En una región donde el costo de vida ha incrementado en la última década, algunos que se encuentran sin vivienda optan por vivir en vehículos. Muchos lo ven como una solución temporal: un refugio asequible o una parada intermedia que esperan los encaminará hacia un hogar estable y permanente.
Category: Bay Area
Posted inBay Area, Coronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Homelessness
Guía de Recursos Sobre el Coronavirus Para Residentes de Vehículos en San Francisco y Berkeley
La fotoperiodista Yesica Prado reunió esta guía de recursos como parte de su proyecto que examina la cultura de vivir en vehículos en San Francisco y Berkeley. CatchLight, Dysturb, The Everyday Projects y San Francisco Public Press colaboraron para producir esta guía y carteles, que se publicaran donde los habitantes de vehículos puedan leerlos. El objetivo es mejorar el acceso a la información de salud pública localmente como parte de la Iniciativa de Artistas Contra una #Infodemia.
Posted inBay Area, Coronavirus, Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis, Health, Homelessness
Coronavirus Resource Guide for Vehicle Dwellers in San Francisco and Berkeley
Photojournalist Yesica Prado assembled this resource guide as part of her ongoing project examining the culture of vehicle living in San Francisco and Berkeley. CatchLight, Dysturb, The Everyday Projects and the San Francisco Public Press collaborated to produce this guide for printed posters, which are posted where vehicle dwellers would likely see them. The aim is to improve access to locally relevant public health information as part of the Artists Against an #Infodemic Initiative.
Posted inBay Area, Social Justice
Protesters Gather to Decry Slaying of S.F. Man by Vallejo Police
Demonstrators began gathering before 3 p.m. Friday near Mission and 24th streets to protest the police slaying of San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa. Vallejo police shot and killed the 22-year-old man Tuesday morning while he knelt on the ground with his hands raised in the air.
Posted inBay Area, Government & Politics, Social Justice
Oakland Lifts City Curfew After Thousands Defied It Wednesday
Oakland’s City Council ended the city’s contentious curfew order Thursday afternoon, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced in a tweet. “Effective immediately, Oakland is lifting the curfew. We will continue to facilitate safe spaces for our residents to demonstrate and express themselves peacefully and passionately,” Schaaf wrote. The decision came hours after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office rescinded its curfew order following days of demonstrations lasting well past the curfew.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Bay Area, Public Safety
‘Fire in Paradise’ Paints Harrowing Portrait of New Reality
The morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a fire sparked in rural Northern California. It grew to disastrous proportions faster than some fire experts thought possible, and ultimately destroyed the town of Paradise and devastated several nearby communities.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Bay Area, Health
Bay Area’s Unified Coronavirus Response Starts to Fragment, Reporting Shows
Bay Area health officers have been working hard to coordinate the region’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But as Mission Local managing editor and columnist Joe Eskenazi reported last week, that cohesion seems to have started crumbling
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How Emergency Medical Responders Are Managing Coronavirus Risks
Some 80% of calls the fire department responds to are medical emergencies.
Posted inBay Area, Coronavirus, Health
Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, people are making their own hand-sanitizer to donate to community groups around the Bay Area.
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Pulmonary, Critical Care Doctor Prepares for Coronavirus Fallout in Health System
Dr. Monica Bhargava, a pulmonary and critical care physician, emphasizes that social distancing and other protective measures are crucial, but that the health care system is likely to be seeing effects for months to come.