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Congress turns attention to Dublin prison abuse allegations
Eight members of Congress are demanding an investigation into allegations of abuse and misconduct at an all-women federal prison in Dublin, the leaders said this week. The leaders including...Read More
Infrastructure bill allocates annual $250 million for California roads, bridges
The Bay Area will receive about $250 million per year for road and bridge repairs from the bipartisan infrastructure package federal legislators are currently considering, a Metropolitan Transportation Commission...Read More
Congress pulls BART extension funding from Covid-19 relief bill after parliamentarian ruling
A provision in the coronavirus stimulus bill currently being considered by Congress that would have allocated nearly $150 million toward BART’s South Bay extension has been removed after the...Read More
Pelosi calls on Pence, cabinet to remove Trump under 25th Amendment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, on Thursday called for Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet of President Donald Trump to remove Trump from office via the 25th...Read More
Bay Area congressional representatives react to Capitol siege
Bay Area congressional representatives reacted Wednesday to the chaos created by supporters of President Donald Trump who overcame police and breached the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Both chambers...Read More
Banking on federal stimulus, Golden Gate Bridge board reverses layoff plans
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to reverse the planned layoffs of nearly 150 employees, effective upon a federal Covid-19-related stimulus...Read More
Covid-19 update: Bay Area death toll surpasses 700, state allows outdoor haircuts, relief package battle brews in Congress
The Bay Area hit a somber milestone with more than 700 deaths caused by Covid-19. Case tracking regionally seems to be lagging in data reporting by three to seven...Read More
Federal anti-immigrant policies exacerbate Covid-19 impact on people of color
After months of proffering an often piecemeal and chaotic response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is still failing to extend protections to the nation’s vulnerable immigrant...Read More
Bay Area leaders applaud ‘watershed’ LGBTQ rights U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area officials celebrated a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that extended protections against job discrimination to gay, lesbian and transgender workers. The high...Read More
Members of Congress demand federal agencies stop illegal surveillance of peaceful protesters
On Tuesday morning, a letter co-led by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, and signed by 35 members of Congress demanded that federal agencies stop all...Read More
Legislators rescind school cuts in revised state budget proposal
In an unusual move to reach a consensus early, California Assembly and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed on a state budget that would rescind all cuts to...Read More
Hospital releases DeSaulnier after rib fracture, critical pneumonia
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, was released from a hospital over the weekend after pneumonia and a rib fracture from a fall in March, his congressional office announced Monday....Read More
Tension escalates at home, abroad as Trump lurches closer to war with Iran
The first days of the new year came crashing down with renewed fears of yet another war in the Middle East. On Dec. 31, as the U.S. Embassy in...Read More
Rep. DeSaulnier to discuss Trump admin oversight at two town halls
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, will host public “town hall” meetings in Pittsburg and Richmond this week, for updates on House of Representatives activities including oversight of the...Read More
Activists ‘die-in’ to demand climate change legislation
A few dozen climate change activists lay strewn across the entrance to 1 Post Street Tuesday afternoon. The demonstrators, many of whom came with the group Extinction Rebellion, held...Read More
Protesters block SF streets, demand administration ‘Close the Camps’
Hundreds protested outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office Tuesday afternoon in a national day of action urging Congress to shut down migrant detention camps. Demonstrators blocked the intersection of Market...Read More
Trump threatens census delay after Supreme Court blocks citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald Trump to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The court...Read More
Injunction becomes latest block of Trump’s partial asylum ban
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekersRead More
Appeals court upholds injunction requiring contraception coverage
A federal appeals court in San Francisco by a 2-1 vote Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction requiring employers to provide contraceptive coverage in group health plans.Read More
Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump’s asylum ban
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Friday turned down a government request to reinstate President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekers at the Mexican border.Read More