The news doesn't stop and this week these are some of the local news from August 6-12 that you need to know to stay up to date.
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A new report from the Bay Area Equity Atlas shows that several neighborhoods remain highly segregated by race and wealth.
The report is based on an analysis of U.S. Census data down to the census tracking level that compares population figures by race and income. Five of the Bay Area’s 1,572 census tracts are identified in the report as “highly segregated” areas for low-income Latino households.
These neighborhoods were in Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties.
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Saturday was the day of the annual, and very popular, penguin march in the San Francisco Zoo.
The March of the Penguins is one of the zoo's most popular events. This morning, five adorable Magellanic penguin chicks — two females and three males who were born between mid-April and May — performed their graduation walk, or waddle, in front of hundreds of excited zoo visitors before taking their first ceremonial dip in their new home on Penguin Island.
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The Berkeley Fire Department is advising residents in the Berkeley Hills neighborhood to have a plan ready to evacuate and stay elsewhere in case the department designates “extreme fire weather,” which is more severe than a red flag warning.
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In partnership with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the California Borrowers’ Rights Campaign on Monday launched the “California Student Debt Challenge,” a statewide informational campaign on student loan forgiveness.
About 1 million Californians in public service are eligible for loan forgiveness, but only 10,000 have received it since 2007, according to state data. Local leaders want to make sure as many residents as possible get the relief they're entitled to.
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California is launching an unprecedented review of San Francisco's housing approval process, aiming to analyze and remove obstacles to the construction of new residential developments.
The state Department of Housing and Community Development said Tuesday it would focus on San Francisco in its first “review of housing policies and practices.”
The process is intended to look at why the city has the longest timelines in the state for housing projects. It also fields the majority of complaints to the state’s Housing Accountability Unit, which was created last year to combat California’s housing shortage by working with cities to ensure they comply with state laws when permitting new spaces.
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Stanford University police are investigating after a woman reported she was raped in a campus bathroom on Tuesday.
The Stanford Department of Public Safety sent out an alert about the sexual assault report Tuesday afternoon.
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Redwood City Mayor Giselle Hale announced on social media that she will not seek re-election to a new seat on the City Council. While she said it has been an honor to serve residents, she hopes there will be more "mom nights" for her family.
"Dear Redwood City. It is with mixed feelings and after much deliberation that I am announcing that I will not be seeking re-election to the Redwood City Council," Hale said in a letter posted on social media.
She noted that her family chose Redwood City to put down roots because of its diversity, inclusion and multigenerational nature, and in that sense, she noted that her family is a priority.
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