Chairman Fred Hampton Was 21 Years Old…
“A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.” – Chairman Fred Hampton. “I Am A Revolutionary!” These...
HUD’s December Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher Program funds are delayed
HUD’s December Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher Program funds are delayed. Times are very uncertain for Section 8-Housing Choice Voucher tenants at the moment, and many are at great risk being a HUD subsidized housing tenant at the moment. The landlord’s subsidized housing shortfall payments for the Section 8...
McDonald’s closes downtown Oakland site and backlash follows
The only McDonald’s in downtown Oakland has shut its doors, and the fallout is landing hardest on the workers and customers who depended on it. What might look like a single franchise decision is instead turning into a flashpoint over worker treatment, public health failures, and the fragile state of the city’s core...
Laney College student missing in San Leandro
(KRON) — Police in San Leandro are asking for the community’s assistance in locating a missing man considered at risk. Jackie Wong, 21, was last seen in the 1400 block of Pierce Avenue, the San Leandro Police Department said in an alert at 12:48 a.m. Thursday. He is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall […]
‘People Behaving Badly’ and Stanley Roberts return to KRON4
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — After a nearly decade-long hiatus, KRON4 has announced the iconic news segment “People Behaving Badly” has returned. That also means legendary reporter Stanley Roberts has rejoined KRON4 to do what he does best — shine a light on people not following the rules. The first drop of new “People...
Teachers strike in large Bay Area school district, demands include help with H1B visas
The strike was the first for teachers in the district’s 60-year history, and could be the first multiple teachers strikes in the Bay Area.
False earthquake alert that alarmed California was ‘unprecedented’
The alert for a 5.9 magnitude Nevada earthquake was a false alarm, and the report was deleted from the U.S.G.S. quake list shortly thereafter.
Driver fatally strikes pedestrian in S.F.’s Russian Hill
A driver fatally struck a pedestrian at Mason Street and Broadway in San Francisco.
UC Berkeley animal rights activist to serve jail time after ‘chicken rescue’ conviction
A Sonoma County judge imposed the sentence two years after the UC Berkeley student took four chickens from a Petaluma poultry processor to spur interest in the animal liberation cause.
Dog dies in Oakland high-rise fire
A dog died in an Oakland high-rise fire on Tuesday night. Officials say the animal perished from smoke inhalation. The apartment complex was on 3rd Avenue, not far from Lake Merritt. Firefighters managed to get the fire under control.
