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President threatens military force against public as curfews spread across U.S., Bay Area
President Donald J. Trump Monday evening threatened military force against members the American public.Read More
Activists plan body bag demonstration calling for Trump, Pence removal
Members of the group Refuse Fascism on Tuesday will bring body bags to the Federal Building in San Francisco to send the message that they want U.S. President Donald...Read More
Trump ‘proud to announce’ $700 million for Bay Area transit in funds allocated by CARES Act weeks ago
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that the Bay Area will receive more than $700 million in federal funding. According to the tweet, the funds will be...Read More
Covid-19 update: Trump declares ‘we’re back,’ counties slowly lift restrictions even as cases stubbornly climb, House passes HEROES Act
U.S. Confirmed Cases: 1,442,819 Deaths: 87,530 Source: John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center COVID-19 global tracking tool as of Friday at 6:32 p.m. Donald Trump announced “Operation Warp Speed”...Read More
Covid-19 update: Bay Area braces for another month under shelter as U.S. cases near one million mark
Tests have confirmed more than three million cases of Covid-19 globally — nearly one-third of them are in the U.S. Alliances were a theme Monday with the addition of...Read More
Covid-19 update: SF breaks down zip code data, state tackles digital divide, Trump announces immigration halt
The John Hopkins global Covid-19 database has tracked nearly 2.5 million cases of confirmed Covid-19 infections as of Monday evening. Across the Bay Area, but especially at Golden Gate...Read More
Covid-19 update: ‘Reopen’ protests under scrutiny, activists bring ‘body bags’ to SF, national deaths surpass 40,000
Testing and reopening strategies have emerged as prominent themes this past week both here at home in the Bay Area and across the country. But in the midst of...Read More
Covid-19 update: Teachers urge donations for immigrant families, festivals cancel, Newsom lays out six-point plan, Trump cuts WHO funding
As of now, it looks like most large gatherings scheduled through 2020 around the Bay Area are unlikely to occur as evidenced by the cancellations of San Francisco’s Pride...Read More
SF condemns Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ rhetoric, violence against Asian Americans
San Francisco supervisors have condemned President Donald Trump’s use of term “Chinese virus” during White House press briefings and on his Twitter account. Board President Norman Yee Tuesday introduced...Read More
Protesters rally for immigrant rights after courthouse ICE arrests
Members of immigration rights organizations rallied outside Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa Tuesday morning to protest the arrest of two immigrants at the courthouse last week by...Read More
A look at Trump, Clinton speeches provides stark contrast between two impeached presidents
Moments before the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment against former President Bill Clinton on Dec. 11, 1998, the president gave a speech in the Rose Garden to...Read More
‘Squid Pro Quo’ joins Trump Chicken for San Francisco Bay Saturday sail
The Trump Chicken will return to San Francisco Bay on Saturday, but this the inflatable bird will be accompanied by a 60-foot inflatable squid. The “Squid Pro Quo” is...Read More
Fourth annual Women’s March events happening across Bay Area Saturday
Thousands are expected to turn out for events around Bay Area on Saturday to mark the fourth annual Women’s March. Nationwide, hundreds of marches are set to take place,...Read More
Tension escalates at home, abroad as Trump lurches closer to war with Iran
The first days of the new year came crashing down with renewed fears of yet another war in the Middle East. On Dec. 31, as the U.S. Embassy in...Read More
U.S. strike in Baghdad kills Iran’s top military commander
U.S. military personnel killed Iran’s top military general and the country’s second most powerful leader, Qasem Soleimani, in a targeted strike Thursday. The Associated Press reports that Gen. Soleimani...Read More
Donald Trump becomes third impeached president in U.S. history
As of 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, Donald J. Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. After approximately eight hours of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives...Read More
Passion, realism dominate Bay Area rallies on brink of impeachment
It can never be claimed that President Donald J. Trump does not inspire civic engagement.Read More
9th Circuit hears arguments in appeal for restrictive asylum rule
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer defended a restrictive asylum rule by the administration of President Donald Trump in arguments before a federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday....Read More
State Supreme Court strikes law requiring tax returns for primary ballot
The California Supreme Court in San Francisco on Thursday struck down a state law that would have required President Donald Trump to release his tax returns in order to...Read More
2020 census language access change poses undercount risk
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has made a decision to only mail 2020 census questionnaires printed in English and Spanish, opting to just collect data...Read More