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Oakland families rally against school closures
Oakland families are rallying and marching to City Hall in protest against the district's plan to close, merge and downsize schools. Read More
Ellis Act protesters blast real estate speculators as tenants face eviction
The Ellis Act is being used to evict a group of 19th Streets tenants, and they're not alone. Protesters Monday called for repeal of the 1985 law.Read More
Rally calls for funding to stop City College layoffs, cuts
With layoffs set to affect about 65 percent of City College of San Francisco faculty, dozens of students and staff joined a virtual rally on Monday to call for...Read More
South Bay leaders join rally in call to end anti-Asian hate crimes
South Bay leaders gathered at San Jose City Hall on Saturday morning to stand against the rise in hate crimes and discrimination against the Asian community. The ‘Stop AAPI...Read More
Malik Washington: Activists rally for SF news editor release, end to for-profit prison corporations
When Keith “Malik” Washington in January exposed a Covid-19 outbreak at a federal “transitional housing” facility in the Tenderloin, he was met with a disciplinary report for “Unauthorized Contact...Read More
Volatile backdrop sets stage for violent counterprotest in SF ‘free speech’ rally
Donald Trump supporters held a permitted rally for “free speech” at the San Francisco United Nations Plaza Saturday, though the term rally in this case is overstated given the...Read More
Probation union takes on systemic racism in San Jose rally
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez walked on stage but before she could speak, a group of young children shouted from a distance: “Black Lives Matter!” While cheers erupted...Read More
‘Agitators’ vandalize court house, police station after hundreds peacefully protest in Oakland for Black lives
Oakland police confirmed late Saturday evening that part of the group of protesters who marched through downtown Oakland hours before broke into two groups, with some vandalizing the police...Read More
Palo Alto, Oakland rallies planned in solidarity with Portland protesters
Two rallies to support protesters in Portland, Oregon are planned Saturday in the Bay Area, one in Palo Alto near Stanford University and the other in downtown Oakland. The...Read More
Advocates rally for San Quentin inmate release amid massive Covid-19 outbreak
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights will join faith leaders and advocates at a rally Sunday at the main gates of San Quentin State Prison in Marin County...Read More
Coalition rallies for African American Studies outside Fort Mason City College campus
A rally will be held Monday to protest the pending closure of the Fort Mason campus of City College of San Francisco and seek the hiring of full-time African...Read More
Covid-19 update: Contra Costa reports highest one-day count, San Quentin infections double overnight, Trump rally descends on Tulsa
According to Saturday morning John Hopkins Covid-19 tracking, approximately 5.3 percent of U.S. cases have resulted in death over the course of about six months. Contrastingly, the deadliest flu...Read More
Juneteenth rallies mark 155 years of emancipation at height of Black Lives Matter movement
Several Juneteenth events in the works Friday around the region include a morning rally and march by labor unions at the Port of Oakland. Juneteenth celebrations mark June 19,...Read More
Alameda County healthcare workers demand supervisors take control of broken system
Alameda Health System workers rallied at Highland Hospital in Oakland on Thursday to demand that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors take control of and manage the health system,...Read More
Nurses push back against CDC’s weakened coronavirus containment protocols
"If nurses and health care workers aren't protected, that means patients and the public are not protected."Read More
Activists rally against immigrant’s courthouse ICE arrest
Immigration activists rallied in San Francisco on Monday at the same location where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he was entering a court hearing...Read More
Protesters rally for immigrant rights after courthouse ICE arrests
Members of immigration rights organizations rallied outside Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa Tuesday morning to protest the arrest of two immigrants at the courthouse last week by...Read More
Activists call for dugong protection, halt of Okinawa base construction
Activists are rallying Monday in San Francisco to protest the construction of a U.S. military base in Japan that they say threatens the Okinawa dugong, an endangered marine mammal....Read More
San Francisco marchers remember the dream on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Hundreds marched through the streets of San Francisco Monday in a push for equality. On the 34th Martin Luther King Jr. Day, demonstrators poured through the City, as they...Read More