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Pandemic changed life’s routines

The year 2020 was unlike any year in recent memory. From a  global pandemic that found its way into the homes and businesses of...

Young activists prepared for long-term commitment to social justice

About 40 teens and young adults gathered in a youth-led march for Black and Brown unity at Wells Park on Sept. 26. Lessons learned...

Sheriff’s Dept. offers assurances of neutrality during short community meeting

The Santee Sheriff’s Virtual Community Connection meeting on Sept. 17 lasted all of 30 minutes. Santee City Manager Marlene Best and Santee Mayor John Minto...

Demands for justice continue

Social activist group We Stand United gathered with other civil rights supporters Aug. 29  near Kohl’s in Santee with calls for police reform and...

Forum stirs memories of bygone days of social, political upheaval

As the nation passes 90 days of Black civil rights protests, adults who lived through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s...

Policing committee plans for Santee future

Santee Mayor John Minto and several members present for the monthly Santee Community Oriented Policing Committee meeting on Monday discussed ways they could better...

Rally for justice met with heavy police presence

The Justice for Womxn of Color protest advertised “planned civil disobedience” on a flyer distributed in advance of an Aug. 1 gathering in La...

Protestors demand accountability

Surrounded by hundreds of people, Tasha Williamson reiterated to the crowd of Black Lives Matter supporters and civil rights activists why they were gathered...

Crowd marches in support of black lives

A handful of residents in the 10000 block of Riverview Walk watched from outside their suburban homes Sunday as a crowd of people gathered...