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Union City School District To Pay Over Racial Harassment Claims
UNION CITY (CBS/AP) — A Union City school district has agreed to pay $725,000 to settle a lawsuit by African-American students who said school officials failed to protect them from racial harassment...
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Phil Matier: Oakland Police Accused Of Drawing Guns Too Often On Black Suspects
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Oakland police officers are often too quick to draw their guns, especially when confronting African-American suspects, according to a federal court monitor. The monitor, Robert...
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Antioch To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Police Harassment Of Black Section 8 Renters
ANTIOCH (CBS/AP) — The city of Antioch agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a class action lawsuit alleging police formed a special unit to target and harass black residents who received subsidized rent....
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Lost Boys: Secondhand Violence Permanently Changes Its Victims
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The impact of youth violence reaches beyond just “victim” and “victimizer.” There are those on the perimeter who are watching their best friends get cut down or die. In high school,...
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Former SF Mayor Willie Brown Voices Vote Suppression Concerns
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is sounding the alarm about what he says is an attempt to suppress the African American vote. He used a weekend conference in San...
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Derby SoCal Horse Goldencents’ Jockey Could Make History
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CBS) — Kevin Krigger’s first-ever mount, as the legend is told, came at the tender age of 5 when he surreptitiously bolted from a backdoor in his family’s home in St. Croix, bounded...
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Can White People Celebrate Kwanzaa And Other Questions You Were Too Afraid To...
Many questions surround Kwanzaa, a holiday celebrating the roots of African-American history. Here are some answers. 10. Kwanzaa. Isn’t that the African-American Christmas? A lot of people assume that...
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Oakland Police Stop Blacks At Far Higher Rate, Asians Top Traffic Stops
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — A report by the Oakland Police Department released Monday said its officers stop and search blacks far more frequently than any other racial group in the city, but when Asians were...
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KCBS Sports Fans: Clippers Owner’s Bad Behavior Not Exactly New News
KCBS News Anchor Stan Bunger (who along with KCBS Sports Anchor Steve Bitker are the on-air duo known as KCBS Sports Fans) offers his unique sports analysis. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – To paraphrase...
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Daily Madden: NBA Must Resolve Clipper’s Sterling Racist Comments Quickly
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The response to the public release of audiotapes in which a man said to be Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, making racist remarks aimed at African Americans...
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NCIS Character’s Trademark Goth Hairstyle May Go Away Due To Dye Allergy
(KPIX 5) — Fans of the popular NCIS series may be surprised when a regular character shows up with a new hair-do, but it’s not just a fashion choice. Abby Sciuto, whose goth-black hairstyle has been a...
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Inmate Lawsuit Challenges Racial Lockdown Policy At California Prisons
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that he will consider whether California’s policy of locking up prisoners by race violates the constitutional rights of the roughly 125,000 male inmates...
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Yosemite Bears Get High-Tech Tracking Collars
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_20140924165654820AA.mp4 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS/AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park in California say a boost in technology will help them better...
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#CrimingWhileWhite Showcasing Racial Inequality In Police Tactics
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_0412201422061878268AA.mp4 SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Confessions are trending on social media Thursday night as users share crimes they say they were given...
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Black Reporter, Police Lieutenant Open Up About Being Called ‘Sellouts’ By...
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_20141218024117277AA.mp4 (KPIX 5) — A local reporter who’s been covering the Bay Area protests against police brutality opens up about something she was...
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Comments Overheard From Angry Berkeley Residents About Police Using Batons,...
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – After several days and nights of protests in Berkeley more than 100 residents filled the auditorium at Longfellow Middle School to air their grievances about police misconduct. ALSO...
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San Francisco’s Public Defender Explains Racial Disparities In The City’s...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — After months of national outrage and protest over racially charged police killings, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi recently joined other Bay Area public defenders last...
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Video Shows SFPD Informant Targeting Black Woman Over Asian Woman In Drug...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — New video shows an undercover San Francisco police informant ignoring an Asian woman who may have been offering drugs, and instead going after a black woman in an operation...
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NAACP Chapter President Outed As White By Her Parents; Mocked On Twitter
SPOKANE, Wash. (CBS/AP) — The head of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, is facing questions about whether she lied about her racial identity, with her family saying she’s white but has...
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From ‘Hella Tight,’‘Sick,’ To ‘Atrocious’– How The 49ers’ Black And Red...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — From the street corners to the water coolers — everyone is talking about the 49ers’ new uniforms. It was quite a stunner to see the former red and gold boys all decked out in...
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New Black Emoji App Aims To Capture Spirit Of Afrocentric Expression
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Just in time for Black History Month, there’s a new app with some pretty cool afrocentric emojis. It’s called Afro Emoji. “Express yourself realistically, people!” says the...
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Tobacco-Related Illnesses Killing More Blacks Than AIDS, Violence & Other...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Some African-American public health leaders say too many Black people are dying from tobacco-related diseases, and feel that not much attention has been paid to the issue. Dr....
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Protesters Fighting For Racial Tolerance Hold Sit-In At UC Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ (KPIX 5) — A group of University of California at Santa Cruz students have taken over an administration building. In a protest that’s now drawing crowds of supporters outside as well,...
View ArticleSan Francisco Promotes Plan To Provide Doulas For Low-Income Mothers
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Officials in San Francisco on Tuesday were pushing to give low-income families better access to childbirth coaches or doulas. The program has city support, but is expected to...
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Muslim, Native American, Women, LGBT Candidates Score Historic Election Wins
(CBS News) — Election Night 2018 turned out to be a night of firsts — with groundbreaking victories for Native American, Muslim, black, gay and female candidates. The midterms seemed poised to shake...
View ArticleAP News Agency Changes Writing Style To Capitalize ‘B’ In Black When...
NEW YORK (AP) – The Associated Press changed its writing style guide Friday to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring to people in a racial, ethnic or cultural context, weighing in on a...
View ArticleCOVID: Stanford Study Finds Blacks, Hispanics Make Up More Than Half of...
STANFORD (CBS SF) — Stanford researchers published a study Tuesday that found that more than half of all in-hospital deaths from COVID-19 over the first six months of the pandemic were Black and...
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