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SF School Board Unanimously Denies Mandarin Immersion Charter San Francisco’s school board may reject a parent-led Mandarin charter as the district pushes its own language program.

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SF School Serving Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Is ‘Severely Understaffed,’ Parents Say A group of parents wrote a letter to the San Francisco Unified School District raising “urgent concerns about the unsafe and unacceptable conditions at Mission Education Center.”

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‘You Can’t Trust Anyone’: In Oakland, Fear of ICE Raids Grips Day Laborers At one popular day laborer spot in Fruitvale, far fewer men are looking for work amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Those who remain are on edge.

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Teen Arrested in ICE Raid at an Oakland Home Detained Out of State, Attorney Says ICE officers raided an East Oakland home on Tuesday, detaining six people — including a minor and an adult with Down syndrome.

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A Day in the Life of San José’s Rapid Response Network, Built to Resist ICE Fear In San José, a rapid response network of volunteers and immigrant-led groups is fighting fear of ICE raids by distributing know-your-rights cards, staffing hotlines, and empowering local businesses to protect their communities.

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Burgum, Bondi Tour Alcatraz to Launch Trump Plan to Reopen Site as Federal Prison The Trump administration is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, a move that would require repealing national park protections and transferring control from the Department of the Interior to the Bureau of Prisons.

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Can Trump Really Reopen Alcatraz? Delegation Heads to Island to Make Case The Trump administration is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, a move that would require repealing national park protections and transferring control from the Department of the Interior to the Bureau of Prisons.

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SF School District Won’t Cancel Ethnic Studies, But Pauses Its Homegrown Curriculum | KQED San Francisco schools will adopt an interim curriculum used by other California districts as SFUSD audits its own course materials following backlash from some parents.

SFUSD will scrap its homegrown ethnic studies curriculum after backlash from parents over bias... @kqednews.kqed.org www.kqed.org/news/1204658...

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SFUSD Was a Pioneer in Ethnic Studies. Now the Program Could Be Put on Pause After mounting pushback, San Francisco’s superintendent of schools is considering pausing the district’s ethnic studies program, according to teachers and a school board member.

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ICE Arrests 15 People in San Francisco, Including a Child, Pelosi Says | KQED Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called the detainments by immigration enforcement “outrageous and unforgivable.”

KQED: ICE agents arrested 15 people in San Francisco this week, including a 3-year-old child.

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California Sues Trump for Sending National Guard Troops Into LA After ICE Protests | KQED Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the federal lawsuit on Monday afternoon, arguing President Trump’s order federalizing 2,000 California National Guard troops — who normally opera...

UPDATE: The lawsuit, which says Trump's deployment order was unconstitutional, comes as the Department of Defense has mobilized 700 Marines for Los Angeles. via @kqednews.kqed.org

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In Oakland Schools, Hostility Spirals Between Teachers Union and Principals Leaders of the Oakland school district’s administrators' union, who have accused the teachers' union of hostility, retaliation and threats, plan to speak out in front of the school board.

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In Wealthy Bay Area Enclave, a Battle Over ‘Historic’ Homes Hits Boiling Point | KQED For four years, a contentious battle has raged over whether San Mateo’s Baywood neighborhood should be a historic district. The City Council is urging California not to take action.

Coming up shortly on @kqednews.kqed.org radio...

@katiedebe.bsky.social on how dicey #historic status can be.

www.kqed.org/news/1203349...

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ICE Arrests at Bay Area Immigration Courts Are Meant to Stoke Fear, Advocates Say Immigration advocates gathered across Northern California to condemn what they called the unprecedented and unconstitutional arrests of asylum seekers in courthouses.

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At Stanford, a Growing Pro-Palestinian Hunger Strike Gets Silence From the University A dozen more protesters have joined the Stanford hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians at risk of starving in Gaza. So far, the university has said it does not plan to negotiate.

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Massive BART Outage Not Related to Old Train Control System, Agency Says The Bay Area transit system is in the midst of replacing its train control system, but Friday’s outage was caused by network devices not connecting properly, a BART spokesperson said.

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Letter to the Community

The hits just keep coming! SFMOMA lays of 29 staffers (both union and non-union, 20 of the full-time) + cuts 13 open positions.

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As Trump Targets NPR and PBS Funding, Small Local Stations Brace for Fallout President Trump’s executive order aims to cut off federal funding for NPR and PBS, but smaller member stations could be the most at risk if money dries up.

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Oakland Teachers Strike Is Called Off After Union Reaches Deal With School District More than 2,500 educators in the Oakland Unified School District were poised to walk out Thursday before a deal was struck on teacher contracts and campus-based substitutes.

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Oakland Teachers Are Set to Strike This Week, Union Tells School District OUSD officials told families that schools would remain open during the single-day strike on Thursday, the fourth walkout by Oakland teachers since 2019.

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Oakland Teachers OK a May Day Strike Amid District’s Budget Cuts The Oakland teachers union voted to authorize a single-day strike after leaders accused the district of withholding financial information and manufacturing a budget crisis.

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Oakland School Board May Replace Superintendent Despite Contract Extension Board member Mike Hutchinson told KQED that during the board’s meeting Wednesday night, members plan to discuss altering the transition plan for Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell.

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Trump Administration Subpoenas UC Faculty Information in Antisemitism Investigation Hundreds of University of California employees who signed open letters could have their personal information turned over in a federal probe into allegations of campus antisemitism.

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San Francisco’s HHS Office to Close in ‘Irresponsible’ Federal Health Cuts, Pelosi Says The Trump administration will shutter San Francisco’s Department of Health and Human Services office, which runs programs like Medicaid and Medicare, mental health resources and HIV/AIDS care.

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In Court, Women Detail Abuse by East Bay Federal Prison Officer: ‘It Finished Me’ Three women named in the case against former FCI Dublin officer Darrell Wayne Smith have testified against him so far. This is what they say they endured under his watch.

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For Years, Abuse Plagued an East Bay Prison Dubbed the ‘Rape Club.’ One Trial Remains The federal trial of former FCI Dublin officer Darrell Wayne Smith is set to begin in Oakland. Seven others have been sentenced after a sprawling sexual abuse investigation.

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In SF’s Mission District, Uncertainty Around Trump’s Tariffs Has Shop Owners on Edge The back-and-forth over tariffs on imports from Mexico has rattled many San Francisco small businesses that sell handmade goods, clothes, food and other items.

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San Francisco’s Presidio Trust Defends its Existence in Response to Trump Order The federal agency that operates San Francisco’s Presidio was required to submit a report on its operations after being targeted by an executive order to shrink several agencies.

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San Leandro Schools Tried to Uplift Black Boys. Now They Face a Discrimination Complaint The conservative parents group’s complaint with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that the program, taught by Black male educators to Black boys, violates equal rights protections.

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Trump Order Revives Fears of Real Estate Push for San Francisco’s Presidio | KQED President Donald Trump’s order renews concerns over a real estate push in San Francisco’s Presidio, but legal protections may block development, much like past failed bayfront plans.

It wouldn’t be the first time San Francisco’s bayside was targeted for upscale development — but, much like a failed proposal to build a coastal North Bay city, there's legislation protecting the Presidio and the GGNRA. www.kqed.org/news/1202830... via @kqednews.kqed.org @katiedebe.bsky.social

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