NEW: The county agreed to a $1.75-million settlement with Pico Rivera mother who accused sheriff’s deputies of doing 2 illegal cavity searches - one so forceful she started bleeding - while looking for drugs. latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: A court case filed by the California Department of Justice to enforce ongoing Vallejo police reform work was reassigned to a new judge last week after the Justice Department called for the previous judge’s recusal. vallejosun.com/vallejo-police…

"Excuse me, your honor, this is my emotional support attorney." slate.com/news-and-polit…

One protest literally giving the finger to another protest. I love Oakland.

As early as the mid-1950s Southern segregationists (this included most governors) were blaming rising protests and civil disobedience in their states on shadowy outsiders—think communists, anarchists, northern Black radicals. newspapers.com/article/the-gr…

Before an April raid on Cal Poly Humboldt's pro-Palestine encampment, emails obtained by The Appeal show law enforcement describing protesters as "violent" extremists and a threat to police. Activists say police are the only ones who threatened violence. theappeal.org/cal-poly-humbo…

Making two geriatrics argue in front of the entire country at 9PM is diabolical

Fact check from Snopes regarding rumors of Haitian immigrants eating house pets in Springfield, OH: There have been news reports of a woman arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, but she "is not an immigrant, not Haitian and not from Springfield." snopes.com/fact-check/vid…

Today I saw a Suicidal Tendencies shirt, a Black Flag shirt and a Bad Religion shirt in the span of 5 minutes. There must be a punk show nearby.

an honor to write about fremont, its dubious & harmful "Happiest City in America" ranking, and my sweet, cozy childhood for KQED Arts & Culture. thank you POCHO BOY MEETS WORLD & Gabe Meline for pushing me to be vulnerable in a (god forbid) personal essay that i'm proud of :) kqed.org/arts/13965193/…

mr free speech musk locked my account and banned ken’s account over an article about JD vance that ken wrote. to unlock, i have to delete the post. i think we all need to ask elon to un ban ken’s account.

this is what really blew me away about this super secret leaked dossier… it’s just a compilation of publicly available information. it’s just oppo research that any competent mid level campaign staffer could’ve written. are people making six figures writing this shit?

This feels like a Blue Light Special

This is almost like a metaphor for something.

San Pablo pd shoulda told people about this rather than waiting for a reporter to dig it up

Do not cave on this APStylebook

In all fairness, those pastries are a high-value resource of equal interest to all factions involved.

Hit me with your food bank and mutual aid fundraisers and I’ll try and boost them.

🚨 Ukiah High School teacher and MendoFever publisher Matthew Lafever was arrested Monday for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a 17-year-old girl, police said. mendovoice.com/2025/11/ukiah-… #mendocinocounty #mendocino #ukiah #crime

North Coast journalist and high school teacher Matt LaFever arrested trib.al/0qaHWVl