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Oakland Tackles Illegal Dumping — With a ‘Party’
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (624+ words) It’s possibly the hottest party of the weekend in Oakland. But the cleanest? Don’t count on it. Dozens of residents lined up their vehicles this morning for the revival of the “Bulky Block Party,” where Oaklanders can discard their large…...
Conviction Tossed in $1 Million Bay Area COVID Fraud Case Over Juror Bias
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (355+ words) Three years ago a federal jury threw the book at a man who allegedly carried out a $1 million COVID fraud scheme while running a rehab home for parolees under a state program. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Attila…...
San Francisco Judge to Weigh the Fate of Trial in ICE Officer Assault Case
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (815+ words) A San Francisco judge will soon decide whether or not to proceed with the criminal trial of a man charged with assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Caleb Alexander Ranney was arrested on Aug. 8, 2025, at 630 Sansome St., the city’s…...
Emma’s Must-Sees
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (494+ words) Stream available programs, and additional PBS shows, from your computer or your Smart TV. And when you become a member, you’ll get access to KQED Passport for extended access to your favorite PBS shows & films, while sustaining public media and…...
UC Doctors Seek to Unionize 10,000 Colleagues in Massive Campaign
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (415+ words) The University of California is confronting a large unionization effort among employees who have historically stayed outside of unions: doctors. At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Thursday, doctors and physicians announced their plans to form a union with SEIU…...
The Backlash to Newsom’s Return-to-Office Mandate and HHS Withholds Medicaid Payments to California
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (155+ words) KQED The Backlash to Newsom’s Return-to-Office Mandate and HHS Withholds Medicaid Payments to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order requiring state workers to return to office four days a week took effect this month. The governor says it’s about battling…...
California Rejected 150,000 Mail Ballots, Marking Highest Rate Since 2014
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (662+ words) California election officials rejected nearly 150,000 ballots in the June 2 primary election, an increase of tens of thousands over recent elections, according to a report from the secretary of state’s office. That accounted for 1.7% of all vote-by-mail ballots cast, marking the…...
Have We Reached the End of Reading?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (225+ words) Airdate: Monday, July 27 at 10 AM Reading used to be the main way Americans got information, but most of us now turn to our phones, the internet, social media or television for news and entertainment. The share of Americans reading an…...
Investigation Shows SFPD Closes Rape Cases at Half the National Rate
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (136+ words) KQED Investigation Shows SFPD Closes Rape Cases at Half the National Rate In 2025 only 14 percent of rape cases in San Francisco were closed, according to an ongoing investigation from the SF Standard. That’s half the national rate. While the procedures…...
‘It Wasn’t Right’: Woman Arrested by ICE at SFO Is a San Francisco Photographer, Barista
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (617+ words) A Ukrainian woman who has lived in the U.S. for 16 years was detained by immigration enforcement agents at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday after a flight home from Portland. Iryna Gorb, 38, was arrested by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after…...