An article about the shut down of a Whole Foods during Occupy Oakland's 'general strike'. Whole Foods shut down in Oakland An article about the shut down of a Whole Foods during Occupy Oakland's 'general strike'. In the weeks leading…
Mayors of some of California’s larger cities gathered together at Riverside City Hall on Friday, Oct. 30, to collectively press for continued state support for homeless programs and other city needs. Attendees who spoke on Friday included Lock Dawson, Fresno Mayor…
St. Paul police identified on Friday a pedestrian who was killed in a Highland Park crash as a 69-year-old from Apple Valley. Karen A. McElveen was in the crosswalk and crossing Cleveland Avenue at Ford Parkway when the driver of a…
The California Environmental Quality Act is one of the most consequential and controversial laws on the books. CEQA, which dates to the 1970s, requires state and local agencies to consider the environmental effects of many proposed projects before approving them. If…
REDWOOD CITY, CA — City Council in Redwood City approved staff’s recommendation on water-system regulation updates early October, covering cross-connection safety and the use of drinking water to irrigate nonfunctional turf. The changes were intended to align the city’s municipal code…
The city of Glendale, California is the latest locale to draw the attention of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division and its Second Amendment Section. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon says city officials have been informed that a lawsuit is incoming…
Every Friday, WYPR’s news team, our partners at The Baltimore Banner and other guests join news director Matt Bush to address a question facing Maryland. They talk through what they’re covering around that issue, hyperlocal, national, even international, and untangle…
The name Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose is no more. The new name received the most support (4,116 votes) and the highest score (3.96) in a ranked-choice survey published last August. The other finalists were Farmworkers Plaza (2.99), Plaza del Pueblo…
SAN JOSE — A downtown San Jose apartment project linked to the city’s purchase of a historic building landed final city approval despite concerns from some neighbors and a union-backed group over its height and construction. The City Council approved the…
Why a detention center moratorium, and why Burien? This fear has been shared by communities all across the county, resulting in a series of jurisdictions passing moratoriums on the construction of new detention centers, such as the cities of Seattle,…
The political fights that reach home.