The 17 propositions on the California November ballot set a new state record for donations at $473.5 million, according to the Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Archbishop of SF unveils mural at Christmas Eve Mass
Scott McKinstry and Bruce Fowler worked thousands of hours over several years on the concept and design of a mural depicting the victory of good over … [Read more...]
Project Rebound helps formerly incarcerated gain an education
A popular program is helping formerly incarcerated inmates obtain a college education. The program called Project Rebound (PR) is based at San … [Read more...]
Are fewer inmates good news? Not if you invest in private prisons
The decline in prison populations is good news unless you happen to be an investor who’s put money into prison bonds. The 3.8 trillion … [Read more...]
Stateless…a massacre…a murder…and now free
Borey “PJ” Ai may be one of the most accomplished persons you will ever meet. He also happens to be one of the youngest persons to be given a life … [Read more...]
Homeless teens forced to choose jail just to get a square meal
Jail or starvation are the hard choices some American teens have to make when facing uncertainty of where their next meal is coming from, the Urban … [Read more...]
Protesters’ vigil at CIW for women who took their own lives
Alarmed by high suicides rates and other alleged abuses at the California Institution for Women (CIW), about 80 people gathered in front of the prison … [Read more...]
Straight talk from women at SQ’s ‘Sister, I’m Sorry’ event
Dozens of San Quentin prisoners listened intently as seven women described their own experiences surviving horrific crimes including rape, incest, … [Read more...]
‘The way she treats us makes us want to do well’
There’s a teacher who walks around a prison classroom engaging students and encouraging them in a way they say most teachers in the public school … [Read more...]
Delivering a message of hope for thousands with HIV
One of the country’s major problems is that 161,000 people in the United States have HIV but don’t know it, Andrew Reynolds told a gathering at San … [Read more...]