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Bay Area News Headlines: Wednesday, May 18, 2022

A recent head count of the homeless across the Bay Area shows an overall increase in the population, with more people living out of their vehicles than ever before/The California Primary Election is now less than three-weeks away. If you're registered, you've probably received a ballot in the mail along with a thick voter guide/The Oakland City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to make Oakland a sanctuary city for women seeking abortions/According to a report released this week by the city controller's office, Recology, the company that collects curbside recyclables here in San Francisco, took in more than $23 million in profits over four years beyond margins set by an agreement with the city,

Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.