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SF declares local health emergency as monkeypox cases climb
San Francisco officials are declaring monkeypox a local public health emergency as cases climb and vaccine supply remains low. Read More
Community groups demand feds fix ‘woefully inadequate’ monkeypox response
San Francisco is set to receive a little more than 4,000 monkeypox vaccine doses this week, which is “woefully inadequate” to meet demand.Read More
Trump lashes out after 5-4 Supreme Court ruling blocks attempt to end DACA program
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protecting undocumented young immigrants from...Read More
Ninth circuit holds up parts of abortion referral ban
A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco on Monday upheld a revised rule by President Donald Trump’s administration that bars federally funded family planning clinics from providing abortion referrals....Read More
San Francisco swears in state’s first Asian American sheriff
San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto was sworn into office Wednesday becoming California’s first Asian American elected to the post of sheriff. Miyamoto, a San Francisco native, was sworn in...Read More
Lawyers argue government terminated DACA ‘the wrong way’
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that state lawyers stood up for the rule of law in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the fate of a...Read More
Doctor faces second-degree murder, elder abuse charges for opioid deaths
The California Attorney General’s Office has charged a Santa Rosa doctor with second-degree murder for allegedly prescribing dangerously high levels of addictive opioids and narcotics to four of his...Read More
Anti-abortion activists charged with spying claim prejudice, unfair treatment
A preliminary hearing that was scheduled to begin Monday in San Francisco Superior Court for two anti-abortion activists accused of illegal spying was halted late Friday by the California...Read More
Judge rules against Trump, in favor of sanctuary city policies
A judge ruled Friday that The City's Sanctuary City policies comply with federal law.Read More
Uber reaches $148 milllion settlement over data breach
San Francisco-based ride-hailing service Uber has reached a $148 million settlement over allegations that it violated state data breach reporting and data security laws.Read More
Oakland judge orders EPA to release ozone data
A federal judge in Oakland ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to designate by April 30 whether the smoggiest areas of the nation are meeting the current ozone...Read More
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."Read More
New state law hampers workplace ICE raids
California employers can't voluntarily let immigration officials access private employee records other than I-9 employment eligibility verification forms without a subpoena or a warrant signed by a judge, according...Read More
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 Justice announced last year that they no longer wanted...Read More
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 County jail.Read More
Vallejo pastor sentenced for fleecing flock
A former Vallejo pastor who fleeced members of his own congregation out of around $1 million was sentenced to 23 years and eight months in prison.Read More
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 as unconstitutional.Read More