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The Journalist’s Newsdesk: A Place to Make News 28 Feb 2013 | 01:26 am
Inspired by the hackerspace movement and open-source software culture, we are converting Newsdesk.org into a shared platform for independent journalists who need infrastructure for their public-intere...
Printable voter guide to San Francisco’s mayoral candidates 8 Nov 2011 | 07:56 am
The 2011 Nonpartisan Voter Guide to the SF Mayoral Candidates is a succinct, printable listing of candidate positions and quotes on more than two-dozen key policy issues and ballot initiatives, includ...
West Oakland keeps fighting for cleaner air (Toxic Tour 1 update) 12 Sep 2011 | 10:38 pm
Two years after Newsdesk.org first examined high levels of air pollution in West Oakland, progress towards helping this community breathe easier is moving slowly. Thorny projects, including cleanups a...
Los Angeles neighborhood bears the brunt of air pollution 26 Aug 2011 | 07:32 am
By Jasmin López, special to Newsdesk.org | Crowdfund this story on Spot.us Photo: Zackary Canepari As summer temperatures rise, so do fears of asthma and other illnesses caused by all the air pollut...
Missed EPA grant stalls West Oakland brownfields cleanups (Toxic Tour 2) 30 Jul 2011 | 05:52 pm
After more than a decade of getting approved for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants to remediate "brownfields" (contaminated properties), Oakland has been turned down. This is the first such...
Residential lead pollution cleanup in West Oakland will use new green technology (Toxic Tour 2) 24 Jun 2011 | 08:20 pm
Soil polluted with lead has long plagued the South Prescott neighborhood of West Oakland. But cleanup is finally getting underway. This Saturday, June 25, the community is invited to learn more about...
Newsdesk under construction! 27 May 2011 | 07:00 am
Some big changes are underway at Newsdesk.org, as we redesign the whole website and rebuild the infrastructure from the ground up. This includes revamping the categories, altering the architecture an...
‘Right Beneath Our Feet’: The Toxic Tour returns to Oakland 20 May 2011 | 06:08 am
By CB Smith-Dahl Editor’s Note: Newsdesk.org is teaming up with Oakland Local and Spot.Us for a return to the West Oakland community covered in 2009′s award-winning “Toxic Tour” series. Thinking abo...
Washington Elementary students need microphones to talk 11 May 2011 | 07:34 am
By Jessica Olthof, photo by Barbara Benton SAN JOSE, Calif.—For an elementary school here, the traditional “talking stick” (teaching patience and consideration) has been replaced with microphones. S...
Young people define a healthy future for Boyle Heights 5 May 2011 | 09:02 am
By Jasmin López, special to Newsdesk.org | Crowdfund this story on Spot.us Whittier Boulevard and Soto Street in Boyle Heights. Photo: Zackary Canepari New community collaborations in Los Angeles...
