Sam Altman ‘orb’ spotted inside San Francisco Gap store
Come for the jeans — stay for the eyeball scanning. A gleaming white device courtesy of billionaire Sam…
San Clemente approves anti-immigration camera to monitor coast
An idyllic California beach town has approved the installation of new cameras along its coastline to allow federal…
Why California lawmakers killed a workplace surveillance bill
Do you ever feel like someone’s watching you? Well, you might be right, and it might be your…
The Standard’s most impactful stories of the year
Great reporting doesn’t just document — it can lead to real change. This year our reporting launched inquiries…
San Francisco’s Flock surveillance cameras targeted by lawsuit
A retired San Francisco schoolteacher is accusing the city of running a “Big Brother” surveillance dragnet that illegally tracks…
Retired teacher fights SFPD’s ‘Orwellian’ camera surveillance
Retired school teacher Michael Moore’s daily drives around San Francisco to drop off his children and go to…
Oakland approves $2M Flock surveillance camera plan
Oakland police will continue using a mass surveillance network of nearly 300 cameras to track vehicles throughout the…
Criminalization of student protest art exposes institutional fear | The Soapbox
Is protest art dead? On the morning of Nov. 10, four UC Berkeley students attempted to hang a…
Opinion: Why is San Diego Paying for More Police Surveillance?
Gates is a professor of communication at UC San Diego and author of “Targeted: Corporations and the Police Surveillance…
National City prostitution surveillance tower is broken, no fix in sight
Trucks and motels line Roosevelt Avenue in National City. Image from Google Earth When a hit and run…
Utah Woman Reported Missing in California Found Safe After 2-Week Search
Danielle Staley, a 35-year-old woman from Holladay, Utah, who was reported missing in California after attending a beach…
Berkeley tries to keep feds out of its surveillance network
A Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera in Oakland. The nonprofit Secure Justice has threatened to sue…