COVID-19 and Personal Grief: Advice from Experts
For KQED news. Part of our series ‘A Year of COVID,’ marking a year of the coronavirus pandemic A year after the pandemic began, more than 2.6 million people globally … Continue reading
‘We Must Continue to Show Up’: San Francisco Rally Marks A Year After Breonna Taylor’s Killing
For KQED news. March 13 marked a year since Breonna Taylor was shot by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky. Hundreds rallied in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, beginning … Continue reading
‘We Need Help’: Myanmar Solidarity Protesters in SF Hope Rallies Will Spur US Officials to Act
For KQED news. On Feb. 1, a military coup in Myanmar (formerly Burma) toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent some 15 … Continue reading
Girls Around the World — in Their Own Voices
For KQED. For Masuma Ahuja, who grew up in India, moved to the U.S. as a child, and then went to college in London, navigating life as a girl in … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
For KQED news. The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. While the movement marks the United States as its birthplace, it was nominated for … Continue reading
Poor Food Quality Compounds COVID-19 Risks at Santa Rita Jail, Advocates Say
For KQED news. Last week, advocates hosted a virtual press conference to discuss what they say is a growing outbreak of COVID-19 in Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail in the wake of … Continue reading
A Bay Area Creamery Gives Kamala Harris Its Highest Honor: An Ice Cream Flavor
For KQED food. With the never-ending news cycle, it can be tricky to remember to savor a moment—or a historical milestone—as it happens. The East Bay’s Koolfi Creamery’s aims to do just … Continue reading
‘Wednesday Was the Day of Broken Glass’: A Message From California’s Former Governor
For KQED news. Early Sunday morning, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Twitter with a nearly eight-minute video to call out his fellow Republicans who stood by, or even … Continue reading
‘I’m the Only One Doing It’: The Cal Law Student Tracking COVID-19 Cases at Santa Rita Jail
For KQED news. On Dec. 23, just two days before Christmas, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail shot up from five to 56, the … Continue reading
‘Slammed’: Many California Casinos Are Still Open, and Some Workers Are Worried
For KQED news. As California continues to grapple with a worsening winter surge of COVID-19 cases, some businesses remain able to operate outside the purview of state shutdown orders aimed … Continue reading
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