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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…

2 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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 seekers

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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