This sentence existing in the world is infuriating, but here we are. “The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to automatically receive citizenship.”

“Berkeley's 58-year-old worker-owned cheese board bakery and cheese shop will open its handsome, newly expanded retail and kitchen space a bit earlier than expected, with a soft opening on april 10”

“What does that mean? In part, it means that most people are back to using Muni trains and buses, but a good chunk of them aren't paying their fares”

WTF is this Oath Keeper extremist doing in government “Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election and is investigating whether they were fraudulently counted.”

“Without enough of it, animals suffer neurological disorders, reproductive failure, and eventually death. And for a range of suspected reasons, thiamine deficiency is an emerging problem in aquatic and marine ecosystems across much of the world.“

Confirmed by the NYT, the US was behind the strike on school

“In March 2025, the Yountville Town Council approved conceptual planning for Yountville Commons, which would include 150 workforce housing units. The affordable housing project is expected to be constructed over the former Yountville Elementary School, which closed in 2020”

This part was a really good point about why tools can make the difference “… made elders vulnerable to bilingual political operatives who have a lot to gain by using them as silent political props — and mistranslating speech in both directions.”

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

“All three branches of government are currently working in tandem to unravel voting protections and impose new restrictions, just months before a midterm cycle Republicans fear will go poorly for them.”

“Now major news publishers are actively blocking the Internet Archive—one of the most important cultural preservation projects on the internet—because they’re worried AI companies might use it as a sneaky “backdoor” to access their content.“

A win and a relief

Currently on - the first debate for the upcoming California Governor race (primary in June). Interesting, but missing a few key candidates.

“They show that since almost the beginning of the Trump administration, DHS has been desperate to pull together evidence—no matter how thin—of an epidemic of left-wing domestic terrorism.”

What now?!

“History and public transit buffs can take a step back in time to see how people traveled on San Francisco’s transit system as part of a new free photo exhibition at City Hall.”

“agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing”

This doesn’t sound like deescalation. “On Monday morning, Hegseth approved the request, according to correspondence obtained by the Chronicle.”

"Due to unsustainable maintenance costs, Oakland’s City Council voted to close the auditorium in 2005 [...] Now that major renovations have been completed, the next chapter is set to begin with an “Opening Festival” lineup of events happening this weekend.

Funny, I think of Pacifica as purposefully non-tourist friendly. “The proposed rules will make it more expensive for guests and families to visit Pacifica, impacting local businesses that rely on tourism and tax revenue for the city,”

What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?

“They want temp employees, the ones that just come and go, that they can put in bunk housing with low pay,…”

California is now the only state without some level of drought or dryness. #CAwx https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/2014494389146444143

Wow, this is heartless and audacious. “Dozens of renters displaced by a monstrous blaze in their downtown building Monday quickly received a letter from their landlord announcing their leases had been “terminated.”

With a whimper, I guess

“San Francisco expanded an existing program this week launched by former mayor London Breed that now provides free or deeply discounted child care for two-thirds of SF families with children five and under, but due to lack of public awareness, most eligible families still don’t know it exists.”

“This year, OUSD’s enrollment exceeded projections by more than 500 students, which means roughly $7 million more in state funding for the district. Eleven schools came in under projections, while 64 schools exceeded projections…”

“We are edging closer to the crossing that fateful line when the military is called to put down civil unrest that has not just been provoked but sought after by a president eager to use retributive violence against his political foes”

“the last nonprofit art and design school in Northern California, announced on Tuesday that it will “wind down its current operations” and close by the end of the 2026–2027 academic year.”

“[…] failing to meet a deadline on a ballot measure to bring cars back to the Great Highway, after he made a big to-do over announcing the effort.” Some good news then. This has been decided, move on.

There’s no way any ethical journalist could look at those videos and think the story is anything other than what is clearly in those videos. It’s right there. In multiple videos. And eye-witnesses accounts. There aren’t two sides. There’s one set of very clear videos.

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

“…starting in January, travel startup Lunatrain will begin offering a private charter service attached to Amtrak trains on the California Zephyr route from Emeryville to Denver and the Coast Starlight stretch from Oakland to Los Angeles.”

Im surprised it narrowed down so easily! “But trust us, the competition was stiff.”

“I’m here tonight because my family, like so many others, is exhausted in the annual ritual of budget crisis and the fear it creates in our schools,”

“Huntington Beach has run out of excuses in our state’s courts. It was required to submit a compliant housing element on October 15, 2021, more than four years ago. Rather than follow the law, the City has been squandering public money to avoid building its fair share of housing”

Finally! The fare discounts and family management options are very due

I am a sucker for these stories “…pricing represents a 92% discount to the more than $1 billion already invested in the Oceanwide Center project before construction came to a full stop in 2020, with only its foundation completed.”

“Not only has Tahoe seen a lack of natural snowfall, but warmer temperatures have also stopped the ski resorts from creating as much human-made snow as they would normally.”

Perfect

“according to AC Transit spokesman Robert Lyles. A white SUV crossed in front of the bus at the intersection, causing the two vehicles to collide before the bus jumped a curb and slammed into All Bout Cars Auto Body & Repair…”

“These locations are described as the “high injury network,” that is, the 8% of Oakland street intersections that manage to account for 60% of the city’s fatal and/or very severe traffic collisions.”

“What’s more, Zillow estimates the average home in the San Francisco metro area has lost about 15% of its peak value, reflecting a more significant decline than the average of 10% nationally.”

Official alerts from Oakland schools, OUSD, about ICE activity.

Jack London Square is in serious trouble, Strong and other workers told KQED.“ Restaurants don’t survive. I’ve seen dozens come and go. There’s no draw,” Strong said.”

“De La Cruz, like Díaz, was inspired by his station’s energetic spark. “I went with lots of signature curl movements in my piece that, for me, kind of represent the trolley coming down and spinning in front of the station,” he said. “

Interesting! “Amtrak restored passenger service between Oakland and Bakersfield in March 1974, calling the train the San Joaquins. The route was already under threat due to Amtrak cuts in 1979, when ridership was merely 123,000 riders annually, but California stepped in to subsidize it”

Hard not to laugh “The minimum bid was $133 million, which is exactly what the conglomerate of banks offered. They were the only bidders.”

1 week? “Alacaraz’s public flameout is Lurie’s first significant misstep in office. City Hall had been abuzz for the last week with questions over how Lurie’s team had missed such major concerns with Alcaraz’s business experience, which he touted last week in his announcement of her appointment.”