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The buddy system

Volunteer escorts are making Immigration Court a little more human and a lot more humane

October 29, 2025

Veteran Black SFJAZZ director sues for discrimination

The San Francisco musical institution has acknowledged 'systemic racism and bias' in the past

October 24, 2025

The lawyer in winter

David Boies is the most admired attorney in America. The same week he won a class action against Google, he made a closing argument of his own

September 5, 2025

The system failed John Killops

The 63-year-old was charged with a felony while in a mental health crisis. Nearly two years behind bars probably didn’t help

August 29, 2025

‘It’s designed to put fear in people’

An immigrant’s first-person account of living, working, and raising a family in San Francisco under the threat of ICE raids

July 25, 2025

Newsom summons the posse after Trump’s beatdown

The California governor might still have some fight left

June 20, 2025

Newsom v. Trump could set a dangerous precedent

Ninth Circuit looks likely to bless Trump’s National Guard deployment anywhere, anytime

June 18, 2025

The heartbreaking smallness of San Francisco’s immigration court

In this place that looks like a dentist’s office, people’s lives hang in the balance

June 5, 2025

Mr. Missakian goes to San Francisco

Not much is known about Craig Missakian, the Trump administration’s newly appointed US Attorney for Northern California. That may be the point

May 29, 2025

Zoox and former employee locked in legal battle over data ‘hostage’ situation

Amazon-owned robotaxi company remotely encrypted personal drive of fired staffer they accuse of trade secret theft. She says it’s ‘corporate bullying’ and ‘extortion’

May 7, 2025