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10/22/2024

10/05/2024

PUMPKINS IN THE PARK:
Bring the whole family for a fun-filled day at Downtown San Jose's Annual Harvest Festival! Hop around on an inflatable, pick up a FREE pumpkin (as supplies last) and learn about San Jose's fantastic urban ecology programs!

08/28/2024

SAVE THE DATE! ABC7 is proud to partner with San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce to present coverage of the Chinese New Year Festival & Parade in 2025!

08/14/2024

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S KICK-OFF:
You're invited to the San Francisco Walk's KICK-OFF event on August 18! It's 2pm-4pm at the Aquarium of the Bay at PIER 39. Get a preview of this year's Walk route along the scenic Embarcadero. Learn how Walk impacts research, care, and support, and get equipped with the knowledge, tools, and passion to make a difference in our local SF community!

And Save the Date for the day of the Walk: Saturday, October 19, at Pier 27.

04/23/2024

Join Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California for its virtual fair housing conference tomorrow!

Join FHANC at our upcoming virtual fair housing conference!

Advancing Fair Housing - Strategies for ChangeApril 24, 2024 9:30 am - 1:30 PM PST via Zoom

The conference will address strategies for advancing fair housing and racial equity, with topics such as the use of fair housing laws to address emerging corporate practices negatively impacting tenants; tech equity and responsible AI in the fair housing context; and addressing the impact of residential segregation.

Register today - link in bio! Fee: $25 per person. Pre-registration is required. Scholarships are available upon request.

Panel Feature: 'Fair Housing and the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)'
AI and automated systems impact every area and aspect of our lives, determining if we can secure quality housing, obtain affordable credit, gain a living wage job, access the right healthcare, and other services. While these technologies hold immense potential (lowering the cost of mortgage loans, increasing a homeowners’ chances of getting insurance, or identifying fraud and security threats) they also bring challenges. AI can perpetuate and amplify discrimination, resulting in denial of access to life-saving healthcare or false imprisonment. 
This session will empower attendees with knowledge, actionable insights, and strategies to collaborate on practical solutions that can be implemented in our communities. innovative fairness methodologies and leverage AI to identify and eradicate discriminatory practices, while advocating for AI-driven equitable access to vital opportunities and striking a balance between fairness and accuracy in algorithmic models.

Panelist: Lisa Rice - President and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance
As President and CEO, Lisa Rice directs the National Fair Housing Alliance’s (NFHA) mission to eliminate all forms of housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities for all people and communities. NFHA leads the fair housing movement and is the trade association for over 170 member organizations throughout the country.Ms. Rice is a published author contributing to several books and journals addressing a range of fair housing issues including - The Fight for Fair Housing: Causes, Consequences, and Future Implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act; Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World; Discriminatory Effects of Credit Scoring on Communities of Color; and From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupancy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit.She is one of the nation’s leading experts on fair housing, lending, and Responsible AI policies having played major roles in crafting sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, establishing the Office of Fair Lending within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and implementing other legislative and policy initiatives. She also helped lead the investigation and resolution of precedent-setting fair housing and lending cases securing remedies for millions of people as well as the elimination of systemic discriminatory practices. Ms. Rice serves on the Board of Directors of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Center for Responsible Lending, and FinRegLab as well as various Advisory Councils. She has received numerous awards including the National Housing Conference’s Housing Visionary Award and was selected as one of TIME Magazine’s 2024 ‘Closers.’

Panelist: Catherine Bracy, Founder and CEO, Tech Equity Collaborative
Catherine Bracy is a civic technologist and community organizer whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and political and economic inequality. She is the Founder and CEO of TechEquity Collaborative, an organization that mobilizes tech workers and companies to advocate for economic equity in our communities.She was previously Code for America’s Senior Director of Partnerships and Ecosystem where she grew Code for America’s Brigade program into a network of over 50,000 civic tech volunteers in 80+ cities across the US. She also founded Code for All, the global network of Code-for organizations with partners on six continents. Ms. Bracy built Code for America’s civic engagement focus area, creating a framework and best practices for local governments to increase public participation which has been adopted in cities across the US.During the 2012 election cycle she was Director of Obama for America’s Technology Field Office in San Francisco, the first of its kind in American political history. She was responsible for organizing technologists to volunteer their skills for the campaign’s technology and digital efforts. Prior to joining the Obama campaign, she was the administrative director at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. She is on the board of directors at the Data & Society Research Institute and the Terner Housing Lab.

04/20/2024

April is Fair Housing Month:
Attend this virtual conference on April 24 and learn strategies to advance fair housing and racial equity! Register today!

11/24/2023

November 28th is Giving Tuesday, a global generosity movement to celebrate giving. Consider adding Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley to your giving season. Darrell Cortez and his team of volunteers are helping to improve literacy rates of children in the San Jose area, and continues to build bridges between law enforcement and the Latino community. For more information visit: www.shopwithacopsv.org

11/06/2023

City of Antioch announces $500K grant program to help improve small businesses.

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe and other city leaders announced a new grant program designed to give small business money to upgrade their storefronts. The goal is to make them nicer and safer.

11/05/2023

Daylight saving time: Get ready to 'fall back', Everything to know about 2023 time change!

The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the U.S. Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

11/05/2023

Farmer turned NASA astronaut inspires hundreds in San Jose with tale that inspired Amazon biopic.

NASA's Jose Hernandez was rejected 11 times to be an astronaut. He applied for a 12th time and got accepted. He told his tale to hundreds in San Jose on Sunday.

11/04/2023

South Bay sibling bakers are fundraising for children affected by Israel-Hamas war.

Two Los Altos siblings, one of whom won $25,000 on Food Network's Kids Baking Championship, are selling baked goods with 100 percent of proceeds going to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

11/03/2023

Annual outdoor holiday ice rink returns to Union Square, San Francisco!

San Francisco's only outdoor ice rink opened on Wednesday, just a day after Halloween. In past years we've seen the rink near the Ferry Building and SF City Hall but this year the rink will again be solely located in Union Square.

11/03/2023

Golden State Warriors unveil new 'City Edition' jerseys inspired by 150th anniversary of San Francisco cable cars.

Each team in the NBA has a special jersey inspired by something in their city, dubbed the "City Edition." This year, the Warriors wanted to pay tribute to one of the long-standing symbols of San Francisco: the cable car.

11/03/2023

Thank you to our Planning Committee Chair, Stan, for appearing on ABC7 News to talk about tomorrow's - San Francisco. Stan spoke about his personal connection to 's disease with Kumasi Aaron Still time to sign-up: act.alz.org/ncnv

11/03/2023

Dia de los Mu***os ofrendas at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center honor organ donors in South Bay! Learn more about how to register for the donor network at Donor Network West.

More than two dozen lives were honored with Dia de los Mu***os ofrendas at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The alter honored the lives of those whose organs were donated to save other lives.

11/03/2023

Dozens of special needs classes in the South Bay got to celebrate Halloween in an incredible way, thanks to a creative San Jose teacher at Leyva Middle School.

Dozens of special needs classes in the San Jose got to celebrate Halloween with a dance thanks to one teacher. For many of those students, the school dance was the first they've ever been able to attend.

11/03/2023

Bullying Prevention Month showcases the inspiring stories of Bay Area youth, like Sarahi's from Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.

Joining Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) in the fifth grade, Sarahi Perez was grappling with persistent bullying and self-doubt. Today, she is a teen staff member and fierce youth advocate for those that have been in her shoes before.