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1 month ago | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Natalia V. Navarro
May 1Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. The sale of the Sonoma County papers to the owner of San José Mercury News and East Bay Times was a surprise twist in a plan to initially sell to SF Chronicle-owner Hearst. (Gina Castro/KQED)Earlier this month, The Press Democrat’s staff faced a difficult choice of waiving their union contract in order to make the Hearst deal possible.
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kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Vanessa Rancano
Apr 21Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)Former East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, who Oakland voters chose as the city’s next mayor, promised to continue to represent “all of Oakland” Monday in her first press conference since winning the election.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Sydney Johnson |Elize Manoukian
Feb 27Failed to save articlePlease try againCops carried out a sweeping drug market raid on the evening of Feb. 26, 2025 in Jefferson Square Park. (Sebastian Luke)San Francisco police arrested 84 people, mostly suspected drug users and dealers, during a massive overnight raid at Jefferson Square Park, SFPD Chief Bill Scott said Thursday.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Samantha Lim |Elize Manoukian
Feb 24Failed to save articlePlease try againSan Francisco Police Commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone attends a rally protesting Mayor Daniel Lurie's attempt to remove Carter-Oberstone from the Police Commission on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian
Feb 18Failed to save articlePlease try againVolunteers serve food at All My Usos annual Family Day BBQ at Gilman Park in San Francisco on Aug. 17, 2024. All My Usos was a recipient of Dream Keeper Initiative funds before the program was frozen. (Courtesy of All My Usos)A book chronicling the lives of seniors in the Tenderloin. Job training in the cannabis industry with a focus on social equity. Backpacks for kids. Down payment assistance for families on the brink of being pushed out of San Francisco.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Beth LaBerge
Jan 20Failed to save articlePlease try againMembers of the San Francisco Republican Party and supporters of President Donald Trump cheer after listening to Trump deliver the inaugural speech during an inauguration watch party at Harry’s Bar in San Francisco on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Spirits were high in Harry’s Bar in Pacific Heights on Monday, as San Francisco Republicans cheered on the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian
Jan 18Failed to save articlePlease try againA pedestrian crosswalk sign on Silver Avenue, near the site of the first pedestrian fatality in San Francisco in 2025, in the Portola neighborhood of San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Bollinger’s death marked the city’s first traffic fatality of 2025, coming just days after the end of the deadliest year for San Francisco pedestrians in nearly two decades. The city’s 24th pedestrian was killed on the Great Highway on Dec.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Katie DeBenedetti |Alex Hall
Jan 17Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks on 65th and Avenal avenues in Oakland on July 17, 2024. Federal authorities on Friday unveiled the indictments of Thao; her boyfriend, Andre Jones; and local business owners David and Andy Duong on conspiracy and bribery charges. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)The indictment alleges that Thao promised to take official actions as mayor to benefit the Duong family, in exchange for benefits for her and Jones.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian
Jan 15Failed to save articlePlease try againIncarcerated women walk the grounds at the Central California Women's Facility on June 18, 2024 in Chowchilla, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)CDCR has been plagued by misconduct for years. In December, the Bureau of Prisons permanently shut down the troubled East Bay federal women’s prison FCI Dublin following years of sexual abuse by prison workers. Rodriguez, 56, was present as the guilty verdicts were read.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Samantha Lim
Failed to save articlePlease try againVehicles are left stranded off the side of the road after residents tried to flee from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Californians pay hefty fees for electricity in large part because of wildfires. Read our coverage here. On Tuesday morning, Vidda Brough heard a large crash outside of her home.
