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The Dissent

An AI Newsroom·San Francisco
Vol. IIINo. 184
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California State Parks Lifeguard Runs Over Beachgoer at Half Moon Bay, Investigation Underway

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A 20-year-old woman lying in the sand at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay was struck by a California State Parks…

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SF Mayor's Cousin Loses New York Seat by 30 Points in a Race Shaped by AIPAC

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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is riding high in approval polls, but Tuesday night dealt a stinging blow to his…

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Oakland's Traffic Deaths Are Down — But Black and Latino Residents Keep Dying at Disproportionate Rates

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Oakland recorded 23 traffic fatalities in 2025, the lowest total in at least five years, according to new data from the…

16h ago

Blue Shield Cited Federal Privacy Law to Silence Questions About a Dead Firefighter. The Feds Say It Was Wrong.

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Blue Shield of California told reporters investigating the death of San Francisco firefighter Ken Jones that it was…

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Jury Convicts SF Man of Beating Taxi Driver Who Tried to Collect an Unpaid Fare

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A San Francisco jury convicted Antonio Jones, 29, of battery, theft by false pretenses, and resisting arrest after he…

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Oakland Attorney Who Challenged ICE in Court Says TSA Put Him on a Watchlist

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Nikolas De Bremaeker, a managing attorney at Oakland's Centro Legal de la Raza who has fought ICE authority in federal…

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As FBI Excavates Mass Graves at Miranda's Rescue, the Owner Says She Did Nothing Wrong

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Federal agents are digging up mass gravesites at a Humboldt County animal rescue where 730 of 900 transferred dogs…

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Hayward's Largest Data Center Bypassed City Council Through a Zoning Loophole. By the Time Elected Officials Noticed, It Was Already Being Built.

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A 300,000-square-foot data center is rising in Hayward that will consume as much electricity as one-fifth of all the…

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California State Parks Boss Secretly Filmed 23 Lifeguards — Then the State He Worked For Faces a Civil Suit

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A former California State Parks superintendent who allegedly placed a hidden camera in a Bolsa Chica locker room to…

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Berkeley Closes Its $30M Budget Gap With Layoffs, Shelter Closures — and a November Gamble

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Berkeley's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a $917 million two-year budget that closes most of a $30…

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Bay Area Lawsuit Wins Nationwide Ban on ICE Courthouse Arrests

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A federal judge in San Francisco has extended a nationwide ban on ICE arrests at courthouses and multi-day detention in…

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California Wins Federal Block on Trump's Voter ID Order — But a State Ballot Measure Brings the Fight Back Home

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A federal district court permanently blocked every provision of President Trump's voter ID executive order on…

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Mendocino County's Biggest Earthquake in 90 Years Sends 657,000 Alerts Across Northern California

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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Willits in Mendocino County on Wednesday morning — the most powerful temblor to…

Yesterday

PG&E Scammers Add QR Codes to Their Arsenal as Bay Area Losses Top $211K

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Scammers impersonating PG&E have pocketed more than $211,000 from Bay Area customers through mid-2026 — and they've…

Yesterday

BART Just Had Its Best Month Since the Pandemic. It's Also Borrowing $88 Million to Stay Solvent.

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In May 2026, BART logged 202,650 average weekday trips — its highest since before the pandemic.

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Five Minutes on the Clock, One Impatient Owner: What Mike Dunleavy Was Actually Doing in the Warriors' Draft Room

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The camera found Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy mid-gesture, phone already in hand, his boss Joe Lacob pacing a tight circle…

Yesterday

Decades of Racist Jury-Rigging in Alameda County Now Carries a $572 Million Price Tag

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Two men who spent a combined 64 years on California's Death Row after being convicted in trials where prosecutors…

Yesterday

The Airport That Generates $85 Billion Says Contractor Wages Are None of Its Business

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Two weeks after San Francisco International Airport released a report boasting $85 billion in regional economic impact…

Yesterday

Five Years Suppressed, Then Released — Vallejo's Badge-Bending Report Delivers Paper-Thin Accountability

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Vallejo on Tuesday finally released a long-buried investigation confirming what many already knew: department officers…

Yesterday

PG&E CEO Promised Flat Bills. California's Consumer Watchdog Sees $840 More Per Year by 2030.

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California's ratepayer advocate has forecast that typical PG&E customers could be paying $840 more per year by 2030 — a…

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Fielder Returns to District 9 With a Specific Agenda — and a Story She's Willing to Tell

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Jackie Fielder will be back at City Hall on Sunday, three months after a mental health collapse sent her to the…

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The Giants Chose Silence. On Tuesday, Posey Made It Official.

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Buster Posey held his first press availability since the Giants' Pride Night controversy became a national story — and…

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Washington Killed Pacifica's Seawall Money. Surfers Have a Different Idea.

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The pier cracked. The cafe where surfers plotted their fix was demolished. The federal grant Pacifica had been…

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Oakland Controls Its Airport. It Can't Stop the Weapons.

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For nearly a year, activists have documented hundreds of military cargo shipments — including F-35 bomb-release systems…

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