NATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

#PG&E outage affecting over 950 customers in portions of #Excelsior & #CrockerAmazon neighborhoods in #SanFrancisco. ETA for restoration 7:30 pm PT. pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools...

This is window dressing at best; it will not stop ICE invading our cities and attacking our neighbors. Absolutely crazy for any Democrat to move money to ICE while they're occupying the twin cities and more invasions are looming.

"You asked us to go. We went": Danish soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting America's wars. Now Trump's America is threatening to go to war against Denmark. Danes feel betrayed and bewildered. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...

Mikie Sherrill, the first Democratic woman to win a New Jersey governor's race, will be sworn in Tuesday as the state's 57th chief executive. (via @njspotlightnews.org) https://to.pbs.org/4sUle4c

While we may not have seen the aurora for ourselves (so far), thanks to @ALERTCalifornia night shift has still had the pleasure of viewing the aurora from Mt. St. Helena as of 4:36 AM this morning. Have you seen anything? #CAwx https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/2013595430081155154

The first S4 solar radiation storm since October 2003 is impacting the Earth as of midday Monday January 19th, 2026. For the first time since last November, Aurora viewing opportunities will be possible into the Bay Area tonight. @nbcbayarea.com 1/19/2026

PG&E has notified approximately 14,000 customers in the Richmond District and Sunset District of a planned power outage beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 (Monday night) and lasting until 2:00 a.m. More details about the outage are available PG&E's webpage: www.pge.com/substation-k...

An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

That says they have a predetermined outcome, a pre-written narrative, and ICE is being given immunity for murder--not unlike the Gestapo. 2/2

The Trump administration called Good a "terrorist" before they even knew the details, without any investigation, and in contrast to known facts. Then they blocked investigation and shifted blame and focus onto the victim... 1/2

It's bizarre that some politicians are trying to behave as if the US president were sane, or capable of reason or moral judgement.

People tend to assume this map is meant to be a boycott guide. It isn't. What it is: • A tool for understanding the scale of ICE’s corporate ecosystem and how it extends into our communities • A starting point for strategic, targeted organizing

2026 is going to be a very dark year for US foreign policy, where everything that was built over many decades by leaders for collective security is torn apart by one madman, but only because people in his own party remain silent.

This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...

Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.

“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Former Naval War College profs: If #Trump’s threat to annex #Greenland ever becomes an actual order it would be #illegal, & he would be subject to US military tribunal. For military, obeying an order to “annex” a #NATO ally by force or otherwise is a criminal act. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

ICE and other federal agencies are exploiting legal uncertainty to buy our personal information from data brokers without a warrant. Congress must act now and protect our right to privacy.

Now the crime boss wants other countries to pay him protection money. fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...

JUST IN: A Zoox autonomous car allegedly struck a San Francisco street-outreach worker in the Mission District & battered his hand. Photos from the scene showed the man's car door smashed in, & the Zoox's glass doors fractured. missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-z...

NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.” Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.

A United Nations panel awarded San Francisco International Airport’s Harvey Milk Terminal 1 its highest architectural and design honor.

Is there a bureau of exactly how much everyone should care about each thing and does the Atlantic run it and how does it measure that care and who exactly is the left anyway, and here we are in the US of A where the right regards human rights violations unto death with grisly enthusiasm, hello?

The Northridge earthquake caused $20 billion in damage, plus $40+ billion in economic loss, making it the co​stliest earthquake in U.S. history. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/earthqua...

32 years ago, at 4:31 AM, a magnitude 6​.7 earthquake struck southern California. This quake, centered in Northridge, caused 57 fatalities and injured thousands.

Beautiful start to the day in #SanFrancisco. So grateful for my town and its #SanFranciscoValues.

Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.

HHS’s proposed rule to change the definition of disability to exclude gender dysphoria is yet another attempt by the Trump Admin to dismantle protections for transgender Americans. We’ll continue to fight to ensure all LGBTQ+ individuals can access crucial healthcare without discrimination.

The USDA’s inappropriate demand that Minnesota recertify 100,000 households for SNAP eligibility within 30 days or face massive financial penalties was completely unreasonable.    We applaud the court’s decision to block this impossible, unlawful demand & support MN in their challenge.

Donald Trump scrapped free entry to National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and replaced it with his own birthday. California will not be following that path. I've directed California State Parks to offer free entry at more than 200 participating parks on MLK Day.

xAI has been producing deepfake nonconsensual intimate images used to harass women & girls across the internet. This is unacceptable. We’re demanding immediate answers on their plan to stop the creation & spread of this content. We’ll use all tools at our disposal to keep Californians safe.

The fast-tracking of critical fuels reduction projects through an emergency proclamation has been extended by Gov. Gavin Newsom. New projects proposed for expedited action can be submitted through May 1, 2026. ➡ Learn more and track projects at: bit.ly/TF_Projects #ReadyForWildfire #Forest

NPR: Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate www.npr.org/2026/01/14/g...

Answering questions outside the White House on Thursday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made clear that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop.

This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time. Some thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/2052...

Masked federal agents are terrorizing our communities — teargassing babies and pastors, kidnapping our neighbors and shipping them off to foreign torture prisons, and killing innocent people. But we’re not powerless in this moment. In fact, we have an opportunity to rein in ICE this month.

Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.

DHS is only funded until January 31. Tell your elected representatives that under no circumstances can they cut a blank check for Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino and their crew of brownshirts to murder us in the streets. act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...

While we’re in the streets demanding ICE Out For Good, Democratic leaders are dodging questions about whether an agency that teargasses babies and kills innocent people should continue to have a budget bigger than most countries’ militaries. It’s pathetic.

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The effort to explicitly protect NCAR during the appropriations process has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful. For now, NCAR is still operating as usual. While the future remains uncertain, and disappointingly entwined with partisan political retribution, the broader fight continues.

So much for #DHS assurances of “it’s just an exercise — no plans to fire anyone else.” NPR: Thousands of workers across #FEMA will lose their jobs this year according to multiple people who attended personnel meetings held in the last week. www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n... #EM

PG&E will temporarily cut power to two San Francisco neighborhoods as it prepares to restore power to the Mission substation that erupted in flames last month and caused widespread blackouts.

So much for #DHS assurances of “it’s just an exercise — no plans to fire anyone else.” NPR: Thousands of workers across #FEMA will lose their jobs this year according to multiple people who attended personnel meetings held in the last week. www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n... #EM

Because of Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill,” the annual ICE budget — at $28 billion — is now larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons COMBINED. No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.

#CBO estimates that #Trump plan to rebrand Department of Defense as Department of War would cost taxpayers between $10 & $125M. www.cbo.gov/system/files... #DoD