Alia Taqieddin
News ProducerAlia is a Seattle-raised, Oakland-based cultural worker, DJ, and community archivist, inspired by and belonging to a lineage of Palestinian and Arab women storytellers. She is interested in documenting the histories and contributions of West Asian and North African immigrant communities in the Bay Area. Alia's past audio work can be found in the Arab American National Museum, which houses her multimedia oral history archive of Dearborn, Michigan. In her free time, Alia enjoys hosting her monthly online radio show, Kan Ya Makan, on Moonglow Radio, and DJing various SWANA (Southwest Asian/North African) dance parties in the Bay Area.
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On Wednesday, Mayor London Breed announced that San Francisco will pilot a new program to assist low-income transgender residents.
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On Tuesday night, voters passed Oakland Measure W with a 45% lead. The so-called Fair Elections Act means Oaklanders will now receive funding to back candidates of their choosing.
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This is a 2-minute summary of Oakland’s Measure W on the November 8, 2022 ballot.
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This is a 2-minute summary of Oakland’s Measure U on the November 8, 2022 ballot.
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Living Jazz, a Bay Area jazz-rooted education nonprofit, is expanding its after-school music and dance programs in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.
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Police in Oakland will continue to use automated license plate readers following an unanimous vote by the city council on Tuesday.
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In September, the Richmond City Council voted to extend the demolition deadline on Richmond’s Rydin Road Houseless Encampment to the end of October, due to temporary extenuating circumstances. Since then, the camp has been demolished.
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The former security chief of Uber Technologies Inc., was convicted Wednesday on federal charges that he covered up a massive breach of company's driver and customer information in 2016. His case has lasting impacts for cybersecurity.
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The Richmond City Council last week voted to postpone closing the Rydin Road RV encampment, where more than 23 families call home. Still, some residents don’t have a next step.
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On Tuesday, San Jose City Council voted to ban police from selling individual’s license plate data. This comes as the city government prepares to expand license plate readers throughout San Jose.