Here's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW News:
San Francisco police chief releases officers' racist texts// New York Times
"SAN FRANCISCO — Police Chief Gregory P. Suhr on Friday announced that all officers on the San Francisco force would be required to complete anti-bias training as he released nine pages of racist text messages between three officers that further tarnished the image of a department under federal investigation."
"But the city’s public defender and experts on criminal justice said the texts appeared to reveal a deep culture of bias in the 2,000-member force that contradicts the city’s image of tolerance and liberalism."
-----
Refusing food and compromise, 'Frisco Five' to meet with mayor // Mission Local
"Ten days into a hunger strike led by local musicians, teachers and a politician, the group of starving activists told their supporters at a rally on Saturday that they will meet with the mayor in person on Tuesday."
"It’s unclear if the mayor has agreed to Tuesday’s meeting, but regardless, the hunger strikers, recently dubbed the “Frisco Five,” said that unless the mayor complies with their demands on Tuesday – including the firing of Police Chief Greg Suhr – they are prepared to continue the protest."
-----
San Francisco and Oakland losing working class twice as fast as expected// SF Curbed
"Working-class people are being priced out of major cities all over America. But the effect is particularly pronounced in the Bay Area with San Francisco, San Jose, and especially Oakland shedding citizenry at rates leaps and bounds ahead of the likes of New York or Chicago."
-----
'Tech Buses' commit hundreds of violations on San Francisco Roadways// NBC Bay Area
"An employee perk at some of the world’s most well known tech companies is at the center of a heated debate over fairness and convenience.
"While the buses aim to take thousands of cars off the road, traffic records obtained by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit revealed a growing problem that could put other commuters in danger."
-----
Bird colony forced out by development rescued in Oakland// NBC Bay Area
"Bird rehab specialists at the International Bird Rescue Center are busy caring for dozens of baby birds saved from the streets of downtown Oakland.
"Pushed out of their waterfront homes by development, a colony of herons has settled in an unlikely and dangerous place: in the dense trees that line the streets of busy downtown."
-----
Meet Dr. Color: How Bob Buckter repainted San Francisco // Hoodline
"Bob Buckter ... is, foremost, an architectural colorist. It's a job he nearly invented himself. For 46 years he has been called in to concoct tasteful and appealing color schemes. 'I do everything,' he says. 'Commercial, industrial, institutional. My specialty is historic homes.'"
