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An Oakland Homeless Shelter Is Showing How a Housing and Healthcare First Approach Can Work: Part 1
Hundreds of tents and abandoned vehicles now dot major streets and neighborhoods of the Bay Area. Unfortunately, this problem is…
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Oakland Finishes Final Draft of Downtown Specific Plan for Potential City Improvements
In late March, Oakland’s city administration announced the final draft of their Downtown Specific Plan, a blueprint for city improvements…
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Oakland Will Revive “Ceasefire” Program After Audit Reports Show Slowing Violence
Oakland City Council held a meeting Tuesday evening to discuss an audit report of an abandoned city program that helped…
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Business Owners Talk Future of Economic Development in Oakland at Downtown Event
The city of Oakland is taking steps to streamline permits for businesses to entice them to stay and bring new…
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DJ Zernell Gillie Gives Hip Hop a New Scent
Zernell Gillie has been in and around the Hip Hop and House music scene in Chicago for over 30 years.…
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Financial Failure by Oakland Cannery’s Landlord Leads to Eviction of Longtime Residential Artists
Douglas Stewart has spent the last 15 years making his space at the Oakland Cannery into a home with artwork…
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Launches Human Trafficking Advisory Council
Oakland Police Department, also a part of the advisory council, shared that in partnership with the FBI, they completed 26…
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‘An Archeology of Silence’ Exhibit at De Young Museum is Something to Talk About
Kehinde Wiley’s new exhibit “An Archeology of Silence” made its U.S. premiere at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in…
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Thousands of Black Californians Have Lost Their Health Insurance — Don’t Lose Yours
Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from…
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Becoming an Antiracist School of Public Health
For more than 80 years, Berkeley Public Health has championed equity and justice around the world. But in 2020—when vigorous…
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Marin Agricultural Productivity Dips 3%: Final year of four-year drought reflected in new report to Supervisors
Historic drought conditions that challenged Marin County’s agricultural producers for almost four years are prominently reflected in the new 2022…
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Marin’s Approach on Mental Health: Increase Awareness to Decrease Stigma
Local and global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, household economic instability, racial inequality, wars abroad, violence in the streets,…
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California Lawmakers Want to Know Why Billions in Spending isn’t Reducing Homelessness
The state has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in recent years. So why is the crisis getting worse instead…
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Data Shows Some Bay Area Populations Struggling Financially in Post-COVID Economy
As the Bay Area's economy continues its up-and-down recovery from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent data shows…
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Recruitment Opens for County Vocational Internships: Career Explorers program designed to assist those aged 15-22
Recruitment has just opened for the Marin County Career Explorer Program, a popular vocational skills internship opportunity for those between…
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County Has Consumers’ Back on Pricing Inspections: Supervisors hear findings from Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures
As the COVID-19 pandemic eased in 2022, local government inspectors who check the accuracy of pricing in the Marin County…
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What the Cochrane Review Says About Masks For COVID-19 — and What It Doesn’t
SciCheck Digest People online are touting the results of a Cochrane review to incorrectly claim… The post What the Cochrane…
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S.F. Bay Area Pandemic Recovery Among Worst in U.S.
San Francisco’s recovery from the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the worst in the country among major…
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Proposed New Fund Would Boost Economic Opportunities: Residents of Golden Gate Village would be the voice in financial priorities
San Rafael, CA — Under a new proposal, residents of Golden Gate Village in Marin City will have a voice…
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After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility
California will soon restart its annual eligibility review for people enrolled in Medi-Cal, a process that has been suspended since…
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After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility
California will soon restart its annual eligibility review for people enrolled in Medi-Cal, a process that has been suspended since…
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Nearly 100,000 women of color went missing in 2020, and now one state wants to do something about it
Despite making up only 13 percent of the female population in the U.S., studies have shown that Black women account…
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WHO ‘Pandemic Treaty’ Draft Reaffirms Nations’ Sovereignty to Dictate Health Policy
SciCheck Digest Members of the World Health Organization are in the process of developing a… The post WHO ‘Pandemic Treaty’…
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Still No Determination on COVID-19 Origin
SciCheck Digest Most U.S. intelligence agencies assess a spillover from an animal is most likely… The post Still No Determination…
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