Category Archives: Human Rights

Oakland Announces News Police Tactics as Misconduct Reports Loom

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On Monday, The Frazier Group is expected to release its report on the Oakland Police Department's response to last year's Occupy protests and the many incidents of officer misconduct alleged by demonstrators. Next week, the city council will decide whether … Continue reading »


Photo: Bay Area Episcopal Clergy Don Hoodies in Response to Trayvon Martin Shooting

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Last Tuesday, clergy members of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of California donned hoodies in front of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco to make a statement related to the Trayvon Martin case. The hoodie, one of which the 17-year-old African-American Martin … Continue reading »


Hundreds Protest at San Quentin

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(Bay City News) Hundreds of people have gathered outside San Quentin State Prison this afternoon for a protest that organizers are calling historic because they say it merges the Occupy and prisoners' rights movements. Between 600 and 700 demonstrators were … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: That Slackliner Bouncing Around with Madonna? Humboldt State University Grad

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. HSU grad performs at Super Bowl with Madonna; slackliner introduces sport to millions … Continue reading »


Fred Korematsu's Journey From East Oakland to the National Portrait Gallery

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  Two photographs of a young Oakland welder who became a civil rights hero were unveiled in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery this morning.   Fred Korematsu was 23 years old in 1942 when he, like all other Japanese Americans on … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: How Retailers Game Amazon Customers with Fake, Paid-For Reviews

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews (New York Times) New … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Tops $100,000

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out.  Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000 (Wall Street Journal) Officers justified in … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: 71 Years After Hearst Tried to Kill It, "Citizen Kane" to be Shown at Hearst Castle

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. 'Citizen Kane' gets inside the castle (Los Angeles Times) McDonald's proposal divides healthy … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: FBI Arrests Tech Fund Manager in S. Pasadena for Alleged Insider Trading

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Federal Officials Charge Seven in Insider Probe (Wall Street Journal) Onetime employee says … Continue reading »


Breakfast Blend: Citizen Scientists Collaborate and Innovate with DIYbio

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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Homeless make up growing number of California welfare recipients (Los Angeles Times) Young … Continue reading »