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Undocumented Immigrant Detained by ICE in Front of Home in San Jose

Advocates warn of ongoing isolated ICE raids after an undocumented immigrant was detained in front of his San Jose home Saturday — despite the Trump administration calling off the mass deployment of federal agents in the Bay Area earlier this week.

sports

San Francisco One of Four Cities to Get Women’s Pro Baseball League Team for Inaugural 2026 Season

The Women’s Professional Baseball League (WPBL), which was co-founded by former Oakland A’s coach Justine Siegal, has chosen San Francisco as one of its four founding cities for its inaugural 2026 season, along with Los Angeles, New York, and Boston.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: Filipino Tea Party, Candelabra Redwoods, Fog and Folklore, and Mezcal Lineage

In this week’s Field Notes: Financial literacy for youth; Filipino tea and an all-Filipino band; Latino history; mezcal traditions; ceramic and wood; sculptural trees; Bay Area haunts; a mountain lion’s journey; and Santa Cruz’s new upscale hotel and spa.

SF News

Saturday Links: South Bay Police Chief Suspected of Commuting From Idaho

An ophthalmology professor from Stanford University created a device that helps people with vision loss read again; Newsom signed a bill calling for a state commission on the inclusion of trans athletes in competitive sports; and the Millbrae police chief is suspected of commuting from Idaho.

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Day Around the Bay: Muir Woods Reopens Through November 1, Entry Fees Waived

The National Weather Service is forecasting 20-foot sneaker waves and rip tides this weekend; the one remaining Walgreens pharmacy in the Mission has an average 45-minute line; and some of Muir Woods National Park’s operational partners pitched in to reopen the park for ten days.

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Trump (Again) Says National Guard Is Coming to San Francisco Next, May Use Insurrection Act

In a Sunday morning interview with Fox News, Trump reinforced his plans to send National Guard troops to San Francisco while potentially invoking the Insurrection Act. He said “they want us in San Francisco” and San Francisco was great before it went “woke.”

sports

San Jose Sharks Apologize for Pro-ICE Jumbotron Message During Hispanic Heritage Night

During the first intermission at Saturday night’s hockey game between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center, an offensive fan-submitted message flashed across the scoreboard in support of ICE. The team later apologized for the oversight.

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Sunday Links: Pro-Trump Counter-Protestors Crash ‘No Kings’ Rally in Palo Alto

Some Glen Park residents are perplexed by Time Out's coining their beloved neighborhood as cool; Mayor Lurie was conspicuously absent from Saturday’s “No Kings” rally in SF; and some MAGA supporters showed up to Palo Alto’s “No Kings” protest.

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[Update] Former Oakland Raiders Player Dies in Custody After Scuffle With Police

The Oakland Police Department says when officers responded to a report of a break-in at a residence, they were informed that someone tied to the break-in was suffering from a medical emergency. After a brief scuffle, the suspect became unresponsive before dying at the hospital.

SF News

[Update] GoFundMe Creates Placeholder Pages for 1.4 Million Nonprofits, Many Without Their Knowledge

Friends of the San Bruno Public Library discovered that GoFundMe created a donation page for it to “claim” without notifying its office. The site made 1.4 million such placeholder pages, which need to be manually unpublished if nonprofits wish to opt out.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: SF Photobook Fair, Annie Sprinkle’s ‘Bazoombas,’ and Local Indigenous-Owned Businesses

Fundraiser for Madrone’s Oscar Myers; local Indigenous-owned businesses; processing trauma through surfing; learning about SF via Muni; downtown alley transformation; Photobook Fair weekend; Annie Sprinkle celebrates Earth and boobs; lavender and bees; SF’s 55-acre garden.

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Saturday Links: A Beleaguered Benioff Retracts, Apologizes for National Guard Remarks

A Michigan woman used ChatGBT to pick her winning Powerball numbers; a prolific list of No King’s rallies across the Bay Area is provided within; and Marc Benioff has officially retracted his National Guard comments.

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Day Around the Bay: OpenAI to Block Users From Using Martin Luther King Jr.’s Likeness

Prince Andrew no longer has his royal titles due to the Epstein scandal; a teenager was arrested for making a false bomb threat to a Marin County high school; and OpenAI is temporarily blocking users from utilizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness.

Arts & Entertainment

Spike Lee Receives Mill Valley Film Fest Award, Suddenly Recalls He Made ‘Sucker Free City’

Esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee received a Tribute Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival this weekend. While on stage with Oakland-based actor Delroy Lindo, who starred in four of Lee’s films, Lee suddenly remembered he directed the 2004 film 'Sucker Free City.'

SF News

Musk Jumps Into Benioff’s National Guard Discussion With SF ‘Drug-Zombie Apocalypse’ Trope

Elon Musk recycled one of his tired, old ‘SF is a [fill in the blank] zombie apocalypse’ insults in an X post supporting Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s statement about sending the National Guard to “clean up” crime in San Francisco.

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Trans Santa Rosa Junior College Volleyball Player at the Center of Protests, Title IX Complaint

After three former women’s volleyball players filed Title IX complaints against Santa Rosa Junior College last month, the community rallied in support of an unnamed transgender player ahead of a game Wednesday amid ongoing anti-trans protests.

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Sunday Links: University of California Wins Record-Breaking Five Nobel Prizes in Single Year

One of the victims in Monday’s medical helicopter crash in Sacramento has died; a suspect has been arrested in last week's hit-and-run crash in Bernal Heights; and UC California made history with the most Nobel Prizes in one year for a single institution.

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San Francisco's Only Adult LGBTQ Homeless Shelter Doubles Number of Beds, Triples in Size

LGBTQ homeless shelter, Jazzie’s Place, received an $18 million city grant to triple its size and increase its beds from 24 to 50, six of them for non-LGBTQ residents. It also added lockers with phone chargers and bathrooms with ADA-accessible showers and changing rooms.

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Feds Launch New Tesla Probe After Several Cars Run Red Lights, Veer Into Traffic in Self-Driving Mode

NHTSA opened its third probe into Tesla of the year. The agency said it's received 58 reports of the manufacturer’s "Full Self-Driving" system ignoring red and green lights, veering into oncoming traffic while changing lanes, and using the incorrect lane to turn or go straight.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: Horror on Stage, 10-Cent Beers in the 510, and a Globe-Trotting Galapagos Albatross

Farmers market colors; Club Waziema’s food menu; 10-cent half-pints; up-and-coming musicians; drag and horror; men loving men; Michael Jang and the Giants; honoring Filipino heritage; remembering Salesforce Tower’s architect; and a rare albatross sighting.

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Saturday Links: Yosemite Overrun With Hikers Cutting in Line, Squatting Amid Shutdown

San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins tells Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, “We don't need your help here;” the SF Arts Commission was not consulted on Mayor Lurie’s “Big Art Loop” project; and nefarious characters are flocking to Yosemite, which currently only has one volunteer park ranger.

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Day Around the Bay: Salesforce's Marc Benioff Wants to Bring National Guard to SF, ‘Re-Fund’ SFPD

The South Lake Tahoe church where Mayor Tamara Wallace embezzled funds said they caught her in the act; Two Gilroy elementary schools have encountered copper wire theft in the past month; and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff mistakenly thought SFPD was defunded at some point.

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Home of South Carolina Judge Who Blocked Feds From Accessing Voter Data Burns to the Ground

The home of Diane Goodstein, a South Carolina judge who’s been receiving death threats after going up against Trump in September, burned to the ground in a suspected explosion Saturday. Her husband, former State Rep. and Senator Arnold Goodstein, reportedly leapt from the building to escape.

Business & Tech

Some Optical Gaming Mice Can Be Manipulated to Spy on Users Through AI, Researchers Warn

Researchers at UC Irvine uncovered a vulnerability that enables some gaming mice with polling rates of 4,000 Hz or higher — many of which are developed in the Bay Area — to be turned into spyware, capturing conversations through desk vibrations using AI.

Politics

[Update] Deployment of California National Guard Members to Portland Halted by Judge

Governor Newsom announced Sunday that Trump deployed California National Guard members to assist law enforcement in Portland. The move was later blocked by a Trump-appointed federal judge who had previously blocked the president from federalizing Oregon troops.