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Newsom v. Trump could set a dangerous precedent

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

June 18, 2025

Supporters raise $160k for Manny’s following anti-ICE protest

Funds will go to fix broken windows and beef up security for the Mission cafe and event space

June 11, 2025

The robotaxis are scared

Waymo and Zoox are still not operating in certain parts of the city after this weekend’s protests, a sign that discontent around AVs is growing

June 10, 2025

Bro, the SFDCCC is gonna fix everything

How to reach men who would literally rather vote Republican than go to therapy

June 3, 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

Scott Wiener is embroiled in (another) false controversy over sex crime legislation

A trio of bills under debate has inspired a storm of trolls and conservative opponents spreading absurd untruths and dangerous rhetoric

May 13, 2025

Charlie Kirk’s right-wing takeover of SF left me so, so bored

The Christian nationalist pundit brought out a nominal fandom at San Francisco State University on Tuesday. Turns out, fascism creep feels a lot like a shitty debate club

May 7, 2025

Local law firm standing up to Trump for principles (and profit)

As a litigation boutique, Keker, Van Nest & Peters has less to lose from taking on the administration, and may even gain some new clients

May 1, 2025

Ted Egan: Work from home here to stay, service jobs sparse, but silver lining in housing costs

San Francisco’s chief economist weighed in on Downtown’s recovery and Trump’s tariff madness last night at Manny’s

April 9, 2025

Attacks against Asians in SF have descended from their pandemic spike

But it’s not all good news, as community leaders say online threats and anti-Asian hate speech has increased

March 27, 2025