SF News SF Mayor London Breed Comes Out Against Supervisors' Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Passed This Week Breed issued a statement on Friday that said that the resolution is not the “official view of the entire city of San Francisco.”
SF News Pro-Palestine Youth Rally in SF Draws One of the Palestinian Students Who Was Shot in Vermont Several hundred protesters marched on Market Street Wednesday night calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, and among them was one of the three Palestinian college students who was shot in Vermont on Thanksgiving weekend.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Approve Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Mostly Pro-Palestine Audience Goes Bananas Celebrating The SF Board of Supervisors passed that resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, and the 8-3 vote set off utter bedlam in the board’s City Hall chambers.
SF News Police Arrest 4 People After Union Square Pro-Palestine Protest Saturday SFPD arrested 3 adults and 1 minor in the aftermath of Saturday afternoon's protest in San Francisco’s downtown shopping district, in which one man with a "Free Palestine" sign climbed the giant Union Square Christmas tree.
SF News Lake Merritt’s Menorah Vandalized, Thrown Into Lake In Act Being Investigated as Hate Crime Vandals destroyed the Lake Merritt Hanukkah menorah early Wednesday morning, tossing its pieces into the lake and scrawling vulgar graffiti on its remains. But the rabbi whose Jewish center put the menorah up says “For every menorah they take down, we are going to put up ten.”
SF News Pro-Palestine Protest Planned for Tuesday Afternoon at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters will be the site of a Tuesday afternoon protest, as supporters of Palestine say Facebook and Instagram are 'shadow-banning' or removing their posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
SF News Pro-Palestine, Anti-Israel Teach-In Begins In Oakland, Garnering National Headlines A controversial teach-in, endorsed by the Oakland teachers' union but opposed by the school district, was set to begin Wednesday, and parts of the curriculum have been revealed to be misleading and take a hardline anti-Israel approach.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Dean Preston Introduces Resolution Calling for Ceasefire In Gaza, Release of Hostages The SF Board of Supervisors will be wading into the controversy of the Israel-Hamas conflict, as Supervisor Dean Preston has introduced a resolution calling for a ceasefire, but another supervisor has already dismissed it, saying “We need to stay in our lane.”
SF Politics The Code Pink Crew Hits Nancy Pelosi’s House for Another Demonstration Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza It was nowhere near the size of Saturday’s downtown SF March that drew thousands, but a couple dozen Code Pink protesters demonstrated outside Nancy Pelosi’s house Sunday calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
SF News One of the Palestinian Students Shot In Vermont Was Born In SF We’re learning that 20-year-old Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian students shot in Vermont on Thanksgiving weekend in an apparent hate crime, was born in San Francisco. But we’re also learning he’s now paralyzed from the chest down.
SF News Jewish Group Sues UC Berkeley Law School Over Student Groups' Anti-Zionism Stance A Jewish advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. has filed a lawsuit that alleges that UC Berkeley's law school has permitted the "longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism" among its student groups.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Went to Israel to Show He's Not Antisemitic Musk decided to pay a visit Monday to Israel and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a week and a half of negative attention about antisemitism on X/Twitter.
SF Politics Large Gaza Ceasefire Protest Managed to Shut Down State Democratic Convention Saturday A routine political-nerd event devolved into chaos over the weekend, as pro-Palestine protesters mobbed a convention center, ending several speeches early and shutting down the convention’s Saturday night proceedings.
SF News Protesters at Port of Oakland Try to Block Ship They Say Is Carrying Military Supplies to Israel A demonstration of some 200 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is attempting to block a ship at the Port of Oakland that they say is carrying military supplies to Israel, though longshoremen say there’s nothing on the ship.
SF Politics Demonstration For Free Palestine Blocks 101 Freeway In San Francisco A protest march against the Israeli invasion of Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people proceeded up an on-ramp to a major freeway interchange in San Francisco on Saturday.
SF News Saturday Afternoon Rally at the Embarcadero Urges Ceasefire in Gaza Activists planned a demonstration in support of Palestinians near the Harry Bridges Plaza and San Francisco Ferry Building starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.
SF Politics Richmond City Council Spends Seven Hours Debating, Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza and Palestine Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting went past 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, as the council passed a resolution “affirming Richmond's support and solidarity” for Gaza and Palestine, with a highly charged public comment session that went for almost five hours.
SF News Jewish-Owned SF Ice Cream Shop Smitten Vandalized, Tagged With Pro-Palestine Messages A 3 a.m. vandalism job on the Valencia Street ice cream shop Smitten left windows broken and “Free Palestine” graffiti on the storefront, and it may not be a coincidence that the store is Jewish-owned.
SF News Anderson Cooper Spots Berkeley Native Being Held Hostage by Hamas In Video We at least have a confirmed sighting of Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin still alive after being taken hostage by Hamas in Israel, as CNN’s Anderson Cooper realized he had video footage of Goldberg-Polin in captivity while he was interviewing the hostage’s parents.
SF News Hundreds of SF High School Students Stage Walkout In Protest of Israel's Bombing of Gaza An unknown number of high school students in the San Francisco Unified School District are staging a walkout today in protest of the violence in the Middle East, and saying they demand a ceasefire.
SF News Anti-Jewish Graffiti Appears on Market Street Following Pro-Palestinian March Following a rally and march Saturday in support of the Palestinian people, which brought thousands of activists marching up San Francisco's Market Street, some anti-Jewish and anti-Israel graffiti was found on windows along the street.
Business & Tech As Misinformation About Israel-Hamas War Proliferates, EU Threatens X/Twitter With Fines The European Union's digital enforcer has sent an urgent letter to Elon Musk about the proliferation of misinformation on X regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, "reminding" Musk of the company's obligations under the EU's Digital Services Act, and CEO Linda Yaccarino has replied.
SF Politics Sup. Dean Preston Walks Back Statement That Failed to Condemn Hamas Attack; Democratic Socialists Take It Further While most Democratic leaders in San Francisco have been quick to rally behind Israel and condemn Saturday's deadly terrorist attacks by Hamas militants, one city supervisor stood out among the rest for putting out a statement that seemed to solely express support for Palestinians.
SF News Berkeley Native Believed to Be Among Hostages of Hamas Invasion, His Arm Reportedly Blown Off 23-year-old Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin was at the Saturday music festival near the Gaza Strip that was invaded by Hamas militants, and he is believed to have been taken hostage.
SF News Large Pro-Palestinian Rally Outside Israeli Consulate In San Francisco Met With Counter-Protest Following a major outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza over the weekend, pro-Palestinian rallies occurred Sunday in multiple U.S. cities which were met by groups supporting Israel, leading in some cases to skirmishes.
