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9th Circuit hears arguments in appeal for restrictive asylum rule
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer defended a restrictive asylum rule by the administration of President Donald Trump in arguments before a federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday....Read More
Groups challenge asylum restriction in court, say rule ‘cannot stand’
Four refugee assistance groups sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to challenge a new rule that severely restricts asylum applications. The...Read More
Fiat agrees to settle emissions cheating case for $800 million
California officials and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced Thursday an approximately $800 million settlement of claims that the automaker used illegal software to cheat on the testing of pollution...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
Federal government joins false claim suit against Sutter Health
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it will become a party in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco against Sacramento-based Sutter Health LLC and...Read More
Margin of 386 votes makes Lori Frugoli the next Marin district attorney
Marin County voters elected Lori Frugoli as district attorney by only a few hundred votes.Read More
Overturn of Trump asylum ban praised by refugee rights group
A spokeswoman for an East Bay refugee rights group that sued President Donald Trump over a partial asylum ban said today the group is thrilled with a temporary restraining...Read More
Bay Area joins nationwide protests against Trump
Activists across the Bay Area Thursday evening protested President Donald Trump’s replacement of his attorney general after Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday. Trump has since appointed Acting Attorney General...Read More
Feds monitor San Mateo County polling stations
San Mateo County will be among 35 jurisdictions in 19 states that will have personnel from the U.S. Department of Justice monitoring the polls on Election Day.Read More
Former Micron Technology employees charged with economic espionage
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that a federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted a government-owned Chinese company, a private Taiwanese company and three Taiwanese citizens on...Read More
Justice Department joins three lawsuits against company hired to clean SF shipyard
The U.S. Department of Justice has notified a federal court in San Francisco that it plans to take over three previously sealed false claims lawsuits filed by whistleblowers against...Read More
Judge blocks protected status termination for immigrants
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to allow more than 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan to remain...Read More
Wells Fargo fined $2 billion over subprime mortgages
Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay a $2.09 billion fine to settle claims that it misled investors about the quality of subprime mortgage loans it created and sold...Read More
Supes question Navy over cleanup fraud
San Francisco elected officials Monday called for re-testing for radioactive material at an inhabited parcel of a former U.S. Navy shipyard in Hunters Point.Read More
Police commission approves Taser policy
The San Francisco Police Commission voted Wednesday night to approve a policy for the use of Taser stun guns by police officers, a move that could possibly see officers...Read More
Supreme Court denies bond to those facing deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a San Francisco federal appeals court and said that immigrants facing deportation can be held in custody indefinitely while awaiting resolution of their cases.Read More
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 the FBI after an undercover investigation that took place...Read More
Police union ready to back Taser ballot measure
Following a vote by the San Francisco Police Commission in support of arming police with Tasers, the police union is considering putting forward a ballot measure that would shape...Read More
SF citizens push back against tasers
Opponents of a proposal to arm San Francisco police with Tasers turned out in force at a public meeting.Read More
SF, Santa Clara fight Trump sanctuary order
The city of San Francisco and Santa Clara County asked a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction against President Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities.Read More