San Francisco

U.S. 02/12/21, 14:59

In the city of San Francisco, child suicide rates reached record levels during the months of the pandemic and lockdowns. A group of lawyers and doctors on Thursday, Feb. 11, asked a judge to order the immediate reopening of schools to return to in-person learning.  An emergency request filed by San ...

U.S. 07/23/20, 15:47

The FBI claims that Tang Juan, a Chinese biologist, lied about her connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military in order to receive a U.S. visa. She managed to take refuge in the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco and thus avoided being arrested. According to the documentation presented to the ...

2020 Campaign 06/30/20, 03:53

A northern Californian social media aggregator stopped Americans from showing their support for the president because doing so would encourage violence and offend other users. Reddit Inc. has shut down The_Donald online community for allegedly promoting hate based on identity, interfering with users, and antagonizing others. "All communities on Reddit must abide ...

U.S. 04/16/20, 21:30

An elected official, who is responsible for ensuring the Democratic Party passes legislation in the House, was caught deleting her controversial invitation for people to flood the Chinese district despite a deadly Asian disease. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) allegedly removed a video of herself that appears to encourage Americans to ...

U.S. 12/28/19, 17:33

The city of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a big problem with regard to homelessness and that includes the problem of feces. For this reason, pro-Trump activists decided to take action to assist with a group cleanup in the city of San Francisco, California. The Daily Signal reported that the ...

U.S. 12/26/19, 13:31

A huge redwood tree fell and killed a man visiting Muir Woods National Monument Park in California on Christmas Eve, authorities said Thursday. Subhradeep Dutta, 28, of Edina, Minnesota, died while walking on a marked dirt trail with two other people in the park north of San Francisco famous for its ...

Politics 12/18/19, 06:16

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is consumed with impeaching President Donald Trump, her congressional competitor John Dennis has tried to force her to refocus on public defecation issue in her district. John Dennis, chairman of San Francisco Republican Party, on the weekend posted a photo showing a man apparently going ...

U.S. 12/13/19, 13:13

Technology giant Oracle announced that starting next year it will move its renowned annual conference from San Francisco to Las Vegas. Previous visitors to OpenWorld had complained about "poor street conditions" and high hotel rates in the Californian city. The decision by the major Silicon Valley company raises "concerns" about whether ...

U.S. 11/16/19, 17:54

In San Francisco, 25,084 cases of human and animal feces on the streets led San Francisco Mayor London Breed to exclaim, "I will say there is more feces on the sidewalks than I’ve ever seen growing up here," according to the NBC Bay Area. During the first 10 months of 2019, ...

U.S. 11/02/19, 22:56

Airbnb's CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California. In a series of tweets, Brian Chesky said Saturday the San Francisco-based company is expanding manual screening of "high risk" reservations ...

U.S. 10/30/19, 07:19

Californians on Wednesday found themselves facing winds, wildfires and darkness from yet another power outage that hit more than 1 million people. Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's largest utility, began its third round of sweeping blackouts in a week aimed at preventing ...

U.S. 10/29/19, 01:02

Millions of Californians prepared to be in the dark — some for five days, or longer — as the nation's largest utility said it was switching off power again Tuesday to prevent powerful winds from damaging its equipment and sparking more fires. Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. said its latest blackout ...

U.S. 10/27/19, 16:28

California's governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday after officials ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes as hurricane-force winds drove multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation. Meanwhile, the state's largest utility cut electricity to millions of residents as a precaution to prevent more areas from igniting. Gov. Gavin Newsom said in ...

U.S. 10/26/19, 14:57

Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday, and the state's largest utility announced power shut-offs for an estimated 2.35 million people due to forecasts of severe winds and extreme fire danger. Two previous electricity shut-offs in recent weeks were carried out amid ...

U.S. 10/26/19, 14:43

President Donald Trump blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for not having worked enough for her own San Francisco district, letting in "very bad and dangerous conditions" while dedicating all her time in Congress for an impeachment. "I can’t believe that Nancy Pelosi’s District in San Francisco is in such horrible shape ...

U.S. 10/24/19, 02:31

Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday began rolling blackouts stretching from the Sierra foothills in the northeast to portions of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

U.S. 10/10/19, 22:18

Even as the winds gusted dangerously as forecast, California's biggest utility faced hostility and second-guessing Thursday for shutting off electricity to millions of people to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Pacific Gas & Electric and ordinary customers complained about the inconveniences caused by the unprecedented blackouts ...

U.S. 09/27/19, 13:46

As San Francisco's homeless crisis worsens, residents try to curb the situation by taking initiatives such as placing rocks on the sidewalk to prevent settlements, Fox KTVU reported. David Smith, a local neighbor, said he received a letter from the neighborhood a month ago proposing solutions to the sidewalk problem. "A bunch ...

U.S. 09/04/19, 10:43

A short film entitled "Why Don't We Murder More White People" that was on display this summer at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco has generated a great deal of controversy. The 11-minute video, created by Jonathan Garcia, played for 33 days from July 23 to ...

U.S. 08/23/19, 16:12

The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco proposes to establish a new, softer language to refer to criminals and drug addicts in the city. In the midst of one of the worst crises of crime, drug addiction, and homelessness that plague the city governed by the Democratic mayor London Breed, the ...