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Tag Archives: News Pix
News Pix: Bay to Breakers Rules and SF Citizen Scientists Take Over McLaren Park
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr demonstrates the size of bags that Bay to Breakers race participants are permitted to carry this weekend. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Pancho Ramos-Stierle, an Occupy the Farm supporter, held plant starts that survived a UC … Continue reading
News Pix: Oakland's 3 Police Chiefs in 3 Days; Berkeley Students Ask for Majority District; Fires Rage
Oakland's police department was thrown into turmoil this week when Police Chief Howard Jordan unexpectedly stepped down, citing unspecified medical problems. Anthony Toribio, pictured here, was appointed as the acting Oakland police chief for just two days before he, too, … Continue reading
News Pix: San Jose May Day Immigration Rally, Solar Plane Liftoff and Hot Weather
Several thousand people marched for workers' rights and immigration reform on May Day in San Jose. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Dancers performed outside San Jose City Hall as part of the May Day rallies. Speakers from local labor unions and immigration rights … Continue reading
News Pix: Berkeley Post Office to be Sold, Solar Plane Debut, Richmond Celebrates Healthy Living
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Jose Fernandez, 6, left, and Samantha Tovar, 6, hula-hoop prior to the start of the fifth annual Richmond Tales Fest: An Afternoon of Family Literacy and Healthy Living. (Tyler Orsburn/Richmond Confidential) On April 22, the U.S. Postal Service confirmed it … Continue reading
News Pix: Joshua Trees in Bloom, Oakland Artists Face Eviction and San Jose Tattoo Removal
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It's been an incredible spring for Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert and throughout the Southwest. The strange and gangly desert forest is in the last stages of an unusually rich and widespread bloom. (Caitlin Esch/KQED) Residents of a small … Continue reading
News Pix: Giants Season Opener, High Winds Buffet San Francisco, Immigration Rally Stops Traffic
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Fans packed AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giants first home game of the season, where they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0. (Gina Scialabba/KQED) High winds whipped the west side of San Francisco Monday, toppling trees and closing the … Continue reading
News Pix: Central Valley Farmers Flood Their Fields, Cal Women Head to Final Four and Berkeley's Outstanding Architecture
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Terranova Ranch sits southeast of Fresno in the King's River basin, an area where farmers are pumping unsustainable volumes of water in dry years. At the other extreme, farms and communities here risk floods when rivers are pulsing with too … Continue reading
News Pix: Prop. 8 Oral Arguments, Bay Bridge Bolts Snap, Devil's Slide Tunnel Opens
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Crowds of people outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C protest the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, March 27. (Jacob Fenston/KQED) On Tuesday March 26, the rainbow flag was raised over Berkeley City Hall to mark arguments in the … Continue reading
News Pix: Alcatraz's Glowing Millipedes, Devil's Slide Construction and SF Symphony Strike
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More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison. A recent search for rats on the island turned up millipedes glowing intensely white … Continue reading
News Pix: Mass for New Pope, San Francisco Symphony on Strike, Turkeys Plague Residents
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone conducts a mass in honor of the election of Pope Francis, the first Pope from South America, on March 14, 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday, March 13 after eight … Continue reading
