Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay on Friday announced the closure of eight retail stores in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties, and the layoffs of 61 employees, citing the economic consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The locations closing are in Oakley, Dublin, Livermore, Durant Square in Oakland,

By Keith Burbank Berkeley leaders will consider a resolution next week that would be a step toward making U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ childhood home a historic landmark. Harris was born in Oakland and spent most of her childhood in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley’s African American cultural center almost every

San Francisco city leaders on Thursday celebrated the groundbreaking of a future affordable housing complex in the city’s South of Market neighborhood that is set to provide housing for 96 people exiting homelessness. The $52 million project at 53 Colton St. is expected to completed by late 2022. “Projects like

March on Hulu is highlighted by the streaming network’s debut of 2020’s best documentary.  It’s a tale of societal corruption that begins with a tragic nightclub fire and reaches some uncomfortably high levels of power.  Also worth a look is a documentary about the two Olympic runners whose public black

As my days, weeks, and last year has gone, I woke to the construction violence outside my saw-dusted window. Usually, it’s too dark to see the hanging avocados or the flicker of parrots silhouette against Karl the Fog’s presence, making the sounds outside reign supreme. Just another day in Covid-19

By Marc Norton Sometimes a particular fight weaves together so many strands of the oppressive fabric of the USA that it is difficult to figure out what is key and where to begin. Such is the case with the fight to free San Francisco BayView editor Malik Washington from the clutches

March on Netflix offers a few notable titles to charm kids (and the young at heart).  See Los Angeles history taught via friendly ghosts in a new series from an “Adventure Time” director.  Travel around the world with former First Lady Michelle Obama to see how cooking is fun.  Or