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The Yellow-Vested Trash Inspectors are Back
Starting this week, the annual lid flips begin again. ACI staff wearing bright yellow vests will be opening trash bins and digging through our garbage to make sure we are sorting it correctly—recyclables in blue bins, organics in green bins, and garbage in gray bins.
Here's where Bay Area residents stand with Prop 36, a controversial crime prevention ballot measure
There were opposing rallies on opposite sides of the San Francisco Bay.Both of them were regarding Proposition 36, a ballot measure that voters will decide on during next month's election.If passed, Prop 36 would increase sentencing for certain drug and theft crimes, rolling back previous criminal justice reforms passed by voters in 2014."We have a situation right now in San Francisco where there's just a level of public drug use that we can't tolerate. It's not helping our neighborhoods. It's not helping our economy. But least of all, it's not helping anybody who is struggling with a substance use disorder,"...
San Francisco Fleet Week Returns, Blue Angels to Fly Out of Oakland International Airport
For the tenth consecutive year, San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK) will host the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for San Francisco Fleet Week 2024. The much-anticipated air shows will take place from Friday, October 11, through Sunday, October 13, featuring the Blue Angels and other military and general aviation performers.
A woman in #SanFrancisco is making it her mission to defy book bans all across the country."I can't go to these meetings; I can't pass legislation," says Beka Robbins of Fabulosa Bookstore. "What I can do is send books." So she boxes and ships books with #LGBTQ stories wherever they are needed.She tells CBS News that she pulls them from what's known as the store's Big Gay Wall.
Several Bay Area cities, counties receiving state money to combat homelessness
In a virtual news conference Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced more than $130 million to help combat the state's homelessness crisis."We need to take back the streets, and these encampment resolution grants are a part of that," Newsom said.In total, 18 cities and counties across the state will be receiving part of the money. That includes several locations here in the Bay Area, like San Francisco and Contra Costa County.Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia said his county plans on using the $5.7 million it's receiving to clear an encampment near the city of San Pablo.MORE: Sonoma Co. parking lot...
Oakland NAACP throws support behind booting Mayor Thao
(KRON) — Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is “incapable of leading our city,” NAACP leaders declared on Monday. The Oakland Branch of the NAACP is throwing its support behind recalling Thao from office and blasting her leadership. “The NAACP fervently believes that Mayor Thao poses a serious threat to the well-being of our great City. Her […]
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