SF News How California Volunteers Are Supporting Immigrants and Responding to ICE Across California, advocates are supporting immigrants at risk of detention by attending court, monitoring ICE activity, helping with legal paperwork, and assisting families with online hearing requests.
SF News Saturday Links: Federal Judge Issues Restraining Order Blocking Race-Based ICE Raids Some South Bay high schools are working to educate students about using AI tools ethically while curbing cheating; former Emeryville mayor John Bauters is now a contestant on reality show, 'The Snake'; and a federal judge has blocked ICE from conducting indiscriminate raids.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Admin Erases Bi History From Stonewall Site After Earlier Trans Omission Berkeley Flea Market vendors are still setting up outside the Ashby BART station on the weekends; a worker was killed during Thursday's raid at Glass House Farms in SoCal; and references to bisexual people have been erased from the Stonewall Memorial site.
SF News Cannabis Farm In SoCal Sees Chaotic ICE Raid; Subsequent Protest Met With Tear Gas A chaotic scene on California's Central Coast is making the national news Thursday evening as an ICE raid at a cannabis farm was met with a protest, and federal agents and National Guard troops then began deploying tear gas and rubber bullets.
SF News ICE SUV Plows Through Protesters at SF Courthouse, as Protest Turns Ugly An especially brutal incident occurred at an SF immigration courthouse Tuesday morning, as protesters attempted to block an ICE SUV that was apparently transporting an arrested immigrant, and the SUV simply plowed its way through the demonstrators.
SF News Sunday Links: Pokemon Line-Cutting Dispute Leads to Stabbing Outside Colma GameStop One person was killed and four injured in an early Saturday shooting in SF's Bayview District; Oakland has received a $10 million grant to improve street safety and expand bike lanes; and someone was stabbed with a glass shard for allegedly cutting in line for Pokemon cards.
SF News New App Lets Users Crowdsource ICE Agent Sightings, Trump Administration Goes Apoplectic A new iPhone app purports to be “Waze but for ICE sightings” and lets users share the location of ICE operations they see, but now the Trump administration is throwing massive tantrums and claiming they’ll sue CNN for reporting that the app exists.
SF News SF Drag Performer Was Detained By ICE Heading Into Pride Weekend On Thursday of last week as we were leading up to Pride Weekend, a Guatemalan drag performer living in SF and performing under the stage name Hilary Rivers was detained after showing up for an immigration court hearing.
SF News Sunday Links: Top SF Law Enforcement Official Arrested, Under Investigation for Hit-and-Run Six people are dead and two missing after a 27-foot boat capsized during a storm on Lake Tahoe; a motorcyclist who taunted CHP during a high-speed chase was arrested in Berkeley; and a high-ranking SF Sheriff’s official was arrested for hit-and-run.
SF News Saturday Links: SoCal Man Says He Was Dragged From Van, Arrested for Filming ICE Raid A new report warns that Sonoma County is still not prepared for large scale emergency fire or flood evacuations; a San Jose police officer was arrested for firing his gun and faces child abuse charges; and a SoCal man says he was violently dragged and arrested for filming an ICE raid on Thursday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mahmoud Khalil to Be Released After Months in Immigration Custody Pope Leo XIV urged Silicon Valley execs to prioritize human wellbeing in their technology; a San Rafael City Schools board trustee was suspended following his arrest for child molestation; and former Columbia student and legal resident Mahmoud Khalil is set to be released Friday evening.
SF News ICE Agents Try to Camp Out at Dodger Stadium, LAPD Promptly Shoos Them Away Here’s one time we’ll actually cheer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as ICE agents tried to set up shop in the Dodger Stadium parking lot before tonight’s game, but the Dodgers say that “They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization.”
SF News Scott Weiner's Latest Bill Would Ban ICE Agents From Wearing Face Coverings in California State Senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin just introduced a new bill that would ban law enforcement agents from being masked on the job, a move seemingly targeted at federal ICE agents who’ve been wearing gaiters while performing recent raids.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Litquake, Drag Bingo, Roller Disco, and Circus Bella Last week: SF is searching for a new Drag Laureate, SoMa's getting the “Four Seasons of bathhouses,” and Rikki's, the Castro's first women's sports bar, is open. This week: Roller disco, drag bingo, Circus Bella, and more.
SF News Bay Area Joins Millions Nationwide in Record-Breaking ‘No Kings Day’ Marches Against Trump Tens of thousands gathered across the Bay Area on Saturday as part of the nationwide “No Kings Day” protests, opposing the Trump administration on his 79th birthday. The demonstrations, potentially the largest in U.S. history, coincided with Trump's military parade in DC.
SF News Saturday Links: At Tahoe Trial, Former Lover Says Ex-MLB Player Admitted to Shooting Wife’s Mom A Florida man nabbed at SFO was convicted of wire fraud after posing as a flight attendant to score free flights; the CA Farm Bureau is condemning ICE raids targeting farmworkers; and the Tahoe murder trial of ex-MLB player Daniel Serafini has brought new details to light.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Venture Capital Firm Fined $215M Over Russian Oligarch Funds A Flywheel taxi flipped over in Civic Center on Friday morning; four detainees escaped from a New Jersey ICE facility during a riot that broke out over hunger and poor conditions; and a local firm was fined for managing a sanctioned Russian oligarch’s investments.
SF News ICE Raids on Farms Making Their Way Up to NorCal, Farmworkers Statewide Are Terrified The Los Angeles ICE raids are spreading northward in California, with new workplace raids targeting immigrant farmworkers now taking place along the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, and employees are terrified to go to work.
SF News Analysts Warn That Trump Could Send National Guard Here to San Francisco, Too We could see scenes in San Francisco like what’s happening in Los Angeles, as political analysts say it’s possible, and even likely, that Trump will send National Guard members or Marines into San Francisco as anti-ICE protests continue.
SF News SF Immigration Court Abruptly Closes as Protesters Gather Outside An immigration court in downtown San Francisco shut down early on Tuesday with no explanation given, while protesters and immigration advocates gathered outside — and following the arrests of at least two people by ICE agents.
SF News Thousands Pack the Mission for Peaceful ICE Protest; SFPD Pulls Pepper Spray On Separate, Smaller Civic Center Protest As many as 10,000 protesters jammed the streets of the Mission District Monday night in yet more public opposition to ICE actions in California, but a small splinter group hit Civic Center late at night, leading to arrests and SFPD pepper sprayings.
SF News Protest Outside ICE Field Office In SF Leads to 60 Arrests, Vandalism, Two Officers Injured A protest reportedly turned violent Sunday evening after hundreds gathered in downtown San Francisco in solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles who have been facing down National Guard troops deployed by President Trump.
SF News Saturday Links: California SEIU President Hospitalized, Arrested at ICE Protest in LA Over 6,500 local residents have been impacted by the closure of SF-Marin Food Bank's 13 pop-up pantries; Mr. S Leather is being sued over its mouth gags; and CA union president David Huerta was hospitalized and remains in federal custody following an ICE protest in LA on Friday.
SF News ICE Detains 15 More People at SF Immigration Court, Supervisor Calls It 'Unconscionable' and 'Authoritarian' Immigration agents reportedly detained 15 people Wednesday, including a three-year-old child, outside an immigration court in downtown San Francisco, where people were appearing for annual check-ins on their immigration cases.
SF News Humpday Headlines: ICE Agents Ask San Jose Police For Help With Protesters ICE called the police in San Jose when they encountered protesters during an operation Tuesday; a man was arrested in New York in connection with the Palm Springs clinic bombing; and an East Bay croissant maker took the top prize in a contest Sunday.