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(Local and International)

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Local News

Chabot TV (Chabot College Television), Channel 27

        http://www.chabot.org/ChabotTV/
Program Schedule:  http://www.chabot.org/ChabotTV/schedule.asp
 

KGO-ABC, Channel 7

        http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/
 

KPIX-CBS, Channel 5
        http://www.kpix.com/
 

KTVU-FOX, Channel 2 (News Source for BayInsider)
      http://www.bayinsider.com/news/
 

KRON, Channel 4

        http://www.kron.com/
 

Northern California Newspapers

    http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/California.html#newspapers
 

Television/Radio  | Newspapers/Newswires |  Alternative Newspapers and Websites
Directories to Newspapers/Media News

Television/Radio

MSNBC
         http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
 

CNN (Cable News Network)

        http://www.cnn.com/
 

National Public Radio (NPR)
        http://www.npr.org/
 

ABC News

        http://abcnews.go.com/
 

Online Newshour, with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
        http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

Newspapers/Newswires

Yahoo! News

        Current News:  http://news.yahoo.com/
     Archives Search:  http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/options
Contains the current three months' worth of news from several different resources, including the AP and Reuters newswires, ABCNews.com, Business Wire, Contra Costa Times, Forbes.com, Rolling Stone, and the San Jose Mecury News.  You can narrow your search by date range, title(s) of news source(s), and one or more of sixteen categories
 

Los Angeles Times
        http://www.latimes.com/
Full text of the current two weeks' stories available here. 
 

New York Times

        http://www.nytimes.com/
Requires free registration to view stories.  New York Times is available as full text going back to 1980 in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.
 

Washington Post
        http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Current two weeks of articles available for free as full text.  To view articles going further back in time, search Lexis-Nexis Academic.  Full-text articles are available back to 1977.
 

Christian Science Monitor

        http://www.csmonitor.com/
Current week of articles available for free as full text.  For viewing articles further back in time, search Lexis-Nexis Academic.
Chabot has current three months on paper.  Available on Microfilm: 1967-1993
 

Financial Times

        http://news.ft.com/
The premiere web site for business news.  Selections include News, Markets, Industries, and Companies, all leading to news stories which you can then search by your particular search terms.  The "Total Search" engine includes a pull down menu on the left which you can choose to further narrow down your search.  When you get to your list of search results, use the pull down menu on the upper right to list your results either by date or by relevance.  Full text stories from the last thirty days are not only from the Financial Times but from many publications from around the world
 

Wall Street Journal

        http://public.wsj.com/home.html
Limited information available to the public for free (not full text to all stories even for today).   (Look under anywhere where it says "Free Information"
Chabot Library has current four months in print.  Also has the following on microfilm:  1965-1978 (Eastern Edition), 1979-1986 (Western Edition), 1987-1993 (Eastern Edition), 1994-   (Western Edition).

Alternative Newspapers/Web Sites

The Center for Public Integrity: Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
     http://www.publicintegrity.org/
 

Village Voice

        http://www.villagevoice.com/
The nation's most popular alternative newspaper
   

AlterNet.org

        http://www.alternet.org/
With articles mainly written from an editorial perspective, AlterNet provides a good sample of articles published in many alternative newspapers and magazines, in addition to their own feature articles.
 

TomPaine.com

        http://www.TomPaine.com/
Editorials on current events from an alternative perspective
 

The Independent (from Great Britain)        http://www.independent.co.uk
      Commentaries Page: http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/
From Great Britain, provides good coverage of day-to-day news and many thought provoking essays (from their Commentaries Page).
 

WebActive.com

        http://www.webactive.com/
Includes RealAudio broadcasts of alternative news programs including Democracy NOW, Pacifica Network News, Free Speech Radio news, Radio Nation, CounterSpin, and Environmental News Network.  You will only be able to listen to these broadcasts, off campus.  WebActive also contains a directory to many organizations
 

OpenDemocracy
        http://www.opendemocracy.com/
Editorial pieces from Great Britain
 

Common Dreams News Center

        http://www.CommonDreams.org/
News, editorials, and opinions given by Common Dreams, a "a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future."

Directories to Newspapers and Other News Media

U.S. News Archives on the Web        http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
 

News Directory

        http://www.newsdirectory.com/
 

Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers        http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/
 

AJR Newslink

        http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html
 

College News

        http://www.collegenews.com/
 

WWW News Resource Page

        http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~dtsang/netnews1.htm

World News Megastories

        http://www.megastories.com/
 

BBC News Online

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/
 

Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers
        http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/
 

News Directory

        http://www.newsdirectory.com/
 

Middle East/Islam News  

Islam Online

        http://www.islam-online.net/english/index.shtml
 

albawaba.com: Middle East News Information        http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3
 

Middle East Internet Pages

        http://www.middle-east-pages.com/me-newspaper.html
 

ArabicNewspaper.com

        http://www.arabicnewspaper.com/
 

Al Jazeera

        http://www.aljazeera.net   English page:  http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
Al Jazeera is a renowned independent television network of the Middle East, and most recently is famous for receiving information about the terrorist group, Al Queda, including the televising of interviews and announcements from Al Queda
   

Afghan News Network Services
        http://www.afghannews.net/
 

Sabawoon.com (Afghanistan News Source)
        http://www.sabawoon.com/
 

DAWN (Pakistan Newspaper)

        http://www.dawn.com/

Northern California Ethnic/Diversity Newspapers

        http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/California.html#ethnic

Afrocentric News

        http://www.afrocentricnews.com/2index.html
 

Black Press USA

        http://www.blackpressusa.com/
 

Black Issues in Higher Education
        http://www.blackissues.com/
 

Darnell's Black Radio Guide

        http://www.radioblack.com/
 

Asian Week

        http://www.asianweek.com/
 

Deaf Today

        http://www.deaftoday.com/
 

Queer Information Network's Publication Guide
         http://manifestonews.org/QIN/publications/index.html
 

Washington Blade

        http://www.washblade.com/
 

The Advocate

        http://www.advocate.com/
 

Yahoo!'s Planet Out News
        http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/community/planet_out/
 

Latino Beat

        http://www.latinobeat.net/
   

Islam Online
        http://www.islam-online.net/english/index.shtml
   

Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
        http://www.jewishjournal.com/
 

Saigon Bao (Directory of Online Vietnamanese Newspapers)        http://www.saigonbao.com/

SFGate: Live Traffic

        http://www.sfgate.com/traffic/
 

Bay Area Traffic Report (from BayInsider.com)        http://www.bayinsider.com/autos/traffic/
 

California Highway Information

        http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/

California Weather

        http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/
 

San Francisco Bay Area Weather Page
        http://www.weatherpages.com/bayarea/
 

BayInsider's Weather Page

        http://www.bayinsider.com/weather/index.html
 

National Weather Service Home Page

        http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
 

Weather Underground
        http://www.wunderground.com/
 

The Weather Channel's Home Page

        http://www.weather.com/