Above Photo: The Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. SerrNovik. The city’s ‘Right to Organize’ ordinance requires landlords to recognize tenant associations in their buildings. San Francisco, California – On April 11, tenant representatives from the Veritas Tenants Association gathered at the mailbox at 150 Larkin St. across the lawn from San Francisco City Hall. They dropped 15 letters to their landlord, Veritas Investments, the largest landlord in San Francisco and the subject of lawsuits alleging tenant harassment, into the mailbox. “We will show what it means to unionize the biggest private landlord in S.F.,” tenant Madelyn McMillian said. “We will be bargaining on […]
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Maki, the 21-year-old male ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors, zoo and police officials said. They’re seeking tips from the public in hopes of finding the lemur, explaining that Maki is an endangered animal that requires specialized care. Marianne V. Hale/AP hide caption toggle caption Marianne V. Hale/AP Maki, the 21-year-old male ring-tailed lemur was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors, zoo and police officials said. They’re seeking tips from the public in hopes of finding the lemur, explaining that Maki is an endangered animal that requires specialized care. Marianne V. Hale/AP […]
ROME—A San Francisco State University-sponsored talk by convicted Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled was canceled by Zoom and YouTube, according to the Lawfare Project, a pro bono U.S. group that supports Jewish causes around the world. Khaled—who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group, which the U.S. has labeled a terrorist organization—helped hijack an Israel-bound flight from Rome in 1969, and was scheduled to give a talk as part of an event hosted by the university’s Department of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies on “Teaching Palestine.” When the talk was announced last month, Lawfare […]
Earlier this month, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was caught on camera without a protective mask while visiting a closed hair salon in San Francisco, California, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, violating local restrictions. Commenting on the incident later, the lawmaker claimed that the whole thing was a “set up”. San Francisco salon owner Erica Kious has announced that she is closing her business after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit last week, according to Fox News. “I am actually done in San Francisco and closing my doors, unfortunately…I started to just get a ton of phone calls, text messages, emails, […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is soon expected to announce his running mate, with many now speculating that his choice so far has come down to two main candidates: California Senator Kamala Harris and Obama’s former national security advisor Susan Rice. Senator Kamala Harris should “politely decline” a vice president post if she gets such an offer from Joe Biden, former San Francisco mayor and ex-speaker of the California State Assembly Willie Brown said in his weekly column. Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Brown, who has previously admitted that he had dated Harris “more than 20 years ago”, argued […]
Firefighters are battling a massive fire that ripped through the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. One first responder has been injured, and parts of the area have been closed off as teams tackle the blaze. Photos and videos shared on social media show dramatic scenes that capture the extent of the fire. It was called in at around 7am local time on Tuesday. Some 160 firefighters are battling the five-alarm fire. The one who sustained moderate injuries was taken to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for treatment, Mission Local reports. Bartfeld Sales Co. building burns in a […]
The federal government has entered the Chinese Consulate in Houston after taking a Chinese fugitive scientist into custody at the nation’s San Francisco Consulate. Earlier this week, the Houston police and fire department were called to the consulate over reports that they were burning documents in the courtyard. The Chinese did not allow them entry to the building, but were evicted on Friday. BREAKING: U.S. officials have breached the locked Chinese consulate in Houston – @HoustonChron — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 24, 2020 TRENDING: This Weekend: Please Send Us Photos of Leftist Mob Violence and Rioting from Your City — We Want […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079967276_0:78:3000:1766_1200x675_80_0_0_25c626083840ce12e2f955a8e235cc74.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007231079967314-us-arrests-3-chinese-researchers-seeks-fugitive-at-san-francisco-consulate-justice-department-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US federal authorities have arrested three Chinese researchers for failing to disclose their links to China’s military, and a fourth individual is a fugitive harboured at the consulate in San Francisco, the Justice Department said in a press release on Thursday. “Four individuals have recently been charged with visa fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about their status as members of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), while in the United States conducting research”, the release said. “Three of these individuals have […]
Federal agents claim that the scientist falsely stated in her visa application that she had no connections to China’s military despite being on active duty. The United States this year tightened up restrictions on student and research visas for Chinese nationals. US prosecutors believe that a Chinese researcher who is wanted on charges of visa fraud is hiding out in China’s San Francisco consulate. According to a filing in the US District Court in San Francisco, the researcher, Juan Tang, was working at the University of California Davis under a J-1 visa, which is given to visiting researchers. The FBI maintains […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced a bevy of police reforms, barring officers from using tear gas and “military-grade weapons” while working to divert non-urgent calls to agencies besides law enforcement. The city’s Democratic mayor introduced the new measures in a statement on Thursday night, previewing a “roadmap” for police reforms on the heels of weeks of mass protests over the officer-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “This reform effort will focus on reducing the need for police to be first responders for non-criminal situations, and changing the Police Department’s hiring, promotional, training, and disciplinary systems to better reflect […]
Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. Last week, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption toggle caption Beth LaBerge/KQED Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. Last week, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay. Beth LaBerge/KQED San Francisco is set to enact a homelessness solution it once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. For years, San Francisco police […]