AC Transit is halting bus service at 7:30 p.m. amid curfews, the Union Square Business Improvement District has surveillance footage of looters, and Peninsula apartment rents are plunging.
Trump is invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807, Gov. Newsom is calling for an end to protest chaos, L.A. is under a 4 p.m. curfew today, and another Tesla worker is speaking out about a lack of safety at the Fremont plant.
The Tenderloin's last remaining LGBTQ bar, Aunt Charlie's Lounge, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 to save itself from going under in the next two months.
George Soros, a "riot manual" given to antifa by Democrats, and a conspiracy theory that George Floyd's death was faked are all part of the current YouTube/Twitter/Facebook cesspool.
On Sunday, after the keys were handed back to the property owners who will likely demolish the building before long, a couple thousand fans and lovers of The Stud gathered online to mourn the loss of a beloved bar and nightclub, and watch some drag.
Hayward, San Leandro, and Union City have all joined in on instituting curfews as the ongoing unrest spawns another police shooting of a suspect and the ransacking of the Bayfair Center.
Mark Zuckerberg may have a mutiny on his hands this week as a significant number of Facebook employees are reportedly protesting the company's stance on President Trump and the inflammatory messages he has cross-posted on both Facebook and Twitter.
Veteran activists say it's impossible to separate the pandemic and its impacts, as well as the unpopularity of President Trump, from what we are seeing on city streets. Meanwhile, Trump is telling governors that they need to "dominate" protesters with force.
Actor Jamie Foxx is in San Francisco today to join inter-faith leaders, Mayor London Breed, and Supervisor Shamann Walton for a kneel-in outside City Hall at 11 a.m. to protest police violence and systemic racism.
California has ordered all state buildings in downtown areas closed today, looters laid waste to a San Leandro Walmart and set it on fire, and a fourth night of protests in Oakland left a police officer shot.
As San Francisco began imposing its first night of an 8 p.m. citywide curfew, SFPD officers made around 80 arrests, many of them for violating that curfew, but some for more destructive acts.
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Throngs of vociferous — yet nonviolent — crowds gathered at City Hall this afternoon in the hundreds to denounce the killing of George Floyd and ongoing police brutality, later expanding in numbers before individual groups weaved down Market Street and through parts of the Embarcadero.
Wrapped in the current panorama of dystopias and injustices, SOMArts' "Please Stand By Virtual Summer Solstice" event is a welcomed ode to the iconic telethons and infomercials of the 90s that'll offer some much-needed levity later next month.
Episodes of police force used against protesters across the country have been documented across social media — driving debate, outrage, and dialogue on the topic. Though not as common as in other U.S. metros, Bay Area police were seen using tear gas and firing rubber bullets at protesters Saturday.
Mayor Breed announced a curfew will be set from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. tonight, Target temporarily closes stores across the country amid nationwide protests, and the SpaceX Dragon crew makes history as the first humans to travel into orbit on a spacecraft built and operated by a private company.
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Hundreds convened at the United Nations Plaza this afternoon to protest the killing of George Floyd and call for an end to police brutality. The nonviolent crowd practiced social distancing — the vast majority wearing face masks — with many protesters still marching through SF.
With "Phase 2A" of the City’s reopening plan beginning Monday — after weeks of marginal lifts on its shelter-in-place order — another reality of urban life is slowly, but surely, making a comeback: downtown traffic.
Several more marches and protests held in the name of George Floyd are expected across the Bay Area this weekend, today marks the start of SF’s more extensive face-covering order, and the Mission District's vibrant shopping scene along Valencia Street continues reeling from COVID-19.
The scenes of protest followed by some scenes of destruction and confrontations with law enforcement were echoed across the country Friday night. But scenes like this are fairly familiar in Oakland, and not all the vandalism and looting was necessarily done by "protesters," per se.
23 Sonoma County wineries are reopening for visitors this weekend, Marin County is opening beach parking lots and outdoor dining on Monday, and a demonstration against police brutality is happening in San Francisco on Saturday.
Protesters broke off from a peaceful demonstration near San Jose City Hall Friday afternoon, and a large group marched onto the 101 freeway and halted traffic, holding signs that said "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe."
Street performances, patio service, and creative use of masks are bringing a little drip of revenue toward the thirsty taverns that serve up SF music and live sports.
Following a small, peaceful protest in downtown Oakland Thursday night, a second night of protest is taking shape that could be larger, following the chaotic scenes in Minneapolis last night — and following President Trump's outrageous call for the National Guard to shoot looters.
The sheriff up in Sonoma County would like everyone to know that he stands for freedom, and he's frankly tired of all this science mumbo jumbo that's keeping him from getting a haircut, or whatever.
The Fruitvale zip code, 94601, has one of the highest per capita rates of COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area, and today we learn that 12 workers at the Fruitvale location of Cardenas Markets have tested positive for the virus.
