What We've Learned Covering the Bay for a Year
Looking back at stories of workers, tenants, parties, animals, strikes and a few burning Waymos.
Politics
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Long Waits, Lost Routes and Ghost Buses: Scenes from AC Transit’s Budget Crisis
Why our beloved transit system is failing to thrive.
Tenants at Home of Broken Balcony and Burnt Walls Offered Measly $200 for One Day Relocation
“The stucco was burning so it smelled like plastic.”
San Francisco Landlords Keep Targeting Elders for Eviction. The Fight Back Is Intergenerational
And the tenants are winning.
Prices Skyrocket and Retail Profits Soar. So Why Are Cops Focused on Mundane Shoplifting Arrests?
Thousands of pages of records reveal how the worst mall brands in America sold surveillance tech Flock to California.
Greed is Stripping the World Cup of its Soul
Who wants a World Cup devoid of feeling? A die-hard soccer fan laments what is sure to be a tournament overflowing with cash, but lacking in life.
Displaced Oakland Tenants Win Nearly Half a Mill After Negligent Landlord Refused to Pay Relocation Fees
Former tenants of 1770 Broadway fought and won relocation payments after a fire destroyed their homes and displaced them.
Tenants Win at the Vulcan Lofts
After an eight-year fight with landlord Madison Park, Vulcan Lofts tenants win rent control protections.
Bay Area Workers Fight Bosses For First Union Contracts
Hundreds of workers have unionized—but will they be able to secure wins for the long-term?
SF Elders Faced An Eviction and Homelessness. But They Fought Back and Won.
“It’s a matter of life-and-death that we continue to organize.”