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(BCN) — A local economist startled by the staggering disparities pushing African Americans to the margins in Santa Clara County is launching a video and podcast project hoping to bring more attention to the issue. Chuck Cantrell’s “Dying to Stay Here” video was formally released at CreaTV studios in San Jose earlier this month. The […]

The man in the dumpster would have been crushed by the trash compactor if the driver hadn't spotted him in time.

Authorities in Huntsville, Alabama say that a homeless man could have been crushed to death after being thrown into the back of a garbage truck on Monday.

Claudine Gay, a child of Haitian immigrants who became a dean at Harvard University and a democracy scholar, said she was "absolutely humbled" as it was revealed shell become the schools 30th president, making her the first Black person and the second woman at the helm.

Authorities say a homeless man could have died inside a garbage truck in northern Alabama, but the driver saved him. Al.com reports that a Republic Waste Operations driver was emptying

An Alabama garbage truck driver saved a homeless man, who was asleep inside a garbage can, from being crushed to death in the truck. The homeless man is now at a shelter.

The business owner whose security camera caught the incident refused to let their act of kindness go unnoticed.

Motivated by what they call poor management and a lack of accountability, three political newcomers are challenging two longstanding incumbents to represent Santa Clara County's wholesale water supplier.

The Nov. 8 election will elect four of the 7-member board for the area’s largest water provider, Santa Clara Valley Water District, which is one of Santa Clara County’s largest government agencies.

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