DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants
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A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of five pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for breaking into and vandalizing the Stanford University president’s office. The news Friday came after more than a week of jury deliberation.
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In the wave of buzz after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, including a focus on faux sugarcane plants, a little-known government agency in Santa Clara County is capitalizing on the cultural moment and hoping to earn a bigger following with some social media savvy.
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back on the food beat with a story about a tiny Chinese bakery that's gone mega-viral for their $3.50 sandwiches www.coyotemedia.org/san-leandros...
“And then it’s just dribbles for the rest of the folks. Or you have to put yourself, maybe in a compromising position, to even be able to try and make an extra buck,” Gonzalez said.
Read our full story with amazing photos from Tam Vu.
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"It’s definitely a class war, where billionaires and these large corporations are able to set whatever they want to set up,” Roberto González, head of the San José Flea Market Vendors Association, said about the week's events.
“They have the golden road laid out for them.”
“Maybe the Super Bowl could have helped bring in some business, but with all this fear-mongering, I definitely think it’s put a damper on things." -Liz Hernandez, who runs a longstanding boot business with her family at the San José Flea Market.
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We spoke with local vendors and business owners about how the Trump administration's threats, and ramped up aggressive enforcement actions in other cities, have negatively affected business and local communities in the South Bay.
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Super Bowl organizers say the big event will pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the Bay Area.
But for some vendors in the South Bay, the opportunity to earn extra income is coming up against the threat of federal immigration enforcement.
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We put together a rundown of the dramatic and messy relationship between the city of Santa Clara and the 49ers, who are based at #SuperBowlLX venue Levi's Stadium.
Lawsuits, critical civil grand jury reports and a perjury conviction are among the highlights.
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We spoke with local vendors and advocates about their hopes to capitalize on Super Bowl LX's draw to the Bay Area, while trying to balance fears over the aggressive immigration crackdown happening in the US.
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All the Super Bowl hype this week brings a lot of attention onto Levi's Stadium, home of the 49ers, and the city of Santa Clara.
You might not know about all the long-standing beef between the city and the team, so we put together a rundown of some of the major points.
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A Google spokesperson did not clearly answer questions about whether it still intends to move forward with its Downtown West development plans in San José, signaling that it is still evaluating the company’s real estate needs as a whole.
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A hearing in the case of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for breaking into and vandalizing the Stanford University president’s office was marked Tuesday by heated discussions over the word genocide.
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“It would be one thing...to check a license plate against a hotlist...But...[cops] can go back and see where a driver went to obtain medical care, where they worked, whether they attended a protest, or where they take their kids to school.” www.kqed.org/news/1206458... via @josephgeha.bsky.social
“The fact that workers will not come forward and testify does not necessarily mean that the plaintiffs’ case is weak. It may mean that people are more discouraged and less likely to stick their head up, in the fear that it will get chopped off.” www.kqed.org/news/1206437... via @kqednews.kqed.org
Nearly a year and a half after a group of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested for breaking into and vandalizing the Stanford University president’s office, a trial is set to get underway.
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Descendants of Norman Rockwell accused the Department of Homeland Security of misrepresenting the painter’s beliefs through unauthorized social media posts of his work, in service of their mass deportation campaign.
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New: As South Bay transit officials work to bring the long-awaited BART extension through downtown San José to life, they’re also scrambling to form a “Plan B” for how to keep the project moving if President Donald Trump derails a massive chunk of federal funding.
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“We have a lot of first-generation students here in Gilroy Unified School District. We have a lot of families where English is not their first language. We want ... them to know @sanjosestate.bsky.social is their home.” www.kqed.org/news/1205985... via @kqednews.kqed.org @josephgeha.bsky.social
James Williams, who served as assistant chief in San José from 2021 to July, filed a claim for damages against the city at the end of September over his firing, and his attorney says a lawsuit will be filed if the city doesn’t resolve the claim soon.
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Prosecutors with the SCC DA's office secured an indictment against 11 pro-Palestinian Stanford University students for felony vandalism and trespassing. A defense attorney in the case says the move shunts key elements of a thus far public prosecution into secrecy.
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In the midst of a critical moment for BART’s long-delayed $12.7 billion Silicon Valley extension, the agency’s leadership is calling out South Bay transit officials for a lack of communication about cost-cutting measures and other key elements of the project.
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Santa Clara County leaders may rush a sales tax measure onto a November special election ballot to help fill major funding holes created by devastating federal cuts. @kqednews.kqed.org
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We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/
