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DURING RAMADAN and daily prayer, the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose offers a place for spiritual reflection. It also provides a community hub, voting center and supportive services from food to health care.
The center is unique in that it not only provides a food pantry and food distribution, it also offers free medical and dental services fo...
The Oakland City Council voted this week to place a new parcel tax measure on the June ballot that would raise money for a wide range of city services, including police and fire.
Tuesday’s vote to put the “Oakland Public Safety, Cleanliness and Community Accountability Act of 2026” on the June 2 ballot was required by law after the Alameda County Registrar of Voter...
SAN JOSE IS CLEARING one of its most infamous homeless camps again, in what city officials claim will be the last time.
About 100 homeless people have repopulated the creek around Story Road across from Happy Hollow Park & Zoo — an area known as “
One West Valley city wants to make its public spaces off limits to federal immigration agents.
Campbell Councilmember Sergio Lopez has proposed adopting a policy similar to one in Santa Clara that bars U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using public property for immigration enforcement. The City Council on Feb. 17 unanimously approved the proposal....
“Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area” by Rae Alexandra
City Lights, 170 pages, $16.95, March 17, 2026
Bay Area jou...