I booked 10 rides with Uber and 10 with Lyft. Drivers pocketed an average of 52 percent of fares.
This article went viral, and Uber improved statewide transparency a week later.
‘Nowhere to go’: Recent Ky. law squeezes, destabilizes the unhoused
I dive into how Kentucky’s July-enacted criminalization of camping and sleeping in public spaces is restricting homeless residents from sleeping or finding stability in Bowling Green.
This appears to be the first article statewide that centers homeless residents’ perspectives on the law’s impacts.
James Orrock, who was recently evicted, sits in his wheelchair on Sept. 7 beside a building in downtown Bowling Green. The recently passed Safer Kentucky Act, which restricts camping and sleeping on public space, has largely prevented him and others from finding a place to sleep. (David Mamaril Horowitz)
Enterprise
An Ethiopian woman returns to San Francisco’s Mission District in search of her lost son.
A college community advocated for canceled classes to return. City officials prepared to vote on it. It would cost the college nothing, but the chancellor had other plans.
Early in the pandemic, when reporters avoided in-person interviews, this became the first news story about the living conditions homeless residents experienced in San Francisco during the pandemic.
Interviews with about two dozen tech workers and executives living in or next to San Francisco detailed a host of reasons they’re staying or arriving.
This aged well.
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My mother and I take care of my father prior to his July 17, 2020, passing.
Placed 5th nationally in the 2020-21 Hearst Multimedia Digital News or Enterprise Story Competition.
City College of San Francisco removes the only public jewelry and metal arts program in the Bay Area.