Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility
Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear SAN QUENTIN, CA— California Governor…
Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations
Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023,…
New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO – After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in…
UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows
By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Mathematics Statistics, and…
CAL HOUSING SKIRTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
By Megan Barr BERKELEY, CA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vowed to restructure the California Environmental…
SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through…
California Lawmakers Introduce New Effort to Ban Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime in California Prisons
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – Lawmakers in California, as well as Nevada, are seeking to remove…
Bay Area Civil Rights Organizations Release a Joint Statement After the 4th Death at Santa Rita Jail in 6 Weeks
By Patty Yao Dublin, CA. – Cody Vanburen, 33, dies at Santa Rita Jail after suffering a…
Hunger Strikes at Central Valley ICE Detention Centers
By Laurel Spear BAKERSFIELD, CA— Eighty-four immigrants began hunger strikes at two Central Valley immigration detention centers…
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT WILL ALMOST DOUBLE POLICE PRESENCE IN TRAIN CARS BY MID-MARCH 2023
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 3, 2023 Bay Area— Beginning March 20th, the Bay Area…
Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death
By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes…
UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties
By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA–The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to…
Recently Fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Appeals Dismissal
By Laurel Spear OAKLAND, CA— On Thurs. Feb 23, just over a week after he was fired…
Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control
By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ASUC*…
TYRE NICHOLS CASE UPDATE: ALL FIVE FORMER OFFICERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Image via Reuters BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER FEB. 26, 2023 MEMPHIS, United States–On January 7,…
Berkeley Law Students’ Pro Bono Project to Defend Vulnerable Communities from ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Service
BY NANCY HU, PATTY YAO, & HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITERS Image courtesy of Getty Images BERKELEY…
Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years
By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence,…
San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots
By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad…
Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley…
Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery
By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon,…
