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Alameda Healthcare Nursing Home Workers Want to Join Union

Employees picketed the Alameda Healthcare and Wellness Facility on Willow Street last week to press their demands for better working conditions, pay, and patient safety. The effort is being organized by Service Employees International Union, local 2015, which represents more than 500,000 long term patient care...
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Now Counts San Francisco’s First Black Woman Mayor As A Member

London Breed made history as the first Black woman to be the mayor of San Francisco.
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Why Does Steam Sometimes Pour Out of Manholes in the City? Experts Share the...

If you have ever walked through a big city on a cold day and seen white plumes rising from manhole covers, it can look mysterious or even a little alarming. Is something on fire underground? Is it sewage? In most cases, what you are seeing is a very old but very normal part of the citys heating system.
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Magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattles Northern California early Thanksgiving morning

The quake was the second to hit the area this week.
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California Health Alert: Los Angeles Residents Face Deadly Invisible Thanksgiving Threat

Los Angeles, CA – As millions of Californians gather indoors for Thanksgiving, health officials are warning about a silent, invisible danger that could be lurking in their homes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are urging residents to test for...
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Health Inspectors Recommend Closure of San Francisco Restaurant After Violations

[Editor’s note: The report mentioned here is from an inspection conducted on November 25 and may not represent the future health inspection status of the food establishment.]. Vietnamese restaurant Lam Hoa Thuan went through a routine inspection on November 25 by the San Francisco health department. The eatery was...
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Man convicted of killing elderly SF woman, anti-Asian attacks, to get life in prison

A San Francisco man who was convicted of murdering of an 88-year-old woman during a crime spree that primarily targeted Asian Americans will spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors said.
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UC Berkeley student who died following large frat party ID’d

BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) — A University of California Berkeley student who died following a large and booze-fueled fraternity party was identified by a sheriff’s coroner Wednesday as George Mauricio Salinas, 19, of San Diego. Police officers were called to Alpha Delta Phi, an off-campus fraternity on Greek Row, around...
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Oakland Welcomes 28 New Police Trainees, Many with Local Ties

The Oakland Police Department has started its 196th Police Academy. Interim Chief James Beere welcomed 28 new officer trainees. The group includes four women and 24 men. Several trainees are multilingual and have connections to Oakland.
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Woman killed in Oakland assault identified

(KRON) — A woman who was allegedly beaten to death in Oakland last week was identified by police Wednesday as Meili Liu. Liu was violently assaulted at a home on Schyler Street around 9 a.m. on November 21, police said. Someone drove the victim to a hospital before officers arrived at the homicide scene. Liu […]

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