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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bay Area Father of Three, Who Lived Here 25 Years, Detained By ICE at Routine Appointment In SF

This week brings another heart-wrenching story of a local man, who was undocumented but who is married to a US citizen and has spent decades battling to get legal status, who has been thrown into ICE detention.

At Least Two Detained In Unusual ICE Action at Federal Court In SF

Immigration attorneys are outraged by a highly unusual set of arrests that occurred inside a federal courthouse in San Francisco Tuesday.

ICE Presence at Bay Area Immigration Courts Alarms Advocates

ICE agents were seen in the hallways and waiting areas of courthouses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Concord throughout the past week. One man was reportedly arrested outside the Concord court on Wednesday.

Sunday Links: ICE Arrests California Father While His Children Wait Alone at Gas Station

All 15 of Newsom's podcasts feature men, except for one that includes a man and a woman; two brothers were rescued from the surf at Ocean Beach; and ICE arrested a father and left his children alone in the car during a recent rash of raids along Central Coast.

Saturday Links: US-Born Citizen Detained In Florida Has Been Released

Cole Valley's first night market was a big hit on Thursday; San Jose police are searching for a missing teen; and a Georgia man who was detained by ICE in Florida has been released.

Day Around The Bay: Officials Introduce Bill Prohibiting ICE From California Schools Without Warrant

California Tesla owners claim that Tesla alters odometers to speed up warranty expiration; police were called to three different Bay Area schools on Friday; and officials have introduced a bill keeping ICE off CA school campuses.

Business & Tech

Sonoma-Serving Budget Airline Avelo Shuts Down Flights, Becomes Trump Deportation Contractor

A budget airline that made a hub of Santa Rosa's Charles M. Schulz Airport is closing that hub and turning its attention to providing charter flights for deported migrants out of Arizona, under contract with the federal government.

Day Around the Bay: ICE Reportedly Sending Contractors Out In East Bay

Heklina's friends and supporters turned out to demonstrate in London; Rep. Lateefah Simon says that ICE contractors are knocking on doors in the East Bay; and Presidio trails are closed for coyote pupping season.

SF Law Firm at Forefront of Fighting Back Against Trump’s Attempts to Punish Legal Industry

As Donald Trump’s executive orders target law firms that have taken on his administration, many big firms are cowering and backing down. Others are doubling down on their mission, like one here in San Francisco that's fighting the legality of ICE raids.

Protesters Want Sonoma County Sheriff to Commit to Ending Cooperation With ICE

Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram does not support a proposed ordinance that bans all collaboration with ICE, and his department has worked with ICE in the last year. Protesters want him to change course.

Saturday Links: Amy Tan's Personal Archives Added To U.C. Berkeley's Bancroft Library Collection

ESPN announcer misidentifies Golden Gate Bridge; education park ranger writes heartfelt message after sudden firing; California ranks third in the country to be single.

ICE Might Be Looking to Use Shuttered Dublin Women's Prison as Immigrant Detention Center

The nightmare of undocumented immigrants being rounded up en masse into camps could be closer to reality than we think, as a rumor is now out there that ICE has been sniffing around FCI Dublin, the shuttered women's prison in the East Bay.

Fake Flyers Falsely Claim ICE Raids in SF, But Feds Go After KCBS for Accurately Reporting Agents’ San Jose Location

While the undated flyers claiming ICE raids are happening in SF “tomorrow” have been debunked, a real January 26 report on ICE agents’ location in San Jose has brought an investigation from Trump’s FCC.

City Hall Rallies After at Least Five ICE Operations Were Attempted (and Apparently Failed) In SF

The rumors appear to be true that ICE agents tried at least five detention operations in San Francisco over the last few days, but were apparently turned away, and a who’s-who of SF City Hall officials rallied against this Tuesday morning.

Scott Wiener Says That ICE Was In ‘Downtown SF Office Buildings’ as Part of Mass Deportation Operations

Details are scarce, but state Senator Scott Wiener claimed today that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were investigating SF office building employees Friday as part of President Trump’s mass deportation sweeps.

ICE Agents Confirmed to Be Carrying Out Operations Sunday In San Jose, Rumored to Be Back on Monday

While there is no evidence yet that anyone was detained, San Jose officials have confirmed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were carrying out some sort of operation Sunday, and a watchdog group says they were back at it Monday morning.