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A street vendor works the busy intersection of Tulare and Cedar avenues, March 31, 2021. Local advocates are fanning out across Fresno to do outreach to street vendors, offering them pepper spray and other forms of protection.

Community Organizers Are Providing Support For Street Vendors, Following Killing Of Vendor

Community members in the Central Valley are offering street vendors patrolling and other services to help them feel less vulnerable.

Michael 'Polo King Roane, (center) is a master rider from Southeast Washington, D.C. He's highly respected within the bike life culture in multiple cities and countries. Roane describes the sport as a stress reliever from the realities of being Black in America.

Photos: Bike life traditions in my Washington, D.C., neighborhood

Dee Dwyer documents Washington, D.C., bike life — a culture she remembers seeing during her youth in the '90s.

A parking meter is seen in Hillcrest, April 3, 2017.

City Parking Enforcement Resumes In Earnest In San Diego

According to the city, restarting parking enforcement will allow for increased turnover at parking meters and businesses, ensuring accessibility for patrons visiting local stores and restaurants.

A burnt building is pictured in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Friday. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a decades-old mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said.

Taiwan officials set up commission to investigate a building fire that killed 46

An independent commission was set up Friday to investigate the conditions at the run-down building in the port city of Kaohsiung that caught fire.

A house under foreclosure in Las Vegas displays a sign on Oct. 15, 2010, saying that it's now bank-owned. Sen. Sherrod Brown has vowed increased scrutiny of Wall Street banks, in part after a surge in foreclosures in his hometown in Ohio over a decade ago.

Why Democrats Are Angry At Wall Street

Big banks are facing a new reality in Washington: Democrats control all levers of power and they are not shy about their intentions to ratchet up pressure on the sector.

Flora Purim's <em>If You Will</em> is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last.

Her Voice Is In The Air

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

UCSD volunteers administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA in National City on April 7, 2021.

Community Fair Helps San Diegans Get A Shot In The Arm

On the first Wednesday of the month, the Community Health & Resource Fair takes place at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. The fair has now started administering COVID-19 vaccines to the state’s hardest-hit communities.

Alex Jones addresses a pro-Trump crowd on Jan. 6, the day of the U.S. Capitol riot. Jones is widely known for his support of baseless and often bigoted conspiracy theories, and he has been banned from many tech platforms, though not Amazon.

Alex Jones Still Sells Supplements On Amazon Despite Bans From Other Platforms

The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sells dietary supplements through Amazon despite being banned from other platforms. Amazon receives a cut of the profits.

Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish puts on a white gown to help distribute food, water, and other supplies to Navajo families on May 27, 2020 in Huerfano on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.

Navajo Nation Enters New Lockdown As Coronavirus Cases Rise

The nation closes nonessential businesses, halts tourism and moves schools online as it battles rising infections.

Attorneys general led by Texas have been investigating Google's powerful role in the digital advertising market.

Google Hit With 2nd Lawsuit Testing Its Monopoly Power — This One Over Digital Ads

Ten state attorneys general accuse the tech giant of abusing its power to manipulate the digital ad market and crush competitors.

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