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It would be too bad if this backfired and the prison had a bunch of protesters show up now that we know where people are being taken to. Truly terrible...

A small office building in San Francisco’s South of Market became the scene early Saturday of a hastily organized protest against the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies as activists scrambled to block the federal government from detaining more immigrants.

A small office building in San Francisco’s South of Market became the scene early Saturday of a hastily organized protest against the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies as activists scrambled to block the federal government from detaining more immigrants.

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San Francisco author and activist Rebecca Solnit reported her account on Meta’s social media network was suspended in a post to Bluesky on Tuesday, June 10, adding that she was soon told the decision was permanent.

San Francisco author and activist Rebecca Solnit reported her account on Meta’s social media network was suspended in a post to Bluesky on Tuesday, June 10, adding that she was soon told the decision was permanent.

San Francisco author and activist Rebecca Solnit reported her account on Meta’s social media network was suspended in a post to Bluesky on Tuesday, June 10, adding that she was soon told the decision was permanent.

TL;DR; there's still one dam, and it has a fish ladder, but it turns out fish can't actually use the fish ladder on it.

President Donald Trump’s rush to deploy California National Guard troops to Los Angeles has left dozens of soldiers without adequate sleeping arrangements, forced to pack together in one or more federal buildings, resting on the floors of what appear to be basements or loading docks, the Chronicle has learned.

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For anyone who’s seen the quintessential slasher classic “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the destructive power of a man wielding a chainsaw is the indisputable stuff of nightmares.

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First identified as a driving force behind a major surge in cases across China last month, the NB.1.8.1 variant has been reported in international travelers screened at airports in Washington, Virginia, New York and California. In California, scientists at the Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory confirmed the state’s first known infection on April 17, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters are motivated by their prejudices, not economic concerns, social scientists contend. Will Democrats stop trying to win their votes?

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Alcatraz has been run as a national park for decades now.

Cases have been climbing for the past decade, largely due to climate change, doctors and scientists believe. Repeated extreme droughts followed by wet winters appear to cause the fungus to thrive, then release its spores into the dry air, where they’re inhaled and can cause an infection in the lungs.

"But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts."

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Musician Yasmin Williams posted a viral email exchange with John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts interim director Richard Grenell, who lashed out when she questioned DEI rollbacks and canceled shows under Trump’s leadership.

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S.F.’s John Coltrane church, stung by saxophone theft, receives instrumental offering

After they got Starbucks to drop the upcharge, they've now gotten other chains are starting to do the same

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A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration

Speculatively, Trump might use the Insurrection Act to impose martial law, citing false claims to justify military deployment.

An expensive broken part in the radar needed to be specially ordered. It was not clear whether the ongoing freeze in some government spending is causing any delay in ordering or shipping the part. A National Weather Service spokesperson did not immediately respond for a request to comment.

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I don't think this has been a local phenomenon either; my impression is that people are doing this nationally.

The FAIR plan is the fire insurance of last resort, which covers homes in places that commercial insurers won't.

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Unfortunately, "Can't agree" is effectively means "unmanaged retreat in response to disaster"

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