Sara Hossaini

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Failed to save articlePlease try againVolunteers helping out at the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive, one of several Bay Area organizations whose funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities has been rescinded by the Trump administration. Bay Area arts and cultural groups are reeling after the Trump administration’s revocation earlier this month of previously awarded federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Mar 23Failed to save articlePlease try againHundreds of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 raise fists in front of the VTA headquarters, on N First St, in San José, on March 11, 2025. VTA on Sunday increased their offer on wages to striking transit workers to 11% over 3 years. The union panned the offer, which means it appears the historic strike will continue into its 3rd week.

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Mar 17Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Dublin Federal Correctional Institution on Sept. 13, 2019, in Dublin, California. Darrell Wayne Smith is the final former FCI Dublin official to face trial after a sprawling abuse investigation into the now-shuttered federal prison. His criminal trial began Monday.

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Mar 12Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Antioch Police Department in Antioch on March 3, 2025. The jury in the federal trial of former Antioch police officer Morteza Amiri will now decide whether the evidence is enough to find that Amiri conspired to violate civil rights, used unreasonable force on three specific occasions, and falsified records on one of those occasions.

1 month ago | kqed.org | Sara Hossaini

Mar 8Failed to save articlePlease try again (Illustration by Darren Tu/KQED)From 2021–23, the California County Resentencing Pilot Program provided nearly $13 million to counties to help encourage the reevaluation of long sentences. Nine counties in the state participated, including Contra Costa, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties in the Bay Area. KQED is withholding Micah’s full name because she fears being stigmatized after having served a long prison sentence.