Bay area car donations

One of Carvajal’s mentors, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, likes to say, “I do not have time to make art for art’s sake.” As news emerges of COVID-19’s disproportionate effects on people of color, the idea seems more salient to her than ever. “It is so urgent for me to always be about women of color, especially in a time where a lot of us are still not being heard or are being killed or are not safe.” … [Read more...] about How a Bay Area poet became obsessed with making jewelry for women of color

Mobile homes line the left side of Colorado Avenue S while cars belonging to employees of Starbucks headquarters and other businesses in the area line the right. Scenes like this are common in some Seattle neighborhoods, but in many cases, vehicles are given notices to move after 72 hours and then towed and impounded. Friday's ruling could mean the cars and other vehicles would have to be released immediately, even if towing and impound fees could not be paid. … [Read more...] about Ruling: If you live in a car, it’s your home

“Even if everyone in the park got paid through insurance, they all won’t be able to save the money and wait for the three years it would take to repair their homes,” said Kendall Jarvis, a disaster relief attorney with Legal Aid of Sonoma County, a nonprofit that provides counseling to low-income families. “They’re in the not-knowing phase, which is scary. They’re very marginalized and could be one check away from homelessness.” … [Read more...] about Refugees from Santa Rosa mobile home park: ‘We feel really abandoned’ after firestorm

The last space program that came close to Musk’s interplanetary travel ambitions was NASA’s Apollo program, the mid-20th Century effort that landed six spacecraft and 12 astronauts on the moon. Apollo cost well over $280 billion in today’s dollars, and, in some years, NASA was taking up more than 4% of the entire national budget. The space agency, which in more recent years has received less than half of one percent of the federal budget, is mapping its own plans to return humans to the moon and, eventually, a path to Mars. … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Seeks To Colonize Mars Despite Dangers, Costs

She and the school are trying to push ahead with the start of winter sports seasons. The girls’ basketball team resumed practicing at Chico High, the boys at tiny Providence Christian in Orland. All home games have become road games: Paradise’s gym is still standing, but the campus will be unavailable for a long time. … [Read more...] about Paradise High players watch Warriors, savor break from fire aftermath