Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, left, walks to a holding room in the Capitol Visitor Center on December 4, 2025, before briefing members of Congress on boat strikes. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) A military spokesperson refused to comment on what the admiral told Congress beyond confirming that… Continue reading
The proposed housing development on the site of the Marina District Safeway would add 790 homes to San Francisco.Arquitectonica By Laura Waxmann, Staff Writer Dec 23, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article The developer behind the controversial Marina Safeway redevelopment plan has locked in a key partnership with San Francisco construction unions, a crucial step… Continue reading
After pushback from faculty, Cal’s provost says he wants to open a dialogue on academic freedom. Students circulated a petition to reinstate Peyrin Kao and a few have fasted in solidarity. by Felicia MelloDec. 23, 2025 (Berkeleyside.org) We work for you — and we’re matching your donation 1:1! Our journalists attend city… Continue reading
Cory Booker Dec 23, 2025 This is a 60 Minutes Story about how the Trump administration violated our constitution and people’s basic human dignity. Acting like this does nothing to make us safer, and in fact only makes it more likely that American citizens are put at riskl Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiehEMlNiCI&t=604s
In an emergency meeting between lawyers, DHS, and federal judge: few answers and many questions by Sage Ríos Mace December 22, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Nearly a month after a federal court issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Department of Justice to immediately provide mattresses, blankets, medical care and other basic necessities to immigrants detained… Continue reading
https://www.queerty.com/the-biggest-cover-up-in-history-people-have-figured-out-how-to-unredact-the-epstein-files-theyre-hitting-pay-dirt-20251223/ Henry Giardina December 23, 2025 (queerty.com) The Epstein files are out—partly—and while everyone is scrambling to figure out exactly what got redacted in the latest drop, certain canny Internet sleuths have already gone a step beyond. We know that the DOJ did an extremely poor job not only at… Continue reading
Town Hall Time Wednesday, January 7, 2026 6 – 8pm PST Location This event’s address is private.Sign up for more details. About this event Join the San Francisco Working Families Party, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, and the Alice B Toklas Democratic Club for a congressional candidate forum! We… Continue reading
Plus: Robocars could cause a massive crisis in an emergency— and the budget for next year is going to be awful. That’s The Agenda for Dec. 21-28 By Tim Redmond December 21, 2025 (48hills.org) We learned at least two things from this weekend’s (ongoing) blackout: PG&E can’t be trusted to… Continue reading
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a Christmas service at the Pentagon on December 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Giving a general order to kill any survivors constitutes a war crime,” wrote Reps. Jamie Raskin and Ted Lieu. “Outside of war, the killing… Continue reading
