Bay Area On Law Day, attorneys and advocates protest Trump’s attacks on legal profession, judiciary By Thomas Hughes, Bay City News | May 2, 2025 The protest, organized by the Bar Association of SF, was one of at least 50 other gatherings across the country.
Bay Area Interim Oakland mayor announces city budget proposal will be 4 days late By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 2, 2025 Barbara Lee will replace Jenkins, who is standing in for former mayor Sheng Thao, who was ousted in a November recall election.
Housing California lawmakers kill bid to force HOAs to follow open meeting laws By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | May 2, 2025 The lawmakers who voted “no” or who didn’t vote did not explain their rationale during the nine minutes the bill was discussed.
California See you in court: 100 days in, California suing Trump at almost double pace of his first term By Nigel Duara | CalMatters | May 1, 2025 The deluge means California now finds itself fighting in court to preserve the status quo — playing defense, not offense.
Bay Area San Francisco supervisors sound alarm on economic toll of traffic collisions during rally By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | May 1, 2025 A recent report revealed that in the last five years, traffic collisions have cost San Francisco residents a total of $2.5 billion.
Bay Area Ex-exec director of East Oakland boxing nonprofit pleads guilty to fraud, tax evasion By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | April 30, 2025 Howard Solomon, executive director for the East Oakland Boxing Association, caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $287,185.
china ‘It will hit all of us’: Chinatown merchants say tariff impacts may be worse than pandemic By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 30, 2025 Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to negotiate different types of trade agreements on behalf of California.
Bay Area Trump cuts millions in California crime prevention grants: ‘This was a sledgehammer’ By Cayla Mihalovich | CalMatters | April 29, 2025 "These programs literally save lives – not just for the victims, but for our entire communities.”
climate change East Bay congressional reps rip EPA as nearly $40 million in Bay Area grants threatened By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 28, 2025 They also cited rulings that the executive branch, of which the EPA is a part, cannot legally cancel a grant appropriated by Congress.
Bay Area Judge orders halt to Trump plan to freeze federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 28, 2025 The same judge struck down a similar funding freeze under Trump administration in 2018.