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Alameda County OKs $1.8 billion homelessness plan
After years of legal delays, Alameda County is moving forward with a sweeping $1.8 billion plan to tackle homelessness and support other essential services. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the spending strategy in July, marking the...
Vanishing bookstores reshape Berkeley
I used to go to Half Price Books with my mom when I was a kid. We spent hours roaming the aisles—me flipping through beat-up Goosebumps paperbacks or digging through the CD bins, her browsing for cookbooks...
Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians. Why does the proposed budget eliminate...
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State leaders have been talking a lot lately about cleaning up California’s homeless encampments and moving people indoors. But the tentative budget they’ve drawn up for...
Bar owners push back
A longtime Oakland bar owner recently requested anonymity during a phone interview, out of fear of retaliation from the city’s Alcohol Beverage Action Team, known as ABAT. “They’re so aggressive. They come in like the mafia and...
SF Giants lose 0-1 against SD Padres on June 2
The San Francisco Giants lost 0-1 against the San Diego Padres at the bottom of the 10th on June 2, 2025, at Oracle Park.
Here are the highlights via the Giants YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/LCytYminsko?si=YVuXP0T9T3vzqvcv
All photos by Giovanni Castaneda
Ten years of fighting coal
The decade-long twists and turns of the battle over a proposed Oakland coal terminal are not over yet.
In March, 86 organizations and nearly 1,000 individuals sent an “open letter” to Los Angeles hedge fund owner Jon Brooks,...
Giants beat Athletics 1-0 on May 17 in San Francisco
The Giants won 1-0 against the Athletics in San Francisco at a sold-out Oracle Park on Saturday, May 17, 2025. See a few photos and highlight reel below.
All photos by Giovanni Castaneda.
https://youtu.be/6IbhNDrzHsQ?si=93aDJR9wCCvBpDqz
