Oakland
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jan 24 2012 - 5:00pm
The City of Oakland issues 2,500 pink slips; composting, biodegrading, recycling, and land-filling; an answer to wasted street-light; and local cellist Nathan Chan.
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jan 11 2012 - 5:00pm
What it's like to be a truck driver at the Port of Oakland, the environmental effects of state regulations on port trucks, and local "country" band Go Van Gogh.
By Holly Kernan on Dec 14 2011 - 6:39pm
The increasing need for food assistance is one piece of a bigger problem in California: increasing poverty. Nearly six million Californians are part of families living below the federal poverty level – that’s an average of no more than 22,000 dollars a year for a family of four.
In the Bay Area,...
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 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 Alexandra Muller on Dec 13 2011 - 10:46am
Newly-elected mayor Ed Lee wants to eliminate homelessness in San Francisco, and he says the magic number to do it is three million -- dollars, that is. $500,000 of those dollars come from a Dave Matthews Band fundraising concert in 2005...
65% of California adults support Governor Jerry Brown's...
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 Ben Trefny on Dec 8 2011 - 4:10pm
As part of last Saturday's live edition of "Crosscurrents," KALW's Ben Trefny interviewed Nikki Silva on stage at the Polish Club in San Francisco.
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BEN TREFNY: And with me today is one of the famous radio-producing sisters. It’s Nikki Silva....
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...
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