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‘He was everybody’s favorite’: Oakland college prep student slain in attempted robbery in front of best friend sfchronicle.com/crime/article/… via San Francisco Chronicle

NEW: California’s fire crisis led to an underinsurance crisis. But the underlying failures have largely not been explained — until now. “Burned,” a tour de force of investigative reporting by Susie Neilson & Megan Fan Munce, w/ Brontë Wittpenn visuals sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

Join us for a timely conversation about activism, featuring former Black Panther Party member Fredrika Newton and other Black Bay Area activists and scholars. trib.al/fZeoLd5

What a fascinating story about Oakland's political geography from Aseem Shukla and Sarah Ravani / سارا sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

Oakland election first results are in: - Loren Taylor leads in the mayor's race - Charlene Wang leads in the D2 City Council race - Measure A, sales tax, passes sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

Historically, later votes are more "progressive" so it would be surprising if Lee doesn't do better with the remaining vote.

We're calling it: Barbara Lee is Oakland's next mayor, defeating Loren Taylor by a good margin in the ranked-choice race. Story coming.

JUST IN: Barbara Lee is Oakland’s next mayor. The former congresswoman took an insurmountable lead over her main opponent Loren Taylor, according to the latest results released Friday. trib.al/rfNe69s

Barbara Lee, the former congresswoman and progressive stalwart, has been elected Oakland’s next mayor sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

EXCLUSIVE: After indicting recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, feds put San Leandro council member Bryan Azevedo on notice that he’s the "target" of an apparently related bribery investigation By Sarah Ravani / سارا and Megan Cassidy sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

SCOOP: The Trump admin has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling ICE officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials. nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/…

Live Updates: Immigrants summoned via text to report to an ICE office over the weekend are arriving amid large protests Saturday morning. Hundreds of demonstrators are outside, chanting and marching. Advocates are helping immigrants connect with lawyers, fearing the appointments

Thousands of people are marching in Oakland today for the No Kings protest.

Thousands of people attended the No Kings rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on Saturday. Read more for the latest updates → sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… 📸: Jungho Kim/For the S.F. Chronicle

How S.F. residents helped their families — and strangers — out of Iran amid conflict sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… via San Francisco Chronicle

NEW: How San Francisco residents helped their families — and strangers — out of Iran amid conflict "People have scrambled to leave by car, shuttle, bus and sometimes on foot in hopes of reaching airports in Turkey or Armenia." By Sarah Ravani / سارا sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Bay Area day laborers say they live in fear of ICE raids: ‘We just come here to find work’ w/ Sarah Ravani / سارا sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…