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Tag: Bay Area

An officer walks to his car at the Alameda Police Department in Alameda on Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters
Posted inJustice

A California city offered a $75,000 bonus to new cops. These departments are trying to keep up

Avatar photo by Anabel Sosa September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

California cities are struggling to hire police in a tight labor market after the COVID pandemic. Some are raising by double digits and offering eye-catching bonuses.

A view of cars crossing the Bay Bridge headed into San Francisco, on August 24, 2022. Photo by Carlos Barria, Reuters
Posted inCommentary

Bay Area is beginning to resemble chaotic and politically divided Southern California

by Dan Walters August 27, 2023August 23, 2023
Vehicles are passing through the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is an important bridge in San Francisco Bay Area, people use it to cross the bay between San Francisco and Oakland. Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee, REUTERS
Posted inCommentary

How will raising bridge tolls affect San Francisco Bay Area’s economic recovery?

by Dan Walters July 4, 2023June 30, 2023
Commuters quickly jump on the Metro bus at the Norwalk Green Line Station in Norwalk on April 3, 2023.
Posted inPolitics

How California public transit is pleading for state aid

Avatar photo by Sameea Kamal May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Beverly Moore's family home in Richmond was taken through eminent domain. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

‘When they took the foundation, everything started crumbling’: California group fights eminent domain, racism

by Lil Kalish December 5, 2022May 2, 2023
Edward Strickland receives a COVID-19 rapid test at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on January 4, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Amid new COVID surge, confusing mix of rules

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven July 19, 2022July 18, 2022
A view of the Presidio Terrace neighborhood in San Francisco in 2017. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Prop. 13 offers bigger tax breaks to homeowners in wealthy, white neighborhoods

by Jesse Bedayn April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
A health care worker points while a person wearing a protective face mask waits in line to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Posted inCoronavirus

Old data? CDC apparently misjudged California’s COVID risks

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2022March 1, 2022
Hundred dollar bills. Image via iStock Photo
Posted inCalifornia Divide

$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

by Jesse Bedayn November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
birth
Posted inCommentary

In the Bay Area and beyond, racial justice starts with birth justice

by Guest Commentary September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

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