Black truckers shut down multi-million-dollar UCSF job site for 4.5 hours
May 13, 2021
The UCSF job site at Mariposa and Illinois has only one way in or out, so it was easy for five Black-owned big rigs to block it for 4.5 hours! Here is Michael Gregory’s HVYW8 Trucking rig, one of several vehicles in his fleet. You don’t acquire rigs like these without knowing your business as well or better than anyone. Blacks in construction excel, so they know that racism is the only excuse for locking them out, for fearing their competition, so it’s only fair: You lock us out; we shut you down. This shutdown prompted the vice president of Clark Construction to call the Black truckers from Washington, D.C., with the only excuse he could think of, “We didn’t know you all were here.” The Black community has lost billions in earnings since the lockout began in 1998. The lockout of Blacks from construction is largely responsible for driving most of San Francisco’s Black population out
Many San Franciscans in jail struggle with addiction. Would this polarizing treatment option help them?
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Daisy Gonzalez reads a book to daughter Mireyah Pelayo, 6, at Cameo House, a long-term transitional and alternative sentencing program in San Francisco.Marlena Sloss/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A drawing made by Daisy Gonzalez when she was incarcerated, depicting being reunited with her daughter, Mireyah Pelayo, 6, hangs on her wall at Cameo House, a long-term transitional and alternative sentencing program for homeless, formerly incarcerated women and children, in San Francisco.Marlena Sloss/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
When Damion Davis got out of prison last summer after three decades in and out of the criminal justice system and struggling with addiction, a judge told him all he had to do was finish 90 days of drug treatment to get off probation.
Bay Briefing: Taking wildfire watch into their own hands
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Wildcat Canyon is seen through a window in the home of Cortis Cooper, a Kensington resident who helped start Wildcat Watch.Stephen Lam/The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, May 13, and reports of food poisoning are not keeping superfans of House of Prime Rib away. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Ready for fire
The East Bay hills have a long history with wildfires. In 1923, the Berkeley Fire erupted in Wildcat Canyon, destroying nearly 600 homes. In 1991, a firestorm ripped through parts of Berkeley and the Oakland hills, burning more than 3,000 homes and killing 25 people.