The SF immigration court death spiral continues
After the federal government took an axe to San Francisco Immigration Court in 2025, cutting its bench from…
To prepare for hostile territory, the military trained on SF streets
For three days in early December, dozens of San Francisco sheriff’s deputies crisscrossed the city, hunting a group…
This is what happens when your immigration judge is fired
In November, undocumented Pakistani immigrant SK was just weeks away from the court hearing that might determine whether…
Trump’s year of hurled threats, heated tweets
President Donald Trump and the specter of a federal crackdown loomed over San Francisco throughout 2025, but aside…
How one consulate worker risked her freedom to save a desperate countryman
Saday Osorio Cordoba’s job as the sole social worker at the Colombian consulate in San Francisco has never…
Faith leaders chain themselves to ICE headquarters in San Francisco protest
Hundreds of demonstrators, including faith leaders, blocked entrances and chained themselves to the doors of the Immigration and…
California sues Trump administration over $100K visa fee for skilled workers
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday announced that he is suing the Trump administration over its new…
Fannie Mae to abandon SF office and ‘woke California’ for higher-crime Birmingham
The Federal National Mortgage Association will move its San Francisco office to Birmingham, Alabama, Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced…
Lurie orders $400M in city budget cuts amid worsening deficit
Mayor Daniel Lurie on Friday directed city departments to slash expenditures by $400 million in preparation for another…
Some good news on SF’s otherwise s**t budget
San Francisco’s dwindling coffers haven’t given us much to celebrate this holiday season — until now. Amid a…
Lurie says city deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts
San Francisco’s dire budget deficit could soar to nearly $1 billion in 2026, Mayor Daniel Lurie said Thursday,…
Inside SF’s immigration court purge
Since January, the Trump administration has hollowed out San Francisco’s immigration court, firing all but nine of the…