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4 days ago | localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will discuss local immigration enforcement activities during a community forum on the state’s Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act during a board meeting next month. The TRUTH Act aims to increase transparency and accountability among federal and local law enforcement agencies.

4 days ago | localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks

A grandmother lost her home, a dog, and all her belongings in a fire in Brentwood last week that burned four homes and multiple outbuildings, according to her grandson, who started an online fundraising effort for her. The GoFundMe page started by Alex Morales says he’s raising funds for his grandmother Elicia Morales, who he said lost “everything.”  “This wasn’t just any house.

4 days ago | localnewsmatters.org | JL Odom

San Franciscan Tom Ammiano is no stranger to the standup comedy scene—or to the tenacity that being a queer comic requires.  “The more s— you give us, the stronger we get. And every good comic will take any kind of adversity and turn it into comic gold,” he says. Ammiano will lead by example when he takes the stage for “Pride Is a Laugh Riot” on June 25 at the SF Eagle Bar.

5 days ago | localnewsmatters.org | Nakissa Jahanbani

ISRAEL’S AIR ASSAULT on Iran has focused largely on degrading the Islamic Republic’s military and would-be nuclear capabilities. In the space of several days, Israel has totally or partially destroyed at least two nuclear sites, destroyed numerous air defense capabilities in a number of cities and killed at least 14 nuclear scientists and several senior leaders of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

6 days ago | localnewsmatters.org | Vicente Vera |San Jose Spotlight

A NEW SAN JOSE POLICY intended to target individuals who rent RVs to homeless residents is being extended to penalize people sleeping in their vehicles. The San Jose City Council voted 9-1 at its June 17 meeting to approve the “vanlording” policy, as it was written, to ban the advertising and renting out of RVs to homeless residents intending to use the recreational vehicles as homes. These RVs are prohibited from parking and sleeping on city streets and private property after August.