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Trump Resistance Rises Fast In The Tech And Science Sectors As They See A Work Visa Ban Comes Next

The weekend brought a flurry of public statements from Silicon Valley executives denouncing President Trump's refugee and general travel ban for residents of seven majority-Muslim nations, with varying degrees of outrage and criticism.

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It's More Important Than Ever To Use A VPN On Your Devices

Browsing online is riskier than ever, but you can stay protected with this vital service. From Yahoo’s database getting breached to Russia meddling with the US election, 2016 proved repeatedly that anyone

All SFO Detainees Released After Second Day Of Immigration Ban Protests

After two days of protests at San Francisco International Airport in response to detentions under President Trump's executive order imposing a federal travel ban on seven majority-Muslim countries, all five detainees at the

Golden State Warriors Coach And Victim Of Terrorism Steve Kerr Calls Trump's Immigration Ban 'A Horrible Idea'

Steve Kerr -- "as someone whose family member was a victim of terrorism" -- speaks out against Donald Trump's recent executive order pic.twitter.com/YbCH2sn0hw— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 30, 2017 Golden

SFPD Investigating Dying Man Found On Mission Street

The San Francisco Police Department is reportedly investigating a death case today, after a man was found dying on a San Francisco street. Update: An SFPD spokesperson has since confirmed that the death

Monday Morning Linkdump: 49ers Hire John Lynch As GM

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. Your weekend ICYMI: Opponents of Trump's immigration ban packed

Google Doodle Features Fred Korematsu, Japanese-American Internment Camp Survivor

Fred Korematsu, a civil rights activist who was incarcerated simply for being an American-born citizen with Japanese heritage, is the subject of today's Google Doodle. Korematsu, who died in 2005, went into hiding

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Sleep Better On The Mattress That's Shipped For Free, To Your Door, In A Box

Slumber is serious business—whoever said that sleep is for the weak probably lived with a not-so-great mattress. Sound like a familiar problem? Then it might be time for a mattress upgrade. For

As Thousands Delete Their Uber Apps Over JFK Story, Uber Denies Trying To Break Up Taxi Strike

Following reports that Uber was still operating to and from JFK Airport in New York on Saturday during a taxi strike in response to Trump's immigration order, a call went out on social

Second Day Of Protest Hits SFO As Airbnb Offers Free Rooms To Those Affected By Travel Ban

Protesters are set to descend on the International Terminal at SFO for the second day in a row, at noon on Sunday, to express their outrage over Donald Trump's actions with regard to

Tim Cook Met With Ivanka And Jared Thursday, Wrote Memo Condemning Trump's Order To Employees

As the blowback continues over President Trump's sweeping, stupid, and dangerous executive order intended to ban Muslim immigration for 90 days, we learn that Apple CEO Tim Cook threw himself into the middle

Sunday Links: Trump Offered Room At Alcatraz

Sergey Brin was straight up teaching an infant how to protest. pic.twitter.com/VZEcXiAQe4— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) January 29, 2017 Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You

ACLU Celebrates Temporary Victory Over Trump's Order On Immigration; Mayor Lee Commends Federal Judge

Hundreds showed up at SFO and elsewhere Saturday to protest President Trump's executive order on immigrants from seven primarily Muslim nations, which had led to detentions of innocent people at airports nationwide who

Protesters Pack SFO To Decry Detentions Under Trump's Immigration Ban

Protesting an immigration ban ordered by President Donald Trump, signs at SFO announce "We Want You Here" and "Give Us Your Huddled Masses." Demonstrators gathered at the airport this afternoon as similar actions

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KellyAnne Conway Makes Her Debut At 'Beach Blanket Babylon'

That was fast! Wasting no time after last week's inauguration, the costume department at Beach Blanket Babylon has already whipped up a version of that goofy Gucci Paddington Bear outfit KellyAnne Conway was

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SF Animal Care & Control Rescues 40 Baby Bunnies Who Were Advertised For Sale 'As Meat Or Pets' On Craigslist

In a release that went out Friday, San Francisco Animal Care & Control (SFACC) announced that they had just rescued 40 rabbits, "mainly underage kits," and they had done so via an individual

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Calls Trump's Ban On Immigration 'Painful'; Zuckerberg Says He's 'Concerned'

Donald Trump's asinine executive order Friday banning entry into the country of all people from seven Muslim-majority nations for at least 90 days making good on his xenophobic campaign promises to fight radical

Saturday Links: Twitter Reveals FBI Shakedown

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here I'm so confused. Difficult People led me to believe

Day Around The Bay: Trump's Twitter Phone Could Pose Major Security Risk

UC will be increasing tuition for students for first time in 7 years. [KRON 4] [ABC 7] The old, unsecured Android phone that President Trump insists on continuing to use for Twitter could

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'Fun Home' At The Curran Is As Funny, Wrenching, And Complicated As It Was On Broadway

For the inaugural production at the newly renovated, thoroughly gorgeous Curran producer and artistic director Carole Shorenstein Hays brought a show that had won wide praise and several Tony Awards, despite being a

San Francisco's City College Prepares To Fire Up Marijuana Curriculum

The hits just keep coming for City College of San Francisco, which earlier this month retained its accreditation for the next seven years and recently received a $9 million earmark from the Board

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Watch The Trailer For 'Thirteen Reasons Why,' A Bay Area-Shot Netflix Series Produced By Selena Gomez

A peek at a passion project I've been working on with @Netflix. @13ReasonsWhy arrives 3/31. A video posted by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jan 25, 2017 at 8:10am PST Actress Selena

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This Week In SF Food: Khai Vietnamese Nouveau Debuts, Curry Up Now In Oakland, And More

In case you had the impression this might be a normal week in at least some sphere, sorry, but no: Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer wrote a love letter review to a Taco

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Video: Introducing UCSF's Therapy Cat, And Laguna Honda's Therapy Animal Menagerie

Tucked up on Mount Sutro is a pretty amazing institution that has its roots in San Francisco's Gold Rush era, and is now one of only a few publicly owned and publicly funded

Will A Set Of $300 Signs Stop SF's Car Break-In Epidemic?

With a jaw-dropping $9.6 billion budget, $300 feels like a fart in San Francisco's financial tornado. But one SF Supe is hoping that a couple $300 expenditures might curb one of the