25 JUNE 2025/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) In short order, UCSF may be one of the last, if not the last place in California for teenagers under the age of 19 to seek gender-affirming surgeries, with Stanford Medicine bowing out of the practice earlier this month. Stanford Medicine has confirmed that… Continue reading
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (L) and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) walk to speak at a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) “That’s what this moment demands of them and what we… Continue reading
New York mayoral candidate, state Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.) (L), is joined by fellow mayoral candidate Brad Lander during an election night gathering on June 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) “The establishment has never been more weak than they are now,” one advocate told… Continue reading
by JORDAN MONTERO and LILIANA MICHELENA June 25, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) When San Francisco flips its rainbow switch for Pride weekend, it’s more than a party. It’s a joyous act of defiance. From downtown summit panels to block parties and community-powered marches, here’s your day-by-day guide to Pride, June 26 to 29. Want the… Continue reading
by FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA June 25, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Immigration agents detained two more people outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Montgomery St. on Wednesday morning, according to advocates and witnesses. Witnesses who were working along the building’s southern exit on Sutter Street say the immigration agents — at least… Continue reading
Palestinians mourn by the body of a relative killed in Israeli fire at a food aid distribution point set up by the privately run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, at Al-Awda hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza on June 24, 2025. (Photo: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images) “It is weaponized… Continue reading
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2025. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) “Who is going to primary this guy?” said one critic. “Please. I am begging someone to step up.” STEPHEN PRAGER Jun 24, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)… Continue reading
The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach, California on January 12, 2021. (Photo: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) While calling the public lands decision “an important victory,” one campaigner also warned that “this threat is far from over.” JESSICA… Continue reading
by FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA June 24, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) The San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters shut down on Tuesday afternoon, after about 30 protesters attempted to block the transfer of at least two immigrants who had been arrested in Concord that morning. Just before 3 p.m., ICE agents and federal… Continue reading
