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By Louis Freedberg, EdSource Were California to try to implement anything remotely along the lines of what President Trump has proposed for arming teachers to prevent firearm massacres in schools, the state would have a massive and expensive undertaking on its hands. It would also almost certainly require significant legislative changes, because if anything California […]

The Trump administration seems to have California in its crosshairs, threatening to pull ICE agents, muscling in on sanctuary cities and the like.  And forget about the feds chipping in to improve relations between the cops in San Francisco and the community.

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By Louis Freedberg, EdSource Despite an improving economy and new efforts to recruit teachers, California’s teacher shortage is showing no signs of easing up. In fact, shortages are becoming more severe in many communities. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Learning Policy Institute, based on a survey of 25 school districts of […]

By Sam Harnett, KQED News Fix/The California Report Carl Ditlefsen vacuums out his car as the sun sets on the Green Cab taxi lot. He’s the only cab driver here. Next to the lot is a cluttered two-person office and a tarp lean-to. It covers a portable toilet with a sign that reads “Taxi Driver […]

By Molly Peterson, KQED News Fix/KQED Science California’s biggest disaster cleanup in a century is now three-quarters complete, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. And like the North Bay fires that caused it, this massive response is one for the record books. “It is a very complicated debris removal operation,” California Office of Emergency […]

Climate change and global warming are threatening the planet, and the culprits are many, as are the proposed solutions. And some cities are even taking the alleged polluters to court. 

By Julian Mark, Mission Local Use of force by S.F. Police Department officers continues on a sharp downward trend, according to recently released use-of-force data. Citywide, the department continues to disproportionately use force on people of color, specifically African Americans, the numbers show. And, despite the overall downturn in use-of-force incidents, there were four deaths […]

By Marisa Lagos, KQED News Fix/The California Report Immigration advocates derisively called former President Barack Obama the “deporter-in-chief,” but new data obtained by KQED show the Trump administration has been even more aggressive in targeting jail inmates for deportation from San Francisco. San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy said the sheriff’s office received more than four […]

By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local Nobody is disputing the cops who sent racist texts committed misconduct. But they stand to never be punished. That’s the law — and that’s how it was designed to work. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Police Department announced that the state attorney general, and not the federal Department of […]

By Scott Shafer, KQED News Fix/The California Report It’s not uncommon for visitors to San Francisco to leave town shocked by all the homeless people roaming the streets, many with visibly severe mental health problems. Now, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-S.F., is teaming up with state Sen. Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, on legislation to give […]