Bay area car donations

Carvajal still designs, laser cuts, assembles and packages all her pieces herself in Wisconsin. This summer, she was supposed to have interns, but it looks like she will continue her one-woman operation for the foreseeable future. Amid the pandemic, she has been searching for ways to use the brand to build community. To encourage customers to send gifts to one another while in isolation, Carvajal plans to release care packages with three pairs of earrings and DIY earring kits that will include pre-cut pieces from past collections and fixings for customers to make their own Brwngrlz earrings. For every pair of earrings, kit and package sold, Carvajal says, she will donate a portion of the sales to Sabokahan, an organization that sponsors and supports indigenous Lumad women in the Philippines in their fight for basic social services. … [Read more...] about How a Bay Area poet became obsessed with making jewelry for women of color

In February, 64-year-old James Smith filed suit against the city of San Francisco for towing the 2007 Honda Accord that he had been living in just after Christmas. His suit takes a narrow cut at the state law that permits the city to tow cars without notice – he contends that he wasn't given adequate notice, though the city says it mailed him multiple parking citiations, mostly for leaving the car on the street during cleaning days. He told The Chronicle: "That was the only place I had to stay and be warm. "I'm homeless. I'm totally homeless. They took my home away. They actually took my home away." … [Read more...] about Ruling: If you live in a car, it’s your home

“Even if everyone in the park got paid through insurance, they all won’t be able to save the money and wait for the three years it would take to repair their homes,” said Kendall Jarvis, a disaster relief attorney with Legal Aid of Sonoma County, a nonprofit that provides counseling to low-income families. “They’re in the not-knowing phase, which is scary. They’re very marginalized and could be one check away from homelessness.” … [Read more...] about Refugees from Santa Rosa mobile home park: ‘We feel really abandoned’ after firestorm

Musk does have a plan for making Mars an attractive destination for long-term living: Terraforming, a hypothetical scenario in which humans make Mars more Earth-like by pumping gases into the atmosphere. It’d be an attempt to use the same greenhouse gases causing the climate crisis on our home planet to make Mars’ atmosphere thicker, warmer and more hospitable to life. Musk has promoted the idea that the process could be kicked off by dropping nuclear bombs on the planet. … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Seeks To Colonize Mars Despite Dangers, Costs

Roberts was next to her coach, Sheila Craft, and surrounded by her teammates and members of the school’s boys basketball team. Many wore green “PHS Strong” T-shirts. They marveled at the up-close view of Durant and the Warriors, wide-eyed and excited — a striking contrast to the horror they endured 13 days earlier. … [Read more...] about Paradise High players watch Warriors, savor break from fire aftermath