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“We need more people to get connected to folks who are tracking this escalation up close. The public needs to see how we’re taking care of business on the streets, how many are bravely showing up for the community,” they said. “The escalation is not a question of if, at this point. I believe it’s a question of when.”
The energy of people opposing immigration enforcement downtown stands in contrast to the relative inaction by city officials, including Mayor Daniel Lurie. While he has acknowledged the SF Rapid Response Network and attempted to take credit for some efforts, he has mostly remained quiet on Trump’s orders for mass deportation. Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has become outspoken on the issue. This week, he used an executive order to create “ICE Free Zones” in Chicago by prohibiting the use of city property in enforcement actions.
- SF Gazetteer
Eddie Kim
“We have to dramatically increase the cost of every single deportation in SF. Make the federal operation simply unsustainable. Make each deportation cost as much time and energy as the one today.”
The coalition is encouraging San Franciscans to attend the October 18th No Kings protest. SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford told us there is a direct link between pro-democracy advocacy and the Airbnb boycott.
“Public resources are going to oligarchs and rich people who are super rich already, and it is clear that the federal budget is tied around cutting services to ordinary citizens… This is a microcosm of the bigger reality of a Trump administration. And so by holding Airbnb accountable, we’re literally messaging to folk that we all need to do that,” Rutherford said.
48 Hills
JJ Lansing
Io Yeh Gilman
“We’re still going to do it with or without the mayor, because it’s not his celebration,” McGill said. “It’s not about him. It’s about our people and celebrating our existence, our resiliency.”
Farida Jhabvala Romero
Marisa Lagos
📰 Local Headlines
City Hall
Lurie Gets His 20 New Liquor Licenses for Union Square, After Newsom Signs Bill Allowing These
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Mayor Lurie ends 20-year ‘heritage night’ partnership with indigenous group
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Mayor Daniel Lurie revamped S.F.’s street crisis teams. Is it working?
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San Francisco rezoning clash: Both sides warn city could become ‘Miami Beach’
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Politics
Caltrans rejects S.F. church’s accusation it hid plans to destroy Junipero Serra statue
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Right Wing Seizes on Katie Porter Interview Where She Gets Testy With Reporter
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State Senate: Scott Wiener
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Contra Costa County DA Becton recall effort is dead — at least for now
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You can, actually, get to Muir Woods despite the government shutdown
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California Leads Resistance as Trump Sends Troops Into American Cities
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Criminal Justice
Florida Man Arrested For 'Maliciously' Starting Palisades Fire In LA
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Palisades fire suspect used ChatGPT for arson tips, inferno pics, prosecutors say
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Judge Upholds Firings, Pay Cuts for California Prison Guards Who Bullied Whistleblower
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Public Safety
Condor Club General Manager Shot and Killed Outside His Santa Rosa Home
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San Franciscans sound off on next police chief: Less DEI, no Nazis, more integrity
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How San Francisco became Waymo-pilled
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4 found dead inside San Francisco home
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City Leaders and Tenderloin Vow to ‘Fight’ for Urban Alchemy After Employee Shot While Working
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Four Family Members Found Dead In Monterey Boulevard Home
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SF police find 4 people dead inside home after responding to well-being check
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Four found dead in San Francisco home, police investigating as possible homicide
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Bernal Heights Residents Demand Changes After Late-Night Hit-and-Run That Killed 30-Year-Old Man
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4 family members, including 2 children, found dead in San Francisco’s Westwood Highlands
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3 accused of construction sites burglaries in San Francisco, police say
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New Richmond Police Capt. Kevin Lee Brings Back Foot-Beat Officers
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Immigration
Masking Law Just Part Of Bigger Fight Over Immigration Enforcement
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He lived in the U.S. for 29 years. He’s now fighting to return home from Mexico.
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SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight
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Labor
East Bay Workers Now Earn More, But Many Still Struggle to Make Ends Meet
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New West Portal Bank Caught Up In Labor Dispute
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Unions are fighting to stop Airbnb’s $120M lawsuit against the city
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SF Unions Call for Boycott of Airbnb as It Tries to Claw Back $120 Million in Taxes
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Labor-led coalition calls for Airbnb boycott
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Business
Trick or Treat?
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Megan’s Table Adds A New Flavor To Ingleside’s Ocean Avenue
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San Francisco shop local campaign Mission Lotería is looking for a lifeline
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New California law means big changes for car buyers. Here’s how it will work
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IKEA developer pushes next phase of S.F.’s Market Street revival with new event space
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Sticker shock and sold out suites: Dreamforce hotelmaggedon is here
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Bay Area gas prices tick up after Chevron refinery fire in Southern California
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Culture
NBC’s ‘Dateline’ to air ‘gay grifters’ episode Friday
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SF ‘Gay Grifters’ Scandal Gets the ‘Dateline’ Treatment In a Friday Night Two-Hour Episode
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Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam Is Still a Really Awesome Cheese
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‘Pet Pix’: Andy, Baxter, Blue, Bob and Yoda, Bowie, Chai, Cliford and Wallace, Cowboy, Damien, Fei-Fei, Gemma, George, Gus, Hank, Hank and Mabel, Harry and Hunter, Juno, Mia, Miki, Mowgli, Moxie, Murphy, Nilla, Otis and Nora, Peanut, Petya, Phoebe, Ren...
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Why Are There So Many Motels on San Francisco’s Lombard Street?
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Welcome to Best of the Bay 2025!
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Best of the Bay 2025: City Living Winners
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Best of the Bay 2025: Food & Drink Winners
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Best of the Bay 2025: Shopping Winners
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Housing
Why Are So Many Older Adults Unhoused, and What Can You Do About It?
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Environment
Caltrain electrified trains return power to grid, offsetting energy costs
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Powerful typhoon is set to trigger an unusually strong California storm
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Human Rights
Political Notebook: Book examines intersection of the Holocaust and US LGBTQ movement
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Education
The 2026-27 FAFSA Is Open. Mark These Deadlines on Your Calendar
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California becomes first state to ban ultraprocessed foods in school meals
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Opinion
Maxxing: Making A Restaurant More Than Just an Eatery
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Arts and Events
NCTC announces leadership change as Decker steps down
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San Francisco Jewish community gathers for Oct. 7 memorial two years after attack
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Junipero Serra statue removed from Bay Area freeway site
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At 16th and Albion, a defunct laundromat turns to art
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It’s official: Blue Angels out, but San Francisco Fleet Week goes on
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20 events in SF this week, from Fleet Week to a dumpling fest
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San Francisco Fleet Week to go on without U.S. Navy as shutdown continues
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Leave your phone at home: Chat Room Season 2 goes analog
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Day Around the Bay: Navy Confirms No Blue Angels for Fleet Week Air Show
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BIG WEEK: Techno-cyborgian Blackness, Rocky Horror, Litquake, BART Jazz Fest…
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Nigel Sussman Puts His Signature Isometric Art On Ingleside Storefront
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Fall Colors Include the Bright Hues of Persimmons, Pomegranates, Apples, Squash, and Chard
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Olga Talamante and The Ven. Miguel Bustos to Co-Emcee Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Latine Leaders on October 24, 2025
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‘Art of Manga’ Exhibit Showcases Japanese Graphics, Inspires SF Artists
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Diwali 2025: Where to Celebrate in the Bay Area
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Under the Stars: For Cahl Sel, electronic experimention is a family affair
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Best of the Bay 2025: Arts & Entertainment Winners
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We went to all four of SF’s Halloween bars. Here’s the best one
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7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025
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Sports
Entering Year 5, Moses Moody is poised to take the next step with the Warriors
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A closer look at how Robert Saleh’s defensive renovation is unfolding for the 49ers
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What we know — and what we expect — about Buster Posey’s search for a Giants manager
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A media blitz, death threats, and a firebrand agent: Inside Jonathan Kuminga’s summer
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Kawakami: How the 49ers can prove they’re good enough for a full-tilt playoff run
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Miscellaneous
Uber Driver Charged in Connection With Starting the Palisades Fire
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Low clouds cause major flight delays at SFO
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Four Found Dead In San Francisco Home, Including Children, In Possible Murder-Suicide
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Caltrans Removes I-280 Junipero Serra Statue In Hillsborough, and Boy Is SF’s Nutty Archbishop Mad
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GM of San Francisco's famed Condor Club identified as victim in Santa Rosa homicide
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Will the real OpenAI please stand up?
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