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OAKLAND—On August 28, 2020, the last StreetFest Friday will be held on 9th Street between Franklin and Webster streets from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Oakland Chinatown. Customers can order food first, find parking lots, and then enjoy their food at the public dining area on 9th Street. The event has been planned every Friday evening in August and...

SAN FRANCISCO—The University of California’s San Francisco medical center has temporarily suspended its living donor program for kidney transplants after a donor died after a procedure in November. According to the UCSF, the donor had provided a kidney to a patient in October, and died one month later for reasons that have not yet been conclusive. UCSF has not discussed...

SAN FRANCISCO—The SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has begun long-term remediation efforts to clean an estimated 600 gallons of oil that spilled into the Bay on Tuesday, February 9 from a leak at the Chevron refinery in Richmond. "The emergency situation has ended, however, beaches in the surrounding area may remain closed during clean up," posted the Contra...

WESTWOOD—On April 10, UCLA faculty voted by overwhelming majority to require future undergraduate students to fulfill a diversity requirement as part of their lower-division course load. The Faculty Senate passed the proposed requirement by a vote of 916 to 487, a policy that affects incoming freshmen in the College of Letters and Science beginning in the fall 2015. Beginning in...

RIVERSIDE—California Highway Patrol Officer, Andre Moye Jr. was shot and killed during a shootout on freeway 215 on Tuesday, August 13. During a routine traffic stop, Officer Moye pulled over a White GMC pick-up truck. Officer Moye was in the process of calling to have the truck towed and impounded, when the driver of the truck opened fire with a...

CALIFORNIA—On Monday, July 20, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced new guidelines for salons, barbershops, and other personal care businesses to reopen outdoors. He announced that in order to let these businesses continue their operations outside, he has waived statewide licensing regulations so that businesses who were previously forced to close can now service their customers outside, as long as...

SANTA CLARA—The NFL and National Center for Spectator Sports Safety (NCS4) and Security have named Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, the 2017 Facility of Merit. The award, issued by the professional leagues and the NCAA, acknowledges facilities that operate "above and beyond" normal, day-to-day functions regarding the safety of stadium occupants. Each Facility of Merit recipient has...

SAN FRANCISCO—SF State University has announced the $1.5 million program ASPIRE (Asian American and Pacific Islander Retention and Education) to assist low-income students, specifically, Asian American and Pacific Islanders. The 5-year program has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education Asian American & Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI). Primary goals of the ASPIRE program are to improve the...

SAN FRANCISCO—U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Board of Supervisor Malia Cohen and local leaders came together, on Friday, April 14, to celebrate the completion of the latest phase of the redevelopment of the Hunters View community as part of the City’s HOPE SF initiative. HOPE SF is a partnership program between the Mayor's...

CALIFORNIA—On Tuesday, July 7, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents named Michael V. Drake, 69, the 21st president of the $37 billion University of California system. Drake, the first Black leader in the system's 152 year history, will replace Janet Napolitano, who is retiring. He will be in charge of the 10 collegiate campuses, five medical centers,...