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ICE Looks to Expand Detention Centers – Including in California
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (271+ words) Airdate: Wednesday, March 4 at 10 AM As recent court decisions make more people vulnerable to ICE detention, the Trump administration is purchasing massive warehouses that could detain upward of 5,000 people per site. Lawmakers and detainees describe existing ICE detention centers as…...
Santa Clara County Leaders Cut Out Flock Safety in New Surveillance Policy
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (1118+ words) Santa Clara County leaders are distancing themselves from automated license plate reader company Flock Safety due to growing concerns about the use of its data for immigration enforcement. A split decision on Tuesday afternoon by the Board of Supervisors to…...
San Francisco to Pay $750K in Lawsuit Alleging Top Official Threw Away Human Skull
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (717+ words) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will soon approve a $750,000 settlement in a wrongful-termination suit alleging that a top medical examiner's official threw away a skull needed to identify a body. According to the lawsuit filed in 2024, former Office of…...
After US Judge Blocks California’s ICE Mask Ban, Scott Wiener Says He Will Make It Enforceable | KQED
3+ week, 1+ day ago (848+ words) A federal court blocked enforcement of a California law barring federal and local officers from wearing masks, while finding that the state's ban is not inherently unconstitutional " a ruling the law's Democratic author framed as a win. U.S. District Court Judge…...
During Super Bowl LX, Bay Area Advocates and Police Renew Focus on Human Trafficking Awareness | KQED
3+ week, 5+ day ago (847+ words) For those working to prevent human trafficking throughout the year, Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara provides high-profile visibility for their cause. As security increases for the big game, advocates, local governments and law enforcement agencies are…...
Authorities Arrest Carjacking Accomplice Linked to Man Who Shot Police Sergeant | KQED
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (595+ words) Local and federal authorities arrested a Central Valley man in connection with a string of armed robberies and carjackings across the Bay Area and beyond, alleging he is the accomplice of the man who later led law enforcement on a…...
Under Trump, ICE Is Far More Likely to Arrest People With No Criminal Record, Data Shows
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1012+ words) Immigration arrests and deportations quadrupled in the first nine months of the Trump administration as it sent thousands of federal agents and officers into cities across the country, according to a new report from the Deportation Data Project. The project,…...
California Senate Approves Bill Making It Easier to Sue ICE Agents | KQED
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (571+ words) A bill that would make it easier for Californians to sue immigration agents and other federal officials for civil rights violations sailed through the state Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 747, dubbed the No Kings Act, would create a first-in-the-nation legal…...
California Cities Just Saw Their Lowest Homicide Rates in Decades. It’s Not Clear Why
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (849+ words) For the second year in a row, Gov. Gavin Newsom is celebrating California's declining homicide rate while using it as a cudgel against his political foes. "Your state's homicide rate is 117% higher than California's," he told a Missouri congressman who…...
California Prosecutors Push Back on ICE Immunity Claims
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (998+ words) California prosecutors are expressing alarm at the Trump administration's response to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an immigration agent, pointing to statements that the agent has absolute immunity from prosecution and to the decision to exclude Minnesota…...