Tue Nov 11 2025

Gay Shame Organizes Costume March to ICE Courthouse in San Francisco

Trans and Queer People "Scare the State" on Halloween

On Halloween, San Francisco’s queer community marched down Market Street to the U.S. Immigration Court on Montgomery Street to counter tyranny with costumes and protest. The Halloween event first assembled at the Powell Street cable car turnaround, where banners were unfurled that read, "Queers for Open Borders" and "Fags, Dykes, We All Hate ICE." When the march arrived at the courthouse, the building was renamed the "ICE Abduction Center."

Tue Nov 11 2025

Remembering the Armed Occupation that Protected the Ohlone Burial Site on Lee Road

Events Honor 50th Anniversary of Wounded Lee

In February 1975, construction work on Lee Road in Watsonville desecrated an Ohlone burial site, and bones and artifacts were removed by archeologists. When initial efforts failed to protect the sacred site, the cemetery was occupied by a group of armed local Native families, activists, and members of the American Indian Movement. John Malkin speaks with Patrick Yana-Hea Orozco, who played a critical role in the direct action at Wounded Lee.

Fri Nov 7 2025 (Updated 11/11/25)

Students Walk Out to Support Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act

California Youth Demand: Make Polluters Pay

On October 24, youth from 50 middle schools, high schools, and colleges in California walked out of class in a coordinated statewide action demanding that oil and gas corporations be held financially accountable for the damage caused by their pollution. Students called on lawmakers to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, SB 684/AB 1243. While not passed this legislative session, students and climate advocates are working to pass it next year.

Wed Nov 5 2025

Report from Department of Pesticide Regulation Underestimates Cancer Risks

Pesticides Detected in 80% of State's Air Monitoring Samples

Pesticides continue to be pervasive in the air throughout California’s agricultural regions, according to the 2023 Air Monitoring Network Report released in September by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Weekly samples collected at DPR’s four air monitors detected 19 different pesticides at trace or quantifiable levels and 8 pesticides at quantifiable levels, with 80% of samples including at least one pesticide detection.

Tue Nov 4 2025

Amid Widespread Protests, Trump Calls Off National Guard Deployment to SF

Emergency Rallies Organized Across the Bay Area in Response to ICE Threat

After days of Donald Trump threatening to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents began massing at Coast Guard Island in Alameda on October 23. Residents across the Bay Area responded that same day by organizing emergency rallies. At Coast Guard Island, authorities used at least one flash bang grenade on demonstrators. Shortly after the confrontation, Trump walked back his troop threat.

Mon Oct 13 2025 (Updated 10/22/25)

Actions Demand End to Israel's Genocide in Gaza and U.S. Complicity in Violence

Commemorating Two Years of Resistance

Events were organized across northern California to commemorate two years of resistance to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Calls were widely made for an end to the forced starvation of the Gazan population, and for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. In Oakland, community members marched to demand an arms embargo; at UC Berkeley, students organized a mass walkout; in Petaluma, activists conducted their long-time weekly picket.

Sun Oct 12 2025 (Updated 10/21/25)

Professor of Medicine Fired Over Social Media Posts Criticizing Israel's Genocide in Gaza

UCSF: Reinstate Dr. Rupa Marya

The SF Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on the University of California, San Francisco to reinstate professor of medicine Dr. Rupa Marya and publicly affirm that it will safeguard academic freedom and free speech. Dr. Marya was terminated from UCSF in May 2025, which came after her medical privileges were suspended in September 2024 over social media posts in which she criticized Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Fri Oct 3 2025 (Updated 10/10/25)

Writers Organize to Defend Freedom of the Press and Protect Palestinian Journalists

Poets Cry Out: Let Gaza Live

On September 24, Bay Area poets and other writers organized a poetry reading outside of U.S. Senator Adam Schiff's office in San Francisco, calling on him and Senator Alex Padilla to support the Block the Bombs legislation, and to defend freedom of the press and protect Palestinian journalists. Arts activist David Solnit transformed the building's plaza into a mini auditorium with rows of folding chairs, and using the corporate offices as a background.

Sat Sep 27 2025 (Updated 10/10/25)

tooromakma hinse nii is Part of the Greater Juristac Landscape

Amah Mutsun Land Trust Acquires First Property in Ancestral Territory

The Amah Mutsun Land Trust has announced that by the end of 2025 they will acquire a 50-acre property near the intersection of Highways 129 and 101 in San Juan Bautista, marking the first time the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band has regained full access rights to land in its traditional territory since their forced removal over 225 years ago. The property has been renamed tooromakma hinse nii, which means "bobcats wander here".

Sat Oct 4 2025

California Caves to Oil Industry with Health, Environmental Rollbacks

Legislature Passes Bill to Expand Oil Drilling in Kern County

Big Oil won a major victory on September 13 when the California Legislature passed Governor Gavin Newsom’s bill, S.B. 237, as part of a controversial "climate" package that greenlights tens of thousands of new oil and gas drilling permits in Kern County over the next decade with no further environmental review. The bill passed as a last minute "gut and amend" measure at the end of the legislative session, truncating public participation.

Sat Sep 20 2025 (Updated 09/30/25)

Research Uncovers Oakland Airport's Role in Transporting Military Cargo to Israel

People of Oakland Demand an Arms Embargo

On September 18, a press conference and march were held at Oakland Airport Terminal 1 as part of the first convening of the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo campaign. Recent research has uncovered the airport's role in transporting military cargo to Israel. Since January 2025, at least 280 shipments have left the Oakland Airport destined for Israel's military, which included bomb release units and surveillance systems for F-35 jets.

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