California Pioneers Mandatory Testing for Hepatitis B and C
Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that makes California the first state in the nation to require health care facilities to ...
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How Preserving Indigenous Languages Revitalizes California Culture, Identity and History
Last month, Marie Wilcox of Woodlake, Calif., the last known fluent speaker of the indigenous language, Wukchumni, passed away. Before she died, she d...
Memories and Lessons Learned from the 1991 Oakland Firestorm
It was a hot October weekend. Typical Bay Area fall weather, and the end of fire season. A small fire that had broken out in the hills above the Calde...
California Reparations Task Force Held Latest Hearings on Discrimination in Housing, Education and More
California’s historic Reparations Task Force heard testimony last week on anti-Black racism in housing, education, banking and the environment as part...
Stylish Seniors Show Fashion Doesn’t Have an Age Limit
Puffy jackets, colorful patterns and statement accessories aren’t just trendy wardrobe staples among young people. Senior citizens are showing off wha...
Nobel Prize Awarded to Berkeley Professor Who Upended Orthodoxy on Low-Wage Work, Inequality
When labor economist David Card began studying the minimum wage in the 1990’s, conventional wisdom, and economic theory, held that an increase in the ...
Mayor Libby Schaaf Remembers the Oakland Hills Firestorm, Thirty Years Later
Thirty years ago, a small, mostly-extinguished grassfire was stoked by a hot, dry wind that ignited a firestorm in the Oakland and Berkeley hills kill...
Adam Schiff Warns of Encroaching Authoritarianism in 'Midnight in Washington'
Donald Trump on Monday sued the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection to prevent it from accessing a broad swath of ...
In 'The Loneliest Americans,' Jay Caspian Kang Explores The Meaning of 'Asian American'
In his new book, "The Loneliest Americans," Jay Caspian Kang sets out to challenge the assumed solidarity of Asian Americans of different classes and ...
Colin Powell, First Black Secretary of State, Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Colin Powell, 84, died on Monday due to complications from COVID-19. Powell was one of the largest figures in American public, political and military ...