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08/04/2025

The bill would also give them protected status and the right to work while the lengthy application process plays out.

U.S. CONGRESSMAN JIMMY PANETTA has reintroduced legislation aiming to remove a cap on the number of visas granted to victims of domestic abuse and other

08/04/2025

SFMTA will begin issuing civil speeding penalties using 33 cameras installed across all 11 city districts starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

THE FIRST AUTOMATIC SPEED CAMERAS in California will begin issuing citations in San Francisco next week. After a 60-day warning period that began June 6,

08/01/2025

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07/27/2025

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07/26/2025

Hicks: Democracy rocks — Elders out in force, voting, protesting and creating clever signs

I RECENTLY DID A STORY about an anti-ICE protest, at which I spoke with a very friendly, sign-toting older lady decked out in red, white and blue, who

07/25/2025

Supervisor seeks hearing into reentry facility operating at SF site of 1966 transgender riot

San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is calling for a hearing into a private prison corporation that operates a local reentry facility at the center of

07/25/2025

San Francisco supervisors pass RV parking restrictions, reapportion housing funds.
SF's Point-in-Time Count, says 1,444 people and families live in large vehicles throughout the city.

DOZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO community members gathered in all-black, funeral-like outfits chanting “fight, fight, fight, housing is a human right” on the

07/24/2025

The seeds of healing: San Quentin prisoners create garden to remember victims of crime.
“I immediately said, we should have a space here at San Quentin dedicated to the people we have harmed."

A FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMAN has joined forces with incarcerated men at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center to help them create a garden that honors and

07/24/2025

Contra Costa County sheriff will continue giving ICE some inmate release information
Public Defender wants sheriff to stop reporting inmate release data for people living here illegally.

DESPITE REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS and Contra Costa County’s Public Defender to stop reporting inmate release data for people living here illegally to

07/24/2025

Alameda County supervisors approve final terms for sale of Oakland Coliseum

THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS has voted to finalize terms for the sale of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum to a local development company.

07/23/2025

AlCo supervisors sign off on $1M redress fund to compensate evicted Russell City residents.
“Let us be clear, the destruction of Russell City is an atrocity that cannot be undone,” said Supervisor Elisa Marquez.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors has voted to create a roughly $1 million “redress fund” to bring some amount of justice to the former residents of

07/23/2025

Crime in Oakland is down, police department says.
Homicides are down 24 percent this year compared to 2024, reported robberies are down 42 percent, and reported burglaries are down 24 percent.

Crime in Oakland is down over 30 percent this week compared to the same week in July last year, the city’s Police Department said. Between July 14-20 of