Tag Archives: San Francisco

SF Pride To Increase Security Due To MAGA Threats

San Francisco’s ABC affiliate reports: Leaders for San Francisco Pride are sharing the new steps they’re taking to increase security. It comes as the Trump Administration pushes a series of policies taking aim at the LGBTQ community, in particular transgender people. “I expect people are going to be emboldened and we are going to encounter more threats this year,” SF …

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San Francisco Sues Over Sanctuary Cities Order

NBC News reports: San Francisco officials filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the Trump administration, arguing Trump’s executive orders that promise to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities and prosecute local law enforcement officials who refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts are unconstitutional. The suit, co-led by San Francisco and Santa Clara County officials, comes as the …

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Report: SF Cops ID’d Mangione Four Days Before Arrest

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: San Francisco police recognized the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan as possibly being Luigi Mangione and contacted the FBI four days before his high-profile arrest, two sources familiar with the matter told the Chronicle. Authorities have said that when Mangione was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., …

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NFL Star QB Fined For “Violent” Gun Gesture [VIDEO]

NBC Sports reports: The NFL’s crackdown on violent gestures has hit the league’s biggest star. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined $14,069 for what the league called a violent gesture in last Sunday’s game against the Bills. The gesture, in which Mahomes appeared to mimic shooting a rifle, came after he threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass. The NFL has fined …

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Court Hears SF’s Lawsuit Over Oakland Airport Name

Courthouse News reports: Beyond trademark infringement, the city of Oakland’s change of its airport name to include “San Francisco” is also confusing travelers, attorneys for the city of San Francisco argued Thursday. During a hearing Thursday afternoon, attorney Bobby Ghajar said San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the only entity that uses “San Francisco” to denote an airport and that …

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San Francisco Officials Say “Good Riddance” To Musk

The New York Times reports: San Francisco’s long relationship with X is nearly over — and city officials are far from heartbroken. Elon Musk is shuttering his social media company’s headquarters. New headquarters will be set up in Texas. But city officials are not lamenting the exit. X bears little resemblance to the company that San Francisco wooed with a …

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Parked Airliner Evacuated Due To Laptop Fire [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: An American Airlines flight was evacuated after the crew reported smoke in the cabin while the plane was parked at its gate at San Francisco International Airport, according to airport officials. The airline said the smoke came from a laptop in a passenger’s bag. Jan Jankai, a passenger on the flight with his father, told ABC News …

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SF Bookstore Ships LGBTQ Books To Red States

The Associated Press reports: Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco’s Castro District, one of the oldest gay neighborhoods in the United States, Becca Robbins uses donations from customers to ship boxes of books across the country to groups that want them. In an effort she calls “Books Not Bans,” she sends titles about queer …

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“Trump Chicken” Makes Return For His SF Fundraiser

Reuters reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will attend a fundraiser hosted by two tech venture capitalists in San Francisco on Thursday, a high-dollar event expected to draw Silicon Valley investors turned off by the Biden administration’s policies. Venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, as well as Sacks’ wife Jacqueline, will host the reception and dinner with Trump, according …

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Schiff’s Luggage Stolen In San Francisco Car Break-In

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Hello to the city, goodbye to your luggage. That was Senatorial candidate Adam Schiff’s rude introduction to San Francisco’s vexing reputation for car burglaries Thursday when thieves swiped the bags from his car while it sat in a downtown parking garage. The heist meant the Democratic congressman got stuck at a fancy dinner party in …

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SF Sues Oakland Over Proposed Airport Name Change

CNN reports: San Francisco is suing its neighbor across the Bay over a plan to change the name of Oakland’s airport. Earlier this month, the Port of Oakland’s commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of Oakland International Airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” “The feedback we get [from airlines] … is, because there is lack of name …

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Landmark Status Sought For Castro’s Rainbow Flag

Hoodline reports: The big rainbow flag that flies over Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro may soon become a landmark. On Tuesday, District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced a resolution initiating landmark designation for the flag and flagpole. The resolution officially titles the flag as “Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag installation at Harvey Milk Plaza.” Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag …

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Musk: I Bought X To Stop San Francisco’s “Mind Virus”

“I mean, this is going to sound somewhat melodramatic, but I was worried that it was having a corrosive effect on civilization. That it was just having a bad impact and, I mean, part of it is that it’s where it was located, which is, you know, downtown San Francisco, and while I think San Francisco is a beautiful city …

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SF Gay Men’s Chorus Performs Tribute To Feinstein

San Francisco’s Fox affiliate reports: The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus sang a farewell song in the historic rotunda of City Hall in special sendoff honoring late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s work for the LGBTQ+ community. Nearly 100 members, both chorus alumni and active singers, gathered to pay their respects in song. The chorus has a long history with Sen. Feinstein, …

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Dianne Feinstein’s Remains Returned To San Francisco

San Francisco’s ABC affiliate reports: Senator Dianne Feinstein’s remains returned to the Bay Area Saturday night, and was transported to a funeral home in San Francisco by a procession. The body of the trailblazing politician, was transported to the Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco. Feinstein’s remains were accompanied by her daughter, Katherine Feinstein, as well as Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi …

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Target To Close Nine Stores Due To “Organized Theft”

Axios reports: Target announced Tuesday that it is shuttering nine stores on Oct. 21 because “theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests.” Organized retail crime accounted for $112.1 billion in losses in 2022, a National Retail Federation report released Tuesday found. Organized retail crime — where gangs of thieves swarm stores for products …

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Activist Matt Foreman To Lead HIV/AIDS Legal Group

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: When San Francisco’s AIDS Legal Referral Panel was founded 40 years ago by a loose collective of gay attorneys desperate to help ill friends and loved ones, the vast majority of their work was crafting wills for young men, in some cases days before they died. Bill Hirsh, executive director of the nonprofit agency for …

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SF Archdiocese Declares Bankruptcy Amid Abuse Suits

The Associated Press reports: San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy Monday, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials. The Chapter 11 protection filing will stop all legal actions against the archdiocese and thus allow it to develop a settlement plan with abuse survivors, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said …

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Workers Take Down “X” Sign Atop Twitter’s SF Office

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: After Elon Musk flouted permit rules and angered nearby residents with a massive, flashing “X” atop his social media company’s San Francisco headquarters, workers were seen dismantling the sign Monday. At 9 a.m., SFGATE saw two workers in lifts detangling wires from the structure’s metal frame and pulling away its light-up panels. By noon, the …

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SF City Inspectors Denied Access To Musk’s “X” Sign

The Insider reports: San Francisco authorities say they still can’t access X, formally Twitter’s, headquarters to inspect Elon Musk’s new sign. According to complaints filed by the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the company denied a San Francisco city representative access to the building on Friday and Saturday when they attempted to inspect the new light-up structure. A Twitter …

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