Leah Albright-Byrd, a native San Franciscan who ran away from home at 14 to escape her violent father, said she didn’t know she “was running into the arms of a trafficker.”

Homes Not Jails, an all volunteer organization dedicated to using direct action to provide housing for the homeless, held its first skills workshop, Jan. 14, at 2490 16th St. The workshop discussed homelessness and housing in the Bay Area, security culture and squatting.

Daniel del Solar, Yvette Hochberg, Walter Johnson

In 2010, utility service was terminated for over 400,000 California households who fell behind in paying their bills, impacting nearly 1.5 million children and adults.

Following Thanksgiving Day, shoppers crowded the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville for “Black Friday,” a massive shopping event widely considered the busiest shopping day of the year.
But for the past 10 years, Black Friday hasn’t just filled the Bay Street Mall with shoppers, it has also filled it with protesters.