February 4, 1974: 50 years ago, Feb 4 1974, newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped [...]
50 years ago, Feb 4 1974, newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army, an eccentric urban revolutionary group founded by former LAPD informant Cinque Mtume. Hearst later claimed the SLA brainwashed her into joining
February 22, 1974: 50 years ago, February 22 1974, rioting broke out in East Oakland at a [...]
50 years ago, February 22 1974, rioting broke out in East Oakland at a food giveaway organized by media magnate Randolph Hearst’s People In Need, a charitable organization he had created to satisfy a demand by the Symbionese Liberation Army, who had kidnapped his daughter Patty The SLA, a highly …
April 28, 1974: 50 years ago, April 28 1974, riots erupted in Union City's predominantly [...]
50 years ago, April 28 1974, riots erupted in Union City’s predominantly Latino Decoto neighborhood over the police killing of Alberto Terrones Jr. ten days earlier Terrones had been killed after stealing three canned hams from a Lucky Supermarket in Hayward. Local residents told newspapers the rioting, which reportedly did …
June 2, 1974: 50 years ago, June 2 1974, 350 Berkeley radicals rallied in Ho Chi Minh [...]
50 years ago, June 2 1974, 350 Berkeley radicals rallied in Ho Chi Minh Park (Willard Park) to honor the slain members of the Symbionese Liberation Army who died that May during a police siege of their Los Angeles hideout. Connections made at the rally helped the SLA to regroup …
June 7, 1974: 50 years ago, June 7 1974, 4,400 nurses went on strike across 41 clinics [...]
50 years ago, June 7 1974, 4,400 nurses went on strike across 41 clinics and hospitals in the Bay Area. The California Nurses’ Association (CNA) held their national convention in San Francisco during the 21 day strike, which won workers an 11% raise but few other concessions