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Oakland teacher fired for wearing ‘Free Palestine' pin
Bishop O’Dowd High, a private Catholic school in Oakland, fired an English teacher for “insubordination” after she refused to stop wearing a pin bearing the Palestinian flag and the words “Free Palestine.”
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CA's ‘disastrous' Next Gen 911 rollout delaying life-saving help, records show
California’s massive overhaul of its aging, landline-based emergency call system is years behind schedule and has been plagued by safety issues, sources and documents report.
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Company behind meat mess on Oakland highway has history of grisly spills
The company responsible for spilling raw meat across Interstate 880 in Oakland last month is a Texas-based animal rendering company with a long history of accidentally dumping animal carcasses, blood, and meat parts across U.S. roadways, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has confirmed through the California Highway Patrol.
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Landlord drops SF eviction case against 40-year tenants following NBC Bay Area story
After their landlord stopped pursuing what they believe was a retaliatory eviction attempt, an elderly couple can now remain in the San Francisco apartment they’ve called home for more than four decades.
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Lawsuit accuses University of California of botching response to employee's sex assault allegation
The University of California was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday alleging it severely mishandled a sexual assault allegation from one of its employees.
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94-year-old SF woman fighting eviction after 8 decades in same apartment
After real estate investors bought their building, Helen Byrne and her neighbors are at risk of being forced out of their rent-controlled apartments.
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Driverless trucks and robot deliveries promise fewer traffic jams than robotaxis
Driverless technology is likely to scale faster and farther when its used to transport goods instead of people, according to autonomous vehicle experts who spoke to the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
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‘I lost my childhood': Church abuse victims face lifetime of trauma
NBC Bay Area has interviewed dozens of alleged victims and reviewed hundreds of recent lawsuits. Struggles with addiction, self-harm and legal trouble are common.
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VA secretary touts new equity team designed to combat benefit disparities for Black veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday the creation of a new equity team tasked with investigating and combatting disparities in the denial of benefits for Black vets.
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University of California Blasted for Slow Return of Native American Remains, Artifacts
The University of California is failing to return hundreds of thousands of Native American remains and artifacts to their tribes of origin, despite a decades-long legal mandate to do so, according to a recent state audit.
