In this week’s episode of The Kicker, Hind Hassan explains the brutality of the war in Gaza. www.cjr.org/kicker/hind-...

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

INVESTIGATION: A broken system is keeping California homes underinsured. Millions have no idea they’re at risk My colleagues @meganmunce.bsky.social and @susien.bsky.social have worked on this story for months. If you're a homeowner in California, please read this story.

California is committing more and more people to for-profit psychiatric hospitals under new state laws. My colleagues Joaquin Palomino and Cynthia Dizikes have been investigating these companies for over a year. Here's Part 1 of their heartbreaking investigation: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

“She had the most beautiful soul. Even in the horrible situation we were put in.” This is the story of the 15-year-old girl found dead in a driveway on a quiet San Francisco street.

Had a very lovely time wandering around historic downtown Petaluma with my camera for @peterhartlaub.bsky.social's column. Sometimes the editors don't pic my favorite pictures, so here are a few of them. Read the full piece on @sfchronicle.com here (gift link 🎁) bit.ly/4gLWmV0

Lynn Riordan was already in the sky when President Trump signed an executive order claiming the 66-year-old transgender woman didn’t exist. She said she was leaving the U.S. to explore asylum options. I wanted to know why she didn’t feel secure in S.F. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...

There is still beauty in this world

In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents.

A disproportionate number of Black people are dying in police pursuits across the country, @susien.bsky.social and @jennifergollan.bsky.social found in the latest installment of their investigation into fatal police chases: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

After 54 years of tyranny, the Assad regime has finally come to an end. Bashar al-Assad has fled his homeland like the coward he is. He joins his despicable family in exile. But the great Syrian people are not out of the woods yet.

Awesome stuff from our incredible visuals team. The Chronicle had reporters from the Bay Area up to the Oregon border this week to cover the hard-hitting storm.

U.S. congressman are asking the AG and other federal officials to accurately track deaths from police chases, citing an @sfchronicle.bsky.social investigation revealing hundreds of bystanders killed in pursuits initiated over minor offenses and traffic violations. www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...