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SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 week ago

New Exhibition Honors the Lesbian Business Owners and Networks That Sustained a Community - San Francisco Bay Times

Bay Area lesbians from 1970-1995 built self-sustaining economic networks through women-run businesses and mutual aid systems that provided community care and self-determination.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 weeks ago

Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area

In a region that prides itself on progress, women who built institutions, changed laws, fought segregation, defended bodily autonomy and reshaped culture have largely vanished from the public record. Their names are missing from monuments, street signs, statues and textbooks. Their work survives, but their stories do not.
History
East Bay (California)
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 weeks ago

Remembering Bill Samsel, Berkeley attorney and activist

William Michael Samsel was a civil rights advocate, community lawyer, and educator who dedicated his career to serving underrepresented populations through legal practice and social activism.
Social justice
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks ago

New Oakland exhibit throws 40th birthday celebration for Oscar Grant, years after fatal shooting

A new exhibit at the Black Panther Party Museum in Oakland presents Oscar Grant as a complete person through family photos and personal messages, countering mainstream narratives about his life and death.
Portland food
from48 hills
9 months ago

Urban Ore workers suspend strike - 48 hills

Urban Ore workers suspended their strike, securing union recognition and a wage structure after a period of contentious negotiations.
San Francisco Giants
fromABC7 San Francisco
11 months ago

Oakland Ballers gifted legacy BART car originally turned down by A's. Here's how they'll use it

The Oakland Ballers are transforming a retired BART car into a new concession stand at Raimondi Park to celebrate Bay Area history.
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