka Kalantari on Nov 28 2011 - 4:24pm
Many Middle Eastern refugees are Iraqis who have fled war-related violence. But in the past decade, the largest number of refugees have actually come from Iran.
More than 15,000 Iranians have moved to California just since 2006. Though their country isn’t currently at war, many Iranians suffer...
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