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Last month, the East Bay Express laid off its entire editorial staff — except for one editor. Unfortunately, this represents a national trends in which local newspapers in the United States are collapsing at an alarming rate, leaving many communities without essential news coverage.

Oakland-based newspaper East Bay Express laid off almost its entire editorial staff in January and replaced it with freelance workers because of financial difficulties, continuing a recent trend found at several news and media outlets.

I wondered if Chu had what it takes to make a film that would be able to prove that Asians in leading roles don’t mean box office failure.

Padda wasn’t out of the limelight quite yet. His speech, “A Sikh’s Graduation Speech to Unite the World,” has gone viral in the past month — over a million people have watched since it was shared by Upworthy in early June.

This week, the Bay Area is gearing up for the joyous occasion of Pride, and the numerous fun, often-free activities that accompany it.

On April 6, UC Berkeley senior Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was supposed to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, get to campus and go to class. Instead, Makhzoomi was removed from Southwest Airlines flight 4260, detained by security officers, questioned by the FBI and refused service from Southwest after speaking Arabic before his flight took off.

Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak is garnering national media attention for his recent suggestion of an email tax.