17+ Photos Show the 7,800 Person Crowd at No Kings Walnut Creek Rally
WALNUT CREEK — An estimated 7,800 people gathered in and around Broadway Plaza on Saturday, October 18, to participate in the second nationwide “No Kings” day of action, according to event organizers. Photos courtesy Indivisible. The Walnut Creek event ran from about 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m....
Small makers, big trousers: the Bay Area’s indie pants renaissance
San Francisco — birthplace of Levi’s, Ben Davis, and Gap — has a long history with pants. But that history, which over the past decade has unleashed a plague of straight-leg chinos on the world, has reached a turning point. A new era of huge pants is...
Crowds Gathering In The 24/680 For No Kings Day
Getting messages and photos from people attending any of the several planned No Kings rallies in the 24/680 today. The first one to arrive from Patricia was taken in Walnut Creek. Crowd size in Walnut Creek was estimated at between 5,000 and 10,000 people with sizable crowds also turning up...
With strike coming to end, Bay Area Kaiser Permanente employees hope negotiations move forward
More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals across California and Hawaii have been picketing for nearly a week. They are asking for solutions to unsafe staffing and wage inequalities.
Person dies in Oakland police custody following struggle in residence
A person suffering a medical emergency died after an encounter with police that involved a “brief struggle,” according to Oakland police.
After 20 years, South Bay street cleaning team shuts down
SAN JOSE, Calif. - After two decades of cleaning streets and uplifting unhoused residents, a South Bay nonprofit has shut down operations. Friday marked the final day of service for the Downtown Streets Team. Nonprofit known for its yellow shirts. What we know:. Founded in Palo Alto, the Downtown Streets...
Twins of Irvington High School: Neel & Jay Bhimani
JAY BHIMANI (11) (Right): “Personally, I think a big part of being twins is that we push each other a lot. Naturally, as twins, we do a lot of the same activities whether it’s volleyball or other extracurriculars that would push us to be better. We push each other, whether it’s encouraging each other or having some...
City Applies for Adaptation Grant to Design Future Southern Shoreline
Alameda has been dealing with a structurally inadequate shoreline along its south shore ever since a developer pumped in sand from the Bay to create more land for homes and a shopping center in the mid-1950s. The developer left Alameda with an embankment that didn’t hold up well.
Blind woman from Bay Area selected to Team USA in cricket World Cup in...
Asanda Pavlacka is a multi-sport athlete with a background in martial arts, running, swimming and gymnastics. While she has overcome many hurdles, her biggest challenge came about 28 years ago when she lost her sight.
SFPD Royally Pisses Off Other Police Departments With Hiring Billboard Right In Their Parking...
The SFPD is making no friends among the top brass of other Bay Area police departments, with their LED mobile billboard going right into other departments’ parking lots offering their cops higher pay to jump ship. The San Francisco Police Department has been complaining for years that they are...

















