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COVID

In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail

Tim Redmond - March 29, 2020

At a time when local authorities are working hard to reduce the number of inmates in county jails to reduce the spread of COVID-19,...

News + Politics

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

Sam Lew - March 25, 2020

Thirteen immigrants detained at Mesa Verde Detention Center and Yuba County Jail filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday calling for their...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2020

Austerity is not a quality greatly prized in commercial filmmaking. While we may revere them now, it’s worth remembering that such leading cinematic minimalist...

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

John-Paul Shiver - February 25, 2020

Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Of Ethiopia from 1972, re-issued by Strut Records in 2017, captures a seminal moment in Ethiopian Jazz: THIS was a certain certain type of mood,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2020

A couple of the smaller, more idiosyncratic local film festivals add to the celluloid mix this week. Within the larger Noise Pop schedule of...

News + Politics

Interrupting racial profiling in San Francisco

Lisa Schiff - February 19, 2020

You’re waiting for a friend outside her apartment building. Or double checking the security camera in front of your business. Or distributing door hangers that encourage...

Campaign Trail

‘Families first’ public defender enters D7 race

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2020

UPDATED: A public defender who coaches girls' basketball at a Catholic school announced today that’s he’s running for supervisor. With about 100 supporters lined up in...

News + Politics

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Sam Lew and Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru and Nick Bovis, and information from an FBI press conference, allege that the director of the Department of...

News + Politics

When Jerry Brown sounds like Donald Trump

Tim Redmond - January 26, 2020

Scott Shafer’s conversations with former Gov. Jerry Brown are running as a series on KQED, and the section on his work in Oakland, which...

Housing

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2020

Terence Hallinan died Jan. 17, and in death got a lot more positive press than he ever did in life. The Chron ran a nice...

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In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Interrupting racial profiling in San Francisco

‘Families first’ public defender enters D7 race

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

When Jerry Brown sounds like Donald Trump

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

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