Encontrando Luz en la Oscuridad de la Depresión
Un jóven describe su experiencia de aprender a vivir con la depresión dentro de una familia que no entiende su dolor. ...
13
Jul
13
Jul
Hit or miss: Californians Describe Vastly Different COVID-19 Testing Experiences
As Californians rush to get tested for the coronavirus, many have expressed frustrations over limited access and delayed or missing results....
13
Jul
California Is Hooking Small Businesses Up With Free E-Commerce, Online Marketing Help
The state has announced two campaigns, ShopSafeShopLocal and California for All Small Business Month, and new services to support local businesses....
13
Jul
Contra Costa Stiffens Rules as COVID-19 Numbers Rise
Contra Costa County amended its health order Friday to temporarily tighten up rules on face-coverings and prohibit indoor gatherings as officials say there is "elevated risk of spreading the virus."...
12
Jul
‘Our Ancestors Fought’: Bridging Activism’s Generation Gap
A focus on systemic injustices against Black people has sparked many youth-led protests in West County and beyond, showcasing a movement’s new blood while carrying on a tradition of activism....
11
Jul
‘Hit Hard’: Small Businesses Navigate Reopening, Fear Reclosing
For local business owners, the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown has meant a balancing act between preserving public health and keeping a business afloat....
11
Jul
A Grim Tally: Newsom Puts Brave Face on California’s COVID-19 Surge
After being the first state to impose a stay-at-home order, California faces a battery of grim statistics as the state reopened – and is now poised to potentially send millions of children back to school next month....
10
Jul
UC Will Sue Trump Administration Over New International Student Visa Rules
The University of California will sue the federal government over new visa guidelines that would force international students to leave the United States if they are enrolled in a college or academic program that only offers courses online, university officials said Wednesday....
09
Jul
Siblings Occupy City Hall, Demand Justice for Vanessa Guillén
The killing of 20-year-old Army specialist Vanessa Guillén moved three sisters, Estefany, Jackie and Nadra Sanchez, to lead an ongoing occupation of Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza....
08
Jul
City Leaders Offer Ways Forward in Tough Times
We turned to community, business and political leaders in search of some optimism in the face of the coronavirus, racism, climate change, and widespread unemployment....
06
Jul
WCCUSD Board Talks Efforts to Improve Black Student Achievement
On June 30, the West Contra Costa Board of Education received an update from Superintendent Matthew Duffy on Black student achievement in the West Contra Costa School District....
06
Jul
‘Stop Killing Us’: Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol
Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us.”...
06
Jul
Finding Light in the Darkness of Depression
A young man describes his experience learning to live with depression in a family that does not understand his pain....
05
Jul
Who Responds to Nonviolent Crises? New Urgency to Remove Police From the Equation
A series of efforts are underway at the local, state and national levels to reimagine who responds to people in crisis and to take some of that responsibility out of the hands of law enforcement....
03
Jul
Black Liberation Is Latinx Liberation Too
The recent Black Lives Matter protests have left some Latino people, who say this isn’t their fight, feeling left out. As a Dreamer and a non-Black Latinx, it is disappointing for me to see how some people in our community have criticized the Black Lives Matter movement....
