From the Bay Area, California and Nation
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DUBS WIN: After 40 year wait, Warriors bring home NBA title
[su_slider source=”media: 26837,26835,26836,26833,26834″ limit=”25″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ speed=”500″] The game, which Bay Area basketball fans had waited 40 years for, was over well before the Cleveland Cavaliersâ J.R. Smith launched the last shot of the NBA finals. As Smithâs desperate 3-pointer recoiled off the front rim, the regular seasonâs Most Valuable Player, Stephen Curry, […]
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Board stalls on amending legislation to regulate Airbnb
After months of discussions on how to amend the so-called âAirbnb lawâ in order to better enforce it, the Board of Supervisorsâpresented with two competing billsâvoted 7-4 on June 9 to postpone their decision for one month.
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Is Mission High School Safe for LGBTQ students?
âOur society and our schools were built to fit âboyâ or âgirl,â and not people who transition,â said Mission High School student Rexy Amaral, who identifies as gay and who, also being a drag performer, sometimes dresses in female clothing to go to school.
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Vigil for Demouria Hogg
Hundreds of people attended the vigil for Demouria Hogg on June 12, blocking a freeway exit by chaining themselves together at the Lake Shore 580 off ramp where Hogg was shot and killed by Oakland Police on June 6.
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Locals oppose promotion of âcharter citiesâ in Honduras
Several dozen demonstrators gathered outside 44 Tehama Street in San Francisco to protest a panel on Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs) also know as âCharter Citiesâ in Honduras.
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Ecuador minister champions the ‘good life’
The minister of Ecuador’s State Secretary Presidential Initiative for the Society of Good Life, Freddy Ehlers, spoke at this yearâs Love Summit in Portland, Oregon on June 13.
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Luxury development doesnât solve the cityâs housing crisis
On June 2, more than 800 Mission residents gathered at City Hall to support a temporary halt to the construction of luxury or âmarket-rateâ housing in the Mission District. The community spoke loud and clear in favor of a moratorium on luxury housing, yet after eight hours of testimony, the board failed to heed the […]
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Latin American Briefs: Honduras, Brazil, Mexico
Honduras: Ex-presidentâs son indicted The son of former Honduras president Porfirio Lobo has been accused of conspiring to traffic cocaine into the United States. Fabio Porfirio Lobo was captured by authorities in Haiti with support from the Drug Enforcement Agency, and extradited to the New York City where he will stand trial in federal court. […]
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Californiaâs âHealth for Allâ bill Heads to Senate Floor
On a 5-2 vote, the California Senate Appropriations Committee approved SB4 on May 28, a first-of-its-kind bill that will provide health care for everyone in the state, regardless of immigration status. This yearâs bill comes with a lower price tag than a similar bill that stalled last year in the Appropriations Committee over budgetary concerns. […]