Protesters chain themselves to California governor's house as prison deaths rise

The California Liberation Collective organized the protest that it said included several community organizers who are in the country illegally as well as immigration attorneys whose clients risk becoming infected.

Fires set, rocks hurled during weekend racial justice and police reform protest in Oakland

Several fires were set in the downtown area, including one at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse that was quickly contained. Demonstrators hurled rocks, ceramic paint-filled balls and frozen water bottles through windows at the courthouse, federal building and police building in a raucous night that was unlike peaceful marches that have taken place in the city in recent weeks, Watson said.

San Francisco bus driver beaten with baseball bat after asking passengers to wear masks: police

A San Francisco bus driver was allegedly beaten with a wooden baseball bat last week after asking three passengers to put on face masks to comply with the city’s coronavirus public health order.

SF Armenian school vandalized, investigated as hate crime

Members of the Armenian community were stunned Friday to find graffiti scrawled across the walls of the KZV Armenian School in San Francisco.

Culture Conversations: Tina Knowles-Lawson addresses voter suppression ahead of 2020 election

Culture Conversations is an engaging and informative FOX 11 digital program aimed at closely examining the issues that our nation is grappling with at this moment: race, inequality, justice, policing, political strength, and what these issues mean to our future. 

FBI: Researcher being harbored at Chinese consulate in San Francisco

Tang Juan lied about her military affiliation in a visa application last October to work at the University of California, Davis and again during an FBI interview last month, according to Justice Department criminal charges.

California veterans home worker dies of COVID-19, says goodbye on FaceTime

Gwendolyn Robinson,62, worked at the retirement facility for 12 years.  Her husband, also infected, is hospitalized in intensive care.  

FBI links ambush on New Jersey federal judge's family to killing of San Bernardino County lawyer

Federal investigators have unspecified evidence linking the killing of a men’s rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge’s family in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday.

California tops nation in positive COVID-19 cases as state breaks single-day record

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced California has broken its single-day record for positive COVID-19 cases with an unprecedented 12,807 new cases and 115 deaths. The state now leads the nation for positive cases, surpassing New York. 

As Californians look to school, some families form 'pandemic pods;' others struggle for WiFi

These starkly different scenarios highlight the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, making the phrase “we are all in this together” ring hollow for those on the bottom rung. The great irony, some note, is that these inequities are coming at a time when the country is embroiled in a national conversation about eradicating systemic injustices and empowering the Black Lives Matter movement.