SF News Trump Administration Insists It Won’t Turn Shuttered FCI Dublin Into an ICE Detention Facility, But Says So in Very Fishy Terms The notorious and scandal-tainted former federal women’s prison known as FCI Dublin was rumored to be in the Trump administration’s crosshairs to make it an ICE holding pen, but the administration claims it has no such plans.
Business & Tech Marc Benioff Sticks Foot In His Mouth Again Making Jokes About ICE, Wisecracks Over Employees Getting Arrested Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made the exceedingly unwise decision to kid his international employees that they might be arrested by ICE, and boy did that joke not land whilst he was addressing a company event.
SF News Judge Shoots Down Wiener’s ICE Mask Ban, and Gavin Newsom and Wiener Are Blaming Each Other For it A federal judge has shot down state Senator Scott Wiener’s ban on ICE agents wearing masks, because of wonky new amendments that Wiener and Governor Newsom added to it, constituting a classic Democratic political screw-up.
SF News The Pro-ICE Billboard at Fisherman’s Wharf Has Been Removed, Supervisor Sauter Says The ICE fanboy billboard in Fisherman's Wharf had a pretty short run, because the district’s Supervisor Danny Sauter said on social media Wednesday that the Super Bowl-themed billboard near Per 39 has been removed.
SF News Saturday Links: California Has Zero Droughts For the First Time in 25 Years Two protestors were detained and two pepper sprayed Friday afternoon outside ICE's field office in SF; Guy Fieri is on the mend from “exploding” his leg muscle; and the state of California is drought-free for the first time since 2000.
SF Politics Scott Wiener’s Law Banning ICE Agents From Wearing Masks Takes Effect Thursday. Will ICE Abide? State Senator Scott Wiener got a law passed prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face coverings in California. We’ll find out when it goes into effect Thursday whether ICE agents will follow that law.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Trump Fires Five More SF Immigration Judges, to Hire ‘Deportation Judges’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her retirement after her public falling out with Trump; ICE agents were turned away at a Hayward elementary school Friday; and Trump has fired five additional SF immigration judges to be replaced by “deportation judges.”
SF News British Muslim Journalist in US on Speaking Tour Detained by ICE, Visa Revoked at SFO Sami Hamdi, a British Muslim journalist and political commentator currently visiting the US on a speaking tour for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), was detained by immigration authorities at San Francisco International Airport Sunday morning.
SF News 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 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.
SF News Saturday Links: New State Legislation Bolsters Access to Reproductive Care, Privacy Protections BART is now collaborating with Baggu after voicing displeasure with the brand’s unauthorized use of its logo; a person was critically injured in a shooting at SF’s Civic Center Friday; and Newsom signed new bills that strengthen reproductive health access and privacy protections.
Politics Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Rights of California Immigrants, Including Ban on Masks for Officers Governor Newsom signed a series of bills Saturday that aim to keep local and federal law enforcement in check during immigration crackdowns in California. Officers can no longer wear masks during official duties and will be required to identify themselves.
SF News Leaders Across Bay Area Launch Fund for Families of Immigrants Targeted by ICE Local leaders are launching the Stand Together Bay Area Fund, which will provide living expenses to families of local immigrants who’ve been deported or detained by ICE. Applicants can sign up through the SF-based Mission Asset Fund.
SF News Sunday Links: Tech Worker Who Was Stabbing Roommate Fatally Shot by Santa Clara Police The Valkyries played a strong game but lost against the Minnesota Lynx; posts on social media are saying salt trucks have been deployed across Chicago in anticipation of ICE; and an unemployed tech worker was shot and killed by police during a knife attack.
SF News US Citizen and SF Native Arrested by ICE After Protest We are now at the point where ICE agents are apparently arresting and detaining US citizens, as a San Francisco native became the third US citizen ICE agents have arrested this month in SF, though she was released on Thursday.
SF Politics Trump Administration on Spree of Firing Immigration Judges, Even While They’re Trying to Hire More More than 50 immigration judges, including a number in the Bay Area, have been fired nationwide since Trump took office in January, even while the government is simultaneously hiring more immigration judges, just probably Trumpier ones.
SF News Saturday Links: Nurses, Parents Protest Kaiser’s Pause on Trans Youth Surgical Care The Safeway strike deadline has been extended; ICE detained all the adults at SF immigration court without children on Friday; and Kaiser staff rallied in SF on Friday over the company's recent pause on gender-affirming care for youth.
SF News Sunday Links: Japanese American Activists Lead Protest Against Proposed ICE Facility at FCI Dublin The drivers of six sports cars were caught racing over 100 mph on SF freeways last weekend; a man was rescued from the water near SF's Ferry Building; and hundreds showed up to an ICE protest at FCI Dublin led by Japanese-American activists.
SF News Saturday Links: Garbage Strike Ends With Tentative Deal, Pickup Set to Resume Saturday SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto denied DOJ's request to hand over a list of noncitizen inmates; a driver in LA crashed into a crowd early Saturday, injuring over 30 people; and trash pickup will resume this weekend as the strike has ended with a tentative deal.
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 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 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 Saturday Links: OpenAI’s Viral Studio Ghibli Generator Takes Dark Turn With White House ICE Meme The White House used ChatGBT's Studio Ghibli generator to create a whimsical image of a real ICE arrest; there's a pronatalist matchmaking conference in Austin this weekend; and Canadian-Asian supermarket, T&T is coming to SF in 2026.
SF News Saturday Links: Ukrainian President Appears to Be Ambushed In Oval Office, Russian Reporter Removed For Live-Streaming Trump and Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy end discussions in a heated clash; a crypto trader dies by suicide after losing his last $500 in a crypto scam; and one vindictive person has been painting their own red curbs and leaving official-looking notes on their neighbors' cars.
SF News 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.
