A four-day festival of solo performances by formerly incarcerated people is coming to Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s main stage this week.
Category: Bay Area
Posted inBay Area, Government & Politics, Immigration, Social Justice
Tens of Thousands Gather for No Kings Day of Defiance in San Francisco
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through San Francisco Saturday from Dolores Park to Civic Center Plaza for a No Kings protest organized to oppose the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement actions and crackdowns on protesters under the guise of restoring law and order.
Posted inBay Area, Data Privacy, Economy & Business, Law & Justice
Patelco Credit Union Settles Class Action Cyberhack Suit for $7.25M
Nearly a year after a ransomware attack paralyzed Patelco Credit Union, a class action against the nonprofit financial cooperative has been settled for $7.25 million. More than 1 million accounts were affected by the breach.
Settlement terms include creating a $7.25 million fund to be shared by victims affected by the ransomware attack and system shutdown of Patelco that lasted for more than two weeks last summer.
Posted inBay Area, Environment, Social Justice
New Environmental Justice Coalition Protests EPA Cuts
About 150 Bay Area residents and advocates for environmental justice gathered on the steps of an Environmental Protection Agency office in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections.
The coalition enables member organizations to share ideas and learn from one another, said Sarah Ranney, director of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Sierra Club.
“Historically, things have been done through movements just like this,” said Arieann Harrison, the founder and executive director of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation, an organization advocating for full remediation of the toxic Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
Posted inBay Area, California, Government & Politics, Immigration, Law & Justice
San Francisco’s Sanctuary City Legacy
San Francisco has a long history of providing refuge to people in marginalized communities.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Bay Area, California, Immigration
Thousands Across Bay Area Mobilize Against Mass Deportation
Ever since President Donald Trump’s inauguration this year, thousands of residents and officials across the Bay Area have been showing support for municipal and state policies that protect undocumented immigrants.
Communities from San Mateo to Dublin have held protests each week in response to the Trump administration’s promises of mass deportation and threats to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities.
Posted inBay Area, City Hall, Homelessness
Advocates Fear Fremont’s New Homelessness Ordinance Will Force Domestic Violence Victims to Stay With Abusers
With Fremont passing an ordinance that many say is one of the nation’s most stringent on homelessness, advocates for domestic violence survivors say the tough law criminalizes vulnerable community members — and advocates are concerned that they themselves could be punished for helping to those living in cars or encampments.
Posted inBay Area, Climate Change, Environment, Government & Politics
How Trump’s Attack on Environmental Programs Is Already Affecting Local Conservation Work
Since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, one thing is clear: The raft of memos, executive orders and other Trump administration actions have left environmental work in the Bay Area and beyond in “confusion and chaos,” says Redgie Collins, the legal and policy director for California Trout.
Posted inBay Area, Elections, Politics
Bay Area Protests to Fill Streets as Trump Takes Office
Bay Area groups are staging protests this weekend to denounce President-elect Donald Trump’s right-wing policies and what organizers identify as rising fascism.
The demonstrations aim to highlight a range of issues, including Trump’s plans to implement mass deportations and other anti-immigrant policies.
Read the story for event times and locations.
Posted inBay Area, Environment
Bay Area Group Reveals Worst Toxic Sites, Refocusing Environmental Activism
Environmental activists have designed a new tool to better understand toxic threats facing Bay Area residents.
The tool, which analyzes mountains of government data and records, is already revealing pollution that was previously hidden, organizers say. With this new knowledge, they are redirecting their focus to ameliorating the greatest dangers.