Volunteers Prepare Emergency Food Aid for Global Consumption
Hundreds of volunteers, young and old, donned hair nets and gloves June 27 in an effort to reach an ambitious goal of preparing 100,000 emergency food aid packages in ten…
Transit Reshaping Bill Stalled in Congress for 1,000th Day This Week
With public transit showing ridership at an all-time high, a transportation bill that could help to fund new projects for transit hit its 1,000 day in congress this week, where…
California’s Gamble on Obamacare Pays Off, But State’s Uninsured Still Suffer
Even before the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, California has been expanding health care coverage to the uninsured under a…
Deadly June in San Francisco Results in 68 Arrests During Citywide Sweep
With ten gun-related homicides in June adding to a tally of 38 in 2012, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr announced today the arrests of 68 wanted suspects resulting from…
Workers say, ‘Verizon is Verigreedy’
Can you hear me now? More than a dozen demonstrators gathered at a Verizon Wireless storefront on Market Street today as part of a national day of action protesting executive…
Nurses Rally Support for Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street Transactions
Dressed in red scrubs and chanting “Wall street says cutback, we say fight back,” members of National Nurses United gathered Tuesday outside JP Morgan Chase in downtown San Francisco to…
Nurses Strike Sutter Health Over Demands for Worker Concessions
For the fourth time since September, nurses across nine Sutter Health hospitals went on strike Wednesday in response to management demands for worker concessions that include reductions in healthcare coverage,…