This Nonprofit Promised Housing but Left Tenants Homeless Instead
Tenants fight back and plan for the worst: “We’re trying to see where to go for the holidays.”
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Confessions & Obsessions with Anh Phoong
A monthly questionnaire that tries to get to the bottom of things.
PALESTINE ORGANIZERS WIN: Divestment from Israel Becomes Policy for Alameda County
After a long campaign, organizers moved the county Board of Supervisors to adopt the Ethical Investment Policy on October 3. There is only one more procedural hurdle before full implementation.
Meet The Locals: Sea Otters
Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
Scene Report: Santa Cruz Verve Workers Union Launch Rally
We wanted to hear what Verve Coffee workers and their supporters had to say, so we attended their union launch rally. Here's what we found out.
Why Bay Area Group Stop AI Thinks Artificial Intelligence Will Kill Us All
The group behind all those flyers wants you to think about AI doom, tech power, and human extinction.
Una Década Sin Calefacción: Dentro de la Lucha de lxs Inquilinxs de Valley Street por una Vivienda Digna
Inquilinxs de 2341 Valley Street, un edificio de 41 unidades en Uptown Oakland, están luchando en contra de condiciones deplorables, un propietario ausente y la burocracia de la ciudad. Pero no se han dado por vencidxs.
A Decade Without Heat: Inside the Valley Street Tenants’ Fight for Dignified Housing
Tenants at 2341 Valley street, a 41-unit building in uptown Oakland, are fighting against squalid conditions, an absent landlord and city bureaucracy. But they’re not giving up.
Tenant in Oakland? Your Landlord Probably Can’t Raise Your Rent Much for the Next Year
Finally some not bad news.
Inquilinx en la ciudad de Oakland? Probablemente, el propietario de tu vivienda no podrá aumentarte mucho el alquiler durante el año próximo.
Por fin, noticias que no son malas.
In Santa Cruz, an Unlikely Venue Unites Punks and Veterans
For more than 40 years, the Veterans Hall has modeled what a shared public space can look like for those cast off by society. Can it withstand increased privatization?
All Rise: the Free Key Choir Do It Themselves
What happens when a DIY community choir becomes the next big thing?