Pittsburg
LATEST NEWS
AC Transit Changes Course on Proposed West Alameda Service
Ahead of its Board of Directors meeting scheduled on Wednesday, October 9, to vote on whether to approve the proposed Realign Final Network Plan, AC Transit has made last-minute changes to service routing in West Alameda slated for implementation in spring 2025.
Pro-Palestinian supporters stage walkout at UC Berkeley, met by counter-protesters
Hundreds of Justice for Palestine supporters, many of them faculty, staff and students of UC Berkeley, walked out of classrooms Tuesday afternoon in solidarity with Palestine.They gathered at Sproul Plaza wearing masks and unwilling to disclose their identities, like a tenured UC Berkeley faculty member."We have a lot of grievances against the university right now, and that's why I walked out," the faculty member said.Leslie Brinkley: "Did you walk out of an actual classroom you should be in?"Faculty member: "Yes, I did. I walked out of a class."Brinkley: "And do you fear repercussions because of that?"Faculty member: "Yes I do,...
Investigation finds widespread discrimination against Section 8 tenants in SF, Oakland, San Jose
California tenants who held Section 8 housing vouchers were refused rental contracts by more than 200 landlords, including major real estate firms, according to an undercover investigation that found widespread discrimination in the state.The investigative nonprofit Housing Rights Initiative announced Tuesday that it has filed complaints with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging landlords violated a state law against denying leases to renters who pay with vouchers. It seeks penalties against 203 companies and individuals.The nonprofit is also pushing for more state funding to adequately enforce the law, which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in 2019.MORE: There's nearly a decade-long...
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.