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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Someone Posed as an ICE Agent and Tried to Visit Paul Pelosi Attacker In County Jail

Three days after David DePape's arrest, someone apparently posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to get in to see him in SF County Jail, wielding little more than a bogus business card.

Biden Picks Openly Gay Former Richmond PD Chief to Run Customs and Immigration

Known for toting a “Black Lives Matter” sign and being an openly gay and married police chief, former Richmond chief of police Chris Magnus has been nominated as Biden’s commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.

ICE Agents Failed Pick Up Santa Rosa Man Who Later Beat His Girlfriend To Death

Santa Rosa is not a sanctuary city and the Press Democrat recently did an article about this fact. So when undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Nery Estrada-Margos was arrested for beating his girlfriend, Veronica Cabrera

Family Of Slain Muralist Sues ICE Over Stolen Gun

The July 2015 killing of Kate Steinle with a federal agent's stolen gun grabbed national headlines, as is often the case when the victim is an attractive white woman. Far less attention was

Trump Promises Immigration Law Named For Kate Steinle In Wednesday Speech

Presidential unhopeful Donald Trump worked the story of Kate Steinle's July 2015 shooting into his speech on immigration on Wednesday in Phoenix, which seems predictable enough given how Fox News has previously taken

SF Clarifies Its Sanctuary City Policy, And Illegal Immigrants With Serious Felonies Are Exceptions

The SF Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously reaffirmed the city's Sanctuary City policy, and added some clarification about when it's OK for city workers and SFPD officers to dime out illegal immigrants to

ICE Agent Leaves Gun On Top Of Car, Drives Off, Loses Gun

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent reported his handgun missing after leaving it on the roof of his car and driving away, much like your mom did with a cup of coffee that

Report: SFPD Violated Sanctuary City Policy, Reported El Salvadoran Resident To Immigration

An El Salvadoran national, Pedro Figueroa-Zarceno, went to SF's Southern Station in December in order to report his car stolen. He ended up getting turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Anti-Deportation Activists Arrested After Blocking Downtown Streets

#Relief4Refugees action in SF, shutting down the intersection! #StopTheRaids #Not1More pic.twitter.com/ax4uaY0oSc— Imagine 2050 (@Imagine2050) January 26, 2016 A simultaneous protest in San Francisco and Los Angeles was happening today to

Gun Used To Kill Oakland Muralist Was Stolen From Federal Officer's Car

When 27-year-old Antonio Ramos was shot and killed in late September while painting a community anti-violence mural under an Interstate 580 overpass in West Oakland, the motive was totally, woefully unclear. Following the