Photos and Audio editing by Julie Johnson. Audio recording by Maya Mirsky.
In just two months, the San Francisco Bay Area was hit by an oil spill, a 5.6 earthquake and a reminder from Southern California that urban wildfire remains an imminent danger each fall. Students at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism look beyond the breaking news in this disaster-prone metroplex and ask…are we prepared?
Part of a series on some of the Bay Area’s most controversial issues, this report profiles a Catholic abortion counselor through text and an audio slideshow.
Filed under: NGNO: UC Berkeley's News Portal
Originally published through UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism news site.
SAN FRANCISCO — As the sun went down one recent evening, images of oozing wounds, knives sticking out of eyes, brains on the sidewalk and lifeless bodies in blood puddles flashed on a projection screen in the softly lit chapel of Bryant Mortuary in the Western Addition. (more…)
ALCATRAZ — Families gathered at sunrise for a ceremony on Alcatraz Island commemorating the 1969 occupation of the island by Native groups. This year, they also celebrated the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the United Nations on September 13, 2007.
Watch a multimedia slideshow of the event.
Filed under: Center of the City: SF News Blog, NGNO: UC Berkeley's News Portal
Originally published on North Gate News Online
SAN FRANCISCO — When Gail Baugh founded the John Muir Elementary School PTA last year, it had no parents.
Baugh and her husband Jim Warshell moved to Hayes Valley in 2003 as empty-nesters after their son left for college, expecting to start their post-child-rearing years. (more…)
Filed under: Center of the City: SF News Blog, NGNO: UC Berkeley's News Portal
Originally published on North Gate News Online
SAN FRANCISCO — One hundred and thirty-four police officers are out of their squad cars and walking their beats throughout San Francisco – roughly double the number since the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance last year mandating that more police walk the streets in 2007. (more…)
