A new report shows San Francisco Police Department use-of-force during traffic stops went down without crime going up

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Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Inside a mass use-of-force incident at women’s prison It’s the summer of 2024, and Antoinette Yancey, who’s incarcerated at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, said a sergeant named Isidro Arroyo came up to her. “And he said to me, the PREA, the staff … Continue reading Incarcerated Women Detail Devastating Use-of-Force Incident →

It feels like everything is falling apart. The planet is simultaneously flooded and on fire, prices are soaring, wars are raging, and fascis

Overview of various housing policy initiatives under development.

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The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…

Following the near-disaster caused by a chemical facility in Garden Grove, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that aims to protect communities near potentially explosive chemicals.

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ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.”

The Ohio Democratic Party suppressed dissent from within its own Pride Caucus, activists said.

The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals consisted exclusively of Donald Trump appointees.

My stances on every race on my ballot in Emeryville, California for the November 3, 2026 election. Don't forget to vote!

I wanted to write about Congressmember Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) this time out, and how his recent primary loss was an object lesson for Democrats.

Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...

New speculative fiction from Annalee Newitz

Heavy with driftwood and otherwise empty, the Emeryville mudflats became a sculptural playland in the 1960s and ’70s.

Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply