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Covers:  General assignment, local governance, education, public health and safety, LGBT+, environment and wildlife

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Hospitality House workers and supporters rally to save SoMa Self-Help Center

Hospitality House workers and supporters rally to save SoMa Self-Help Center

tlvoice.org — Closing the center would make the care it offers inaccessible to neighborhood residents, Hospitality House says.

Compton's landmark effort delayed

Compton's landmark effort delayed

Bay Area Reporter — Activists' move to landmark the entirety of the culturally historic site of the former Gene Compton's Cafeteria was postponed by a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee Monday.

Meet the candidates for Peralta's Executive Vice President of Student Learning and Success

Meet the candidates for Peralta's Executive Vice President of Student Learning and Success

peraltacitizen.com — According to Peralta's Deputy Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Greg Nelson, Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson is expected to recommend three of the candidates to the Board of Trustees, who will vote on their employment at a board meeting in late June.

What to know about Peralta's Measure A on the June ballot

What to know about Peralta's Measure A on the June ballot

peraltacitizen.com — Alameda County voters will decide whether to reauthorize a substantial funding source for the Peralta Community College District during the June 2 California primary election.

Judge orders involuntary medication for alleged Laney College shooter

Judge orders involuntary medication for alleged Laney College shooter

peraltacitizen.com — Presiding judge Armando Pastran Jr. ruled during Tuesday's commitment hearing that alleged Laney College shooter, Cedric Irving Jr., be "involuntarily medicated" to regain his mental competency

Judge delays commitment order of alleged John Beam shooter

Judge delays commitment order of alleged John Beam shooter

peraltacitizen.com — At Friday's hearing to determine suspect Cedric Irving Jr. 's placement at a state hospital, the prosecution and defense did not agree on whether to involuntarily medicate him.

Cybercriminals threaten public release of student data from Canvas security breach

Cybercriminals threaten public release of student data from Canvas security breach

peraltacitizen.com — On May 7, Peralta Community College District students and faculty who logged into Canvas received a message from an international hacking syndicate, threatening to release users' private data unless a "settlement" is negotiated.

SF supervisor backs effort to expand landmark of Compton's site

SF supervisor backs effort to expand landmark of Compton's site

Bay Area Reporter — San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is sponsoring an ordinance to expand the landmark status of the former Gene Compton's Cafeteria in the Tenderloin.

Surveillance around Peralta: Where are the closest Flock cameras to your home campus?

Surveillance around Peralta: Where are the closest Flock cameras to your home campus?

peraltacitizen.com — With the increased attention on Flock surveillance technology in Oakland, The Citizen decided to map out where the nearest Flock Cameras to each college campus at Peralta. Here's what we found.

New sexual health clinic for trans people opens in SF's Tenderloin

New sexual health clinic for trans people opens in SF's Tenderloin

Bay Area Reporter — TransThrive cut the ribbon for its new drop-in nursing and sexual health clinic on April 16, two days before National Transgender HIV Testing Day.

SF historic preservation commissioners back landmarking exterior of Compton's riots site

SF historic preservation commissioners back landmarking exterior of Compton's riots site

Bay Area Reporter — The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission unanimously voted in favor at its April 1 meeting to amend the historic designation of the site where the Compton's Cafeteria Riots took place almost 60 years ago.

Bay Area chapter of trans support network seeking volunteers

Bay Area chapter of trans support network seeking volunteers

Bay Area Reporter — A nonprofit network that supports transgender people is looking for volunteers for its Bay Area chapter.

"Peace officers" coming to Peralta, according to new security plan

"Peace officers" coming to Peralta, according to new security plan

peraltacitizen.com — Berkeley - The Peralta Community College District's Interim Executive Director of Community Safety, Abdul Pridgen, announced the imminent return of Peralta armed "peace officers" on and around district campuses during a presentation at the Board of Trustees study session on Feb. 24.

Peralta restructures college management; eight positions to become three Executive Vice President...

Peralta restructures college management; eight positions to become three Executive Vice President...

peraltacitizen.com — As part of the "transformation plan" for the Peralta Community College District from four to three colleges, Vice President of Student Services and Instruction positions at each campus will combine to serve in both duties.

The Citizen's Desmond Meagley celebrated for press freedom and transparency

The Citizen's Desmond Meagley celebrated for press freedom and transparency

peraltacitizen.com — The Society of Professional Journalists' Northern California chapter awarded The Citizen's former Editor in Chief and current Multimedia Editor, Desmond Meagley, with the 2026 James Madison Freedom of Information award in the student journalist category. The Society of Professional Journalists is a national journalism organization that advocates for free press and sets ethical standards for...

Laney College Tower to Retire

Laney College Tower to Retire

peraltacitizen.com — OAKLAND- The Laney College "Tower" is set to be vacated this coming spring break, discontinuing its 55 year lifespan as a hub for student services, administrative offices, and the June Steingart art gallery, according to the relocation plan draft presented at the Laney Facilities Planning Committee on Monday.

SF landmark process begins at site of historic transgender riot

SF landmark process begins at site of historic transgender riot

Bay Area Reporter — The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favor of initiating amending the historic designation of the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots in the Tenderloin at its January 21 meeting. The site was where historic demonstrations took place in 1966 between queer and trans people and the police.

EXCLUSIVE: Attempted burglary at Laney College Student Center

EXCLUSIVE: Attempted burglary at Laney College Student Center

peraltacitizen.com — The incident appears on the Peralta Community College District's daily crime log as a "forced entry" burglary. The Student Center will remain open.

Historic site of transgender resistance up for local landmark status

Historic site of transgender resistance up for local landmark status

Bay Area Reporter — The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission later this month will hold a public hearing at City Hall regarding the proposed historic designation of several local LGBTQ landmarks, including the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots in the Tenderloin. Ultimately, it will be up to the city’s supervisors and mayor to grant local landmark status to the properties under review.

Sutter Health continues care for trans youth patients

Sutter Health continues care for trans youth patients

Bay Area Reporter — “Our scrappy little group of parents have done what the attorney general of California and larger [institutions] and states have yet to do, which is to confront a health care system that’s trying to get rid of gender-affirming health care for minors, and made them stop,” Arne Johnson, RFA lead advocate and a cisgender father of a trans child and a nonbinary child, told the B.A.R.

Plea postponed in Beam murder trial during defendant's second court appearance

Plea postponed in Beam murder trial during defendant's second court appearance

peraltacitizen.com — Cedric Irving Jr. did not enter a plea to charges related to the murder of the college's former athletic director John Beam during his second court date at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse Tuesday morning.

SF memorial for Miss Major Griffin-Gracy illuminates her lifelong actions

SF memorial for Miss Major Griffin-Gracy illuminates her lifelong actions

Bay Area Reporter — The pews at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood were packed with celebrants who paid tribute to transgender pioneer Miss Major Griffin-Gracy during a celebration of her life December 6. More than 200 people honored Miss Major, as she was known, who died two months ago in Arkansas.

Families protest as Sutter Health ends gender-affirming care for Bay Area youth

Families protest as Sutter Health ends gender-affirming care for Bay Area youth

Bay Area Reporter — A coalition of parents, trans youth, and their allies known as Rainbow Families Action marched down Powell Street in Emeryville Monday to demand that Sutter Health reverse its decision to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19.

In case you missed it; money for dual enrollment, facilities, and more approved at Nov. 18 Board ...

In case you missed it; money for dual enrollment, facilities, and more approved at Nov. 18 Board ...

peraltacitizen.com — Oakland- District Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson began the meeting with a proclamation that district flags would fly at half-staff from Nov. 14 to Nov. 24, in memory of Laney College's late athletic director, John Beam.
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