Berkeley City Council to vote on reinstating use of tear gas | City Government
The Berkeley City Council will vote on a resolution Sep. 15 to reinstate the police department’s ability to…
Berkeley City Council recesses after budget cuts, surveillance controversy, deregulation of Berkeley police | City Government
Berkeley City Council entered its regular summer recess following last week’s meeting, capping off a legislative season marked…
Berkeley City Council to vote on removing Black Lives Matter-era tear gas ban | Law and Justice
The Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to reinstate the Berkeley Police Department’s ability to use tear…
What will it take for Black people to thrive in California?
By Kaci Patterson, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.…
Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear still stands by message that cost him job
Six years ago, then-Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear posted a tweet that cost him his job. Even…
LA City Council sides with criminals over cops
The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to advance restrictions on police traffic stops rooted in one dangerous…
California appeals court sides with student punished for writing ‘any life’ below Black Lives Matter sketch
A California appeals court backed a child who wrote “any life” and innocently drew the thumbprints of her…
Oscar Grant remembered by new Oakland exhibit at Black Panther Party Museum exhibit 17 years after fatal BART shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The name Oscar Grant reverberates in the Bay Area. Murals like this one at…
Peaceful sit-in protest and march held in downtown Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Peaceful protesters held an emotional sit-in on the steps of Long Beach city…
San Francisco’s empty reparations promises
Frustration and disappointment with the Democratic Party are at generational highs, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’…
Newsom is slow rolling CA reparations he embraced
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Walter Forster, a Los Angeles resident, holds a sign that advocates for financial compensation…