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Category Archives: Youth
Moraga Case Cited in Boy Scouts Move Toward Easing No-Gays Policy
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The case of a Moraga Boy Scout denied Eagle Scout status may have helped nudge the Boy Scouts of America toward easing its anti-gay policy. The case is a prime example of "pressure from within" that has moved the national … Continue reading
News Pix: Oakland Shootings Humanized, LGBT Band at Inauguration, Richmond Basketball Win
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Richmond Oilers head coach Rob Collins dances with his team in the locker room after they defeated the Kennedy Eagles Friday night. “Winning is very addictive,” he told his players. “Right now you're starting to get a taste of it. … Continue reading
School Shooting Suspect at Kern Co. High School Had Numerous Rounds on Him
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Update 12:40 p.m. In the wake of the Newtown massacre, a shooting incident at a Kern Co. high school this morning is adding to already jangled nerves about gun violence in schools. A 16-year-old student is in custody for allegedly … Continue reading
Update: Official Overrides Local Council's Approval of Gay Boy Scout's Application for Eagle Status
Update on Jan. 10: John Fenoglio, a Boy Scout executive with the Mount Diablo Silverado Council, has overridden the council's approval of Ryan Andresen's application for Eagle Scout status. Scout Executive John Fenoglio told KQED's Tara Siler he would not … Continue reading
Clampdown on Student Suspensions, Free College Materials Among New Education Laws
Some big changes are in store for California schools in 2013, with the most significant development perhaps coming in the way that schools suspend students. We asked KQED's education reporter, Ana Tintocalis to clue us in on what's new in … Continue reading
News Pix: Cold Weather, Christmas Bird Count, and Holiday Joy
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Never mind Berkeley in the 60s, Wednesday December 19th saw Berkeley in the 30s — most likely the coldest day of the year so far. (Ira Serkes/Berkeleyside) On the last day of school before winter break, the nearly 325 children … Continue reading
News Pix: Election Edition
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A man stands in front of Moving Forward funded billboards on San Pablo Avenue in Richmond. Moving Forward spent nearly $700,000 on three candidates. (Tawanda Kanhema/Richmond Confidential) At 5:30 a.m., voters were just trickling into the polling booths at the … Continue reading
Boy Scouts Abuse Database Includes Dozens of Cases in Bay Area
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On Thursday the law firm O'Donnell, Clark & Crew released a database of what it says is more than 14,500 pages "of previously confidential documents from the Boy Scouts of America's so called 'Perversion Files,' a set of files maintained … Continue reading
Tenderloin Playground Ranked SF's Worst
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by Katharine Mieszkowsk, The Bay Citizen It was recess in the Tenderloin, and students from San Francisco City Academy swarmed the playground at Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park. They slid down the rusting slide and hung from monkey bars held … Continue reading
Exploited Boys in SF Disappear From View
by Trey Bundy, The Bay Citizen From the 1970s through the 1990s, police say, young male hustlers worked street corners and bars in San Francisco’s Castro District and along Polk Street, blocks away from City Hall. But in recent years, … Continue reading
