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Journalist or criminal? Judge quashes more than warrant in Adachi leak investigation

July 24, 2019 2:06 pm

Legally, it’s as if the warrant never existed Two weeks shy of executing a broad search warrant on the home and office of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott stood before cameras and a podium...

TV Reporter Drew Police to Journalist at Center of Leak Investigation

July 23, 2019 4:11 pm

A series of tweets coupled with a television news report set in motion a massive investigation into a leak of police documents shortly after famed San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi died in February, according to newly-unsealed court documents released...

CG Interview: California Rep. Tom McClintock Talks Turkey

July 23, 2019 6:56 amJuly 23, 2019 3:59 pm

“If your country is going to hell, you stay and fight. If your state is going to hell, you flee to freer states.” U.S. Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) has never shied away from the professional pursuit of representing the...

Berkeley Going Gender-Neutral in its City Code

July 20, 2019 5:06 pmJuly 20, 2019 5:08 pm

The City of Berkeley, CA announced it is removing all gendered language from city code. “The City Council adopted the first reading of the new ordinance on Tuesday, which would replace all instances of ‘he’ and ‘she’ in the city...

Judge quashes illegal warrant executed against San Francisco journalist, but Bryan Carmody’s fight continues

July 18, 2019 7:56 pmJuly 20, 2019 8:06 am

A judge in San Francisco tossed a search warrant she issued against a freelance journalist in May, saying police did not disclose to her that the target of the warrant worked in the news media industry. The ruling, handed down...

‘Homeless’ Crisis: Rising Crime and Violence in Sacramento Ignored by Mayor, City Council

July 15, 2019 2:08 amSeptember 25, 2022 12:48 pm

The downtown Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park is under siege by drug addled homeless who live on the streets and in the park. They break into homes, cars, garages, sheds, defecate, urinate and vomit on the streets, shoot up in...

San Francisco to Paint Over Historical Mural Depicting life of George Washington

July 5, 2019 2:10 pmJuly 7, 2019 9:00 am

Modern day book burning: San Francisco school board intends to destroy an iconic mural The Associated Press is reporting that the city of San Francisco will spend $600,000 to paint over an historical mural at a public school depicting...