What led to the closure of Alameda County’s first-in-the-nation rape crisis center?

Ten dial tones, three long rings. Then, a voicemail greeting.

Calls to BRAVE Bay Area’s 24/7 crisis hotline don’t always connect to a live voice on the other end, because the phone lines at the nation’s first nonprofit rape crisis center haven’t operated around the clock — as advertised — for years.

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