They're not looking for her! So we have to step in. Hernandez, 66, a retired food service worker from Nogales, Arizona, expressed frustration with authorities' efforts. The Searching Mothers of Sonora have used pickaxes and shovels to locate hundreds of bodies of victims of drug and gang violence in Mexico themselves over the years, decrying government inaction all the while.
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He was already thinking about whether he would propose kicking cars off the road at noon, or at 6 p.m. on Fridays. Also: How would the ballot measure language address potential permit requirements from the California Coastal Commission? The commission voted unanimously in 2024 to approve closing the Great Highway's to cars and turn it into a park. "If we're looking into getting Coastal Commission approval, there could be a need for the board to potentially amend the language later if necessary," he said.
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For four hours on Tuesday, residents of Longmont, Colorado - where Flock has at least 23 AI-powered cameras and license plate readers - expressed their outrage at city counselors over the city's contract with the company. According to local magazine Yellowscene, nearly every seat at the hearing was full, and 90 percent of attendees were there to express their transparency and privacy concerns over Flock.
Imagine freeways along Lady Bird Lake in Austin, through Georgetown in Washington, along the beach in Santa Monica, through the French Quarter in New Orleans, or bisecting Cambridge between Harvard and MIT. Freeway builders had their sights set on all these places. They would've had their way, too, if not for the meddling protesters who foiled their schemes. The freeway revolt of the 1960s and '70s changed the course of American history, saving some of the nation's oldest and most-beautiful neighborhoods.
In the philosophy of Practice Makes Love Easy (PMLE), love is not just a feeling-it's a daily discipline, a creative force, and a communal rhythm. It is with great honor to present Carly Ozard (they/them/she) as the ninth accomplished individual featured in this column. Few embody the ethos of PMLE as fully as Ozard, who is a non-binary entertainer, educator, and activist whose voice carries across stages and communities from San Francisco to New York. Ozard's work is a living testament to love practiced boldly, inclusively, and with deep intention.
Frogard Schmidt could no longer stand looking at the dry, dilapidated water fountain along her daily walks near Concord's Todos Santos Plaza an eyesore that has bothered the owner of the aRt Cottage since at least 2024. I was tired of looking and picking up garbage around a fountain that's no longer working and being used, for all the wrong reasons, Schmidt said. Someone had to complain about it, so I did and got the ball rolling.
RICHMOND Marking the 109th birthday of the National Park Service, Bay Area political leaders, historians, parks experts and residents rallied Monday for the preservation of the diverse history told through lands they say are under threat by the Trump administration. Dozens gathered outside the visitor center at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, offering a collective voice against what they described as an extremist agenda to defund national parks and erase the history they honor.
"Once it's paved over, it can't come back," said Leslie Friedman, a Mountain View resident who often visits Cuesta Park. "It's peaceful and has a lot of trees and walking trails."
Sometimes technology feels like a gilded cage, and you're not the one holding the key. Most people can't live off the grid, so how do we stop data brokers who track and exploit you for money? Tech companies that distort what you see and hear? Governments that restrict, censor, and intimidate? No one can do it alone, but EFF was built to protect your rights.
In the immediate days following 9/11, calls from survivors of gender-based violence dropped severely because of special registration and the constant fear of being targeted by government systems.
