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Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

“America can’t build anything,” my co-worker, a talented data scientist from China, remarked as we rode a BART train through a suburb of Oak...

Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

“America can’t build anything,” my co-worker, a talented data scientist from China, remarked as we rode a BART train through a suburb of Oak...

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What Do Supreme Court Justices Say About Homelessness?

The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish...

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Surprising Ways and Places You Can Use SNAP EBT Food Benefits

Did you know that SNAP EBT benefits used to be called food stamps and that recipients can use those benefits to get healthy food in places o...

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$11M State Grant Will Help Fresno’s Emergency Shelter Beds, Mental Health Services

Fresno got a $10.9 million piece of California grant money to shelter people living in encampments. The money from California’s $192 m...

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Fresno-Madera United Way Launches National Search for New CEO

The United Way Fresno and Madera Counties has launched a national search for a new president and CEO after the resignation of longtime chief...
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Sacramento Gave Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened.

When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants...

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Leading Fresno Environmental Justice Attorney Joins State AG’s Office

The directing attorney for one of Fresno’s most visible climate and social justice groups has taken a job with the California Attorney...

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SF Considers a Measure to Screen Welfare Recipients for Addiction

SAN FRANCISCO — The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, incl...

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Cost of Locking Someone Up in California Soars to Record $132,860 a Year

  In SummaryLocking up a California state prisoner for one year costs nearly twice as much as tuition at the state’s top private univer...

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Dexter Scott King, 62, Son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies of Cancer

ATLANTA — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther Ki...

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