This week at the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta, representatives from Black Voters Matter joined a press conference re: GA’s recently passed voter suppression bill, SB 202, which prevents full and free access to the ballot for voters throughout the state, and the corporate accountability campaign movement to combat it. See statement below: “When Kemp …
In this image from video, witness Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 5, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, …
We consider ourselves extraordinarily fortunate to live near Mount Diablo State Park. Unfortunately, the primary access to this increasingly popular park is a small, narrow, old road that is deadly dangerous. The state has an easement over this private road, Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard, to provide access from Danville to the park. The easement includes …
Barack Obama was about to become president, and UC Davis professor Kathryn Olmsted was worried. The historian, an expert on the combustible blend of politics, conspiracy and paranoia, feared her new book on the subject would soon be irrelevant. With George W. Bush leaving office, she figured, the chatter about the 9/11 terrorist attacks being …
CLICK HERE if you can’t view the gallery in a mobile device. OAKLAND — Not since 1916 has the Athletics franchise started a baseball season 0-6. The 2021 A’s matched that 105-year record set by Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics on Tuesday with a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Coliseum. This team …
Q: I was stunned by the response of three women to Zelek Herman, the bicyclist who was hit by a motorist who was using her cell phone while waiting at a red light then darted into the intersection when it turned green. Ann Davis, Sunnyvale A: Many others felt the bicyclist should have not entered …