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Federal agencies officially revoke California emissions standards waiver
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced Thursday that they are revoking California’s authority to set strict auto emission standards. The administration’s...Read More
Ben Carson dodges protesters in brief SF public housing visit
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson paid a visit to San Francisco’s Potrero Terrace housing development Tuesday to tour the new complex. Ahead of the visit,...Read More
President fundraising visit draws protesters, inflatable ‘baby Trump’
With President Donald Trump in the Bay Area on Tuesday for the first time since being inaugurated, several dozen protesters have gathered in Portola Valley to call for his...Read More
Federal judge reinstates nationwide injunction on asylum restriction
A federal judge in Oakland on Monday reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prevent almost all migrants at the southern U.S. border from...Read More
Mayor vows to ‘stand behind our immigrant communities’
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, city officials and community organizers gathered at City Hall in preparation for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Bay Area, including in...Read More
SF protesters join the fight against ICE raids
Hundreds gathered Thursday to protest planned raids against undocumented immigrants that are said to begin Sunday. Activists and organizers of all ages gathered in front of the Immigration and...Read More
SF protest planned to denounce ICE raids
Following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump will order Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids Sunday to deport undocumented immigrants in several U.S. cities, protesters will rally Thursday in San...Read More
California and SF ask federal judge to block religious refusal rule
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera both asked a federal court Tuesday to block a new rule by the administration of President Donald...Read More
Rep. DeSaulnier hosts town hall to discuss Mueller report
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, is hosting a town hall meeting on the Mueller report Tuesday evening in Walnut Creek. DeSaulnier will be discussing foreign interference in the 2016...Read More
Agreement extends protection to immigrants from Honduras, Nepal
About 100,000 people from Honduras and Nepal have been granted the right to retain temporary protected status and remain in the United States.Read More
San Francisco lays plans to help federal workers in future shutdowns
As President Donald Trump agreed to reopen the government, San Francisco is planning for future government shutdowns.Read More
Police officer’s alleged killer arrested in Kern County
A man who allegedly shot and killed a police officer in Central California Wednesday was arrested early Friday morning near Bakersfield.Read More
Injunction becomes latest block of Trump’s partial asylum ban
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekersRead More
Protesters demand Pelosi support Green New Deal
A protest outside the San Francisco office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ended peacefully Tuesday with no arrests, according to the group behind the action, the Sunrise Movement.Read More
Overturn of Trump asylum ban praised by refugee rights group
A spokeswoman for an East Bay refugee rights group that sued President Donald Trump over a partial asylum ban said today the group is thrilled with a temporary restraining...Read More
Bay Area joins nationwide protests against Trump
Activists across the Bay Area Thursday evening protested President Donald Trump’s replacement of his attorney general after Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday. Trump has since appointed Acting Attorney General...Read More
Pelosi pledges bipartisanship after Democrats win House control
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pledged to work with Republicans on a number of issues -- among them building infrastructure and lowering prescription drug costs.Read More
Florida mail bomb suspect searched web for ‘UC Berkeley library’
A Florida man charged with sending packages with explosive materials to political opponents of President Donald Trump allegedly searched online for the term "UC Berkeley Library."Read More
San Francisco expands official recognition of gender identities
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday issued an executive directive to expand gender identities on all city forms and applications.Read More