Santa Clara
By Holly McDede on Dec 1 2011 - 9:20am
In the battle between Bordertown Skatepark vs. Caltrans, Caltrans has won. Skateboarders who helped build Bordertown beneath a 580 freeway overpass in Emeryville showed up to video tape the demolition. In August, skateboarders also lost The Spot Skatepark to Caltrans. But, there could be another...
By Shuka Kalantari on Nov 28 2011 - 5:02pm
Over the past decade, California has resettled more Middle Eastern refugees than any other state in the country. In Northern California, Santa Clara County in the South Bay is a resettlement hub for Middle Eastern refugees – more than 1,300 moved there since 2006. About one out of three of those...
By Brian Pelletier on Nov 28 2011 - 11:09am
A long night at Occupy Los Angeles ended with arrests, but the threatened camp closure did not transpire. There was nothing to report at the Occupy Long Beach encampment either which police were also expected to raidl. UC students plan a general strike today to protest the regents' meeting and...
By Joaquin Palomino on Nov 16 2011 - 9:18am
As many as 10,000 protesters gathered on Sproul Plaza last night for the Occupy UC Berkeley General Assembly. Despite clear warnings from school officials that setting up an encampment would violate university policy, dozens of tents were pitched...
A man who was arrested during OPD’S Monday night...
By Alexandra Muller on Oct 25 2011 - 8:52am
Police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment early this morning. Rubber bullets, flash grenades, and shoves in the face are reportedly what many protesters received as a wake up call..
PG&E also got a wakeup call of sorts when a major gas line completely ruptured after failing a pressure test on...
By Sara Bernard on Oct 20 2011 - 10:41am
This just in from Africa: After four decades of rule and brutal war over the past months, Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed as fighters took over his hometown of Surt, according to the interim government. It's not yet clear how he died, but there is rejoicing throughout Libya......
By Holly McDede on Sep 30 2011 - 2:01pm
Friday, September 30
Banned Book Swap // Grab a copy of an old banned book … which may be difficult because it’s banned, but try your darndest. Bring the book to Heart and, in exchange, get a copy of another banned book. Want to trade Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal Snogging in for Black Boy? Or...
By Jen Chien on Aug 22 2011 - 10:49am
The federal government has docked $11.5 million from an expected $51.5 million in critical grants for new charter schools in California this year. Apparently, many local school districts are out of compliance with a 2010 addition to rules on reporting academic progress by subgroup (race, ethnicity...
Just because California schools are having financial trouble doesn’t mean there hasn’t been improvement in the classrooms. Since 2003 proficiency in math and English has risen quite a bit throughout the state, and San Francisco and Santa Clara counties did especially well...
While test outcomes...
By Laura Flynn on Jul 20 2011 - 1:39pm
California home foreclosures have dropped to their lowest levels since 2007. Is it a sign that the California housing market is recovering? Maybe, but it could also be a reflection of more savvy homeowners successfully challenging banks’ foreclosure procedures in courts…
Leaving home isn’t just an...
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