People are rising up against Flock cameras
Plus: How the fall election is shaping up, uncommon Warrior Yaxel Lendeborg, 'The Last Human Bear' comes to Jack Kerouac Alley
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Today's headlines:
Fighting back against the growing surveillance state
By Ian Firstenberg
Protests large and small are disabling Flock cameras and resisting repeated violations of privacy by police and corporations.
How the fall election is shaping up
By Tim Redmond
Chan and Wiener are essentially tied; how will the Marina Safeway project impact that race? That's The Agenda for Aug. 2-9
An uncommon Warrior: Yaxel Lendeborg comes to the Bay
By Alan Chazaro
An ode to the Puerto Rico-born Dominican American player who bounced up from community college.
‘The Last Human Bear’ came to Jack Kerouac Alley
By Tom Molanphy
Author and Native American tribal chairman Greg Sarris discussed his first novel in 30 years, immersed in 1930s Pomo history.
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