Newspapers appear to be going away, but 132 newspaper publishers were still in existence in the Bay Area in 2017, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data show. One of the…
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California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
…and Oakland, among others. The researchers found that the screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated. About 16 percent of Census…
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San Jose: Measure G passes to expand IPA authority, alter Planning Commission size
…census, but if passed, the council could adjust the timeline if the census results are delivered after April 1. The three components of the measure were combined as a cost-saving…
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As hospitals close labor wards, large stretches of California are without maternity care
…of census tract data. The wave of closures is among the largest reduction of medical services in California since 23 hospitals closed in the late 1990s. The closures come as the…
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Three years later: ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ paints an ever-changing city, challenges SF artistsÂ
…mellow financial waters. The median household income from 2016 to 2020 was $119,136, according to the U.S Census Bureau. Kershnar said the yearly income he received for his artistry was approximately…
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San Mateo County to loosen COVID-19 restrictions as county moves to red tier
…case rate, positivity rate and a health equity metric, which is the positivity rate of census tracts in the lowest quartile of the Healthy Places Index (HPI). For the week…
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Bay Area has highest income inequality in California
…much as those at the bottom of the economic ladder, according to new research from the Public Policy Institute of California, which analyzed 2018 U.S. Census Bureau data, the most…
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Contra Costa County begins process of redrawing supervisor districts this week
Contra Costa County will host a public hearing on Tuesday to kick off its redistricting process, which occurs every 10 years. In alliance with U.S. Census data, counties must redraw…
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Bay Area groups push back on California map that determines disadvantaged communities
…air sites. The draft also modifies the map to reflect the most recent census tracts. “Too many of our most vulnerable neighborhoods are still being left out, putting critical funding…
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‘We have got to do something’: Marin supes back Prop. 50 to offset Texas redistricting
…next Census is taken, the power to draw congressional districts would return to the independent commission. The proposition also includes symbolic language calling on Congress to require “fair, independent and…