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Hundreds protest ICE separating families

Hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's San Francisco office Tuesday to protest a new…

6 years ago

State sues EPA over auto emissions

The state of California led a coalition of 17 states Tuesday in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator…

6 years ago

Sessions slams Schaaf, cites Civil War

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday morning in Sacramento, "Federal law is the supreme law of the land."

6 years ago

California educators applaud upheld DACA protections

In a case that began in San Francisco, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place protections for nearly 700,000…

6 years ago

California bail reform lurches forward

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he would not appeal a recent state appeals court ruling ordering a…

6 years ago

SF sues California over ride-hailing rules

The city of San Francisco sued the state of California Thursday over new restrictions by the state on how cities…

6 years ago

State to oversee ongoing SFPD reforms

The California Department of Justice will now oversee the ongoing police reforms in San Francisco after the U.S. Department of…

6 years ago

Appeals court uphelds state prostitution law

A sex workers' advocacy group lost a bid to a federal appeals court to overturn a 146-year-old California law that…

6 years ago

DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling

The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in…

6 years ago

Garcia Zarate to be transferred into federal custody

The man who was acquitted of murder charges in the fatal shooting of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle was sentenced…

6 years ago

FBI thwarts plot to attack Pier 39

A 26-year-old Modesto man is accused of planning a Christmas Day terrorist attack on Pier 39 that was prevented by…

6 years ago

ICE probed over detainee complaints

An investigation is continuing into allegations by women being detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in a Contra Costa…

6 years ago

Feds warn Bay Area sanctuary communities

The cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Fremont and Watsonville and Contra Costa, Monterey, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties received sanctuary…

6 years ago

SF public defender to challenge bail in every criminal case

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has announced plans to challenge every single criminal case in which bail is set…

7 years ago

Sex workers argue in court for legal prostitution

A lawyer for a sex workers' advocacy group asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to overturn a…

7 years ago

Warning issued over price-gouging in fire-stricken areas

A price-gouging alert was issued Monday by the California attorney general to remind residents and business owners that California law…

7 years ago

As feds bail, SF stands behind police reforms

San Francisco city and police officials Tuesday said they will continue to implement reforms recommended last year by the U.S.…

7 years ago

Bay Area leaders decry Trump over DACA

Bay Area elected officials and leaders deplored President Donald Trump's decision to end a program allowing young undocumented immigrants to…

7 years ago

SF sues feds over immigration rules

Dennis Herrera said the lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeks a court order to declare the new restrictions…

7 years ago

Tuna executive pleads guilty after price fixing

A third present or former executive of Bumble Bee Seafoods pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to conspiring…

7 years ago

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