Local Impact

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (401+ words) San Francisco Assemblymember Catherine Stefani (left) says district office staffer Ho Yin Mo (right) has been released from ICE detention after spending more than two weeks in a Nevada detention center. Ho Yin Mo, the San Francisco assembly staffer whose…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (496+ words) After 23 years, federal court oversight of the Oakland Police Department has come to an end. Civil rights attorney John Burris, one of the plaintiffs who filed the landmark lawsuit in 2000, said that "although the department did not fully comply with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (190+ words) Pro-immigration groups gathered outside Home Depot in Concord on Thursday to protest what they say was the detention of four day laborers. They believe federal agents were involved, but the two most likely agencies said they weren’t. The Concord Immigrants…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (227+ words) Patch San Francisco Assemblymember Catherine Stefani Says Staffer Detained By ICE In Nevada Assemblymember Catherine Stefani (D-San Francisco) confirmed Tuesday that Ho Yin Mo was detained on Sept. 17 and remains in custody. An aide for a San Francisco Bay Area…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) A 45-year-old Martinez man is facing federal assault charges after prosecutors say he ran over a deportation officer's foot while trying to flee his own driveway during a pre-dawn immigration enforcement action. Jesus Garcia-Cobarrubias now faces up to 20 years in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (913+ words) Screenshot of 7240 Holsclaw Road in Gilroy, Calif. Rebecca Armendariz first heard rumblings of a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility outside her hometown of Gilroy in late spring, when a local real estate agent began “bragging” about selling a property…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (493+ words) San Jose's city council unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on private detention facilities, joining a Bay Area push against ICE expansion near Gilroy....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (215+ words) The county’s ordinance FAQ says the measure does not govern agencies under other elected officials, including the sheriff. It cites the sheriff’s independent constitutional and statutory functions as the reason the Board of Supervisors cannot direct the Sheriff’s Office. The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (244+ words) San Jose Unified warned parents and students of a person acting strangely and recording people and parts of various schools and then posting those recordings on social media. Robert Handa reports. The woman at the center of a viral video…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (128+ words) A federal judge in San Jose is expected to hear arguments Tuesday over an effort to temporarily block construction of a proposed ICE detention facility in Gilroy. People who live near the proposed facility and immigrant advocates are expected to…...