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Supreme Court upholds travel ban
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote Tuesday upheld the third version of President Donald Trump's travel ban restricting entry from five predominantly Muslim countries.Read More
Hundreds protest ICE separating families
Hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's San Francisco office Tuesday to protest a new national immigration policy that has children being separated from...Read More
State sues EPA over auto emissions
The state of California led a coalition of 17 states Tuesday in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Scott Pruitt to challenge a plan to roll back...Read More
Sessions slams Schaaf, cites Civil War
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday morning in Sacramento, "Federal law is the supreme law of the land."Read More
California educators applaud upheld DACA protections
In a case that began in San Francisco, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place protections for nearly 700,000 undocumented young people who arrived in the United States...Read More
California bail reform lurches forward
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he would not appeal a recent state appeals court ruling ordering a new bail hearing for a man held on $350,000...Read More
SF sues California over ride-hailing rules
The city of San Francisco sued the state of California Thursday over new restrictions by the state on how cities can regulate drivers for ride-hailing companies.Read More
State to oversee ongoing SFPD reforms
The California Department of Justice will now oversee the ongoing police reforms in San Francisco after the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year that they no longer wanted...Read More
Appeals court uphelds state prostitution law
A sex workers' advocacy group lost a bid to a federal appeals court to overturn a 146-year-old California law that criminalizes prostitution.Read More
DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in San Francisco to keep protections for undocumented young people...Read More
Garcia Zarate to be transferred into federal custody
The man who was acquitted of murder charges in the fatal shooting of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday.Read More
FBI thwarts plot to attack Pier 39
A 26-year-old Modesto man is accused of planning a Christmas Day terrorist attack on Pier 39 that was prevented by the FBI after an undercover investigation that took place...Read More
ICE probed over detainee complaints
An investigation is continuing into allegations by women being detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in a Contra Costa County jail.Read More
Feds warn Bay Area sanctuary communities
The cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Fremont and Watsonville and Contra Costa, Monterey, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties received sanctuary warning letters from the Department of Justice.Read More
SF public defender to challenge bail in every criminal case
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has announced plans to challenge every single criminal case in which bail is set for the defendant.Read More
Sex workers argue in court for legal prostitution
A lawyer for a sex workers’ advocacy group asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to overturn a 145-year-old California law that criminalizes prostitution. Attorney Louis Sirkin...Read More
Warning issued over price-gouging in fire-stricken areas
A price-gouging alert was issued Monday by the California attorney general to remind residents and business owners that California law prohibits price gouging during a state of emergency.Read More
As feds bail, SF stands behind police reforms
San Francisco city and police officials Tuesday said they will continue to implement reforms recommended last year by the U.S. Department of Justice.Read More
Bay Area leaders decry Trump over DACA
Bay Area elected officials and leaders deplored President Donald Trump's decision to end a program allowing young undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States.Read More
SF sues feds over immigration rules
Dennis Herrera said the lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeks a court order to declare the new restrictions as unconstitutional.Read More