Readers Share Their Unfiltered Thoughts on the Weekend’s “No Kings” Rallies
The weekend’s “No Kings” rallies drew out strong opinions across the East Bay, with residents framing the protests as everything from a celebration of civic freedom to a partisan spectacle. More than 50 of our readers commented on a post with details on the rallies. Margaret F....
BART, Muni, and Safe Streets Advocates Helped ‘No Kings’ Rallies Succeed
Roughly 30,000 people took BART to the "No Kings" rallies in the Bay Area. "Saturday saw 149,582 trips, which is 31,000 more trips than the previous Saturday–a 26 percent difference," explained BART's Michelle Robertson. "We anticipated the increase in ridership and ran a majority of 8-car trains on Saturday. We also...
Bobby Seale, a Black Panther founder, will have an Oakland intersection named after him
Bobby Seale is getting his own day and intersection named for him in Oakland this week. On Wednesday, Oct 22, Oakland city officials will recognize the Black Panther Party co-founder’s legacy and contributions to the city by renaming the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 57th Street as “Bobby Seale Way”...
Chris Stapleton, Sierra Ferrell to headline 2026 Super Bowl concert in San Francisco
Super Bowl week in the Bay Area next year will get a musical jump-start with a headlining concert by country superstar Chris Stapleton and special guest Sierra Ferrell.
New Sophie Maxwell Building to open, offering affordable, essential housing for middle class SF
The Sophie Maxwell Building was named after the former San Francisco supervisor who actually shut down the Potrero Power Station years ago and helped make the area livable.
AHS Students Deliver Sanitation Support to Communities in Need
Just seconds after the bell rang for lunch, about 70 students made their way through the crowded hallways and filed into a classroom in the D wing of Alameda High School (AHS). Neatly laid out on the tables was an array of plastic bags, writing utensils, and water filters ready to be packed and sent away to those in...
The 10 Deadliest Earthquakes to Ever Shake the United States
1. The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1906) 1. The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1906) (image credits: wikimedia) The Great San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, ... Read more The post The 10 Deadliest Earthquakes to Ever Shake the United States appeared first on Climate Cosmos .
Hundreds of Thousands in SF “No Kings Day” Protest
(San Francisco, Oct. 18) - From the Embarcadero to City Hall, drumming, chanting and dressed in whimsical dinosaur and frog costumes protesters and activists marched down Market Street to City Hall. The march, led by a large “No Kings” banner, was huge, taking about three hours to pass. There were...
The Ancient Bones Beneath San Francisco: Fossils, Fault Lines, and Forgotten Fauna
Most people walking through San Francisco see towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. What they don’t realize is that beneath their feet lies an extraordinary treasure trove of ancient life, buried for millions of years in the city’s complex geological layers. The very ground that...
Oakland hires former Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan
Rebecca Kaplan has found a new job, and it’s in the same building as her last one. The city of Oakland has hired the former at-large councilmember as a project manager in the city administrator’s office. Kaplan started on Sept. 29 as an exempt limited duration employee and her job is to perform policy research with...
