"Santa Clara County officials weren’t made aware that ICE had begun plans for a detention center on unincorporated land near Gilroy back in January 2025 until last month. After conducting an investigation, they found that the DHS had signed a 20-year lease for 24.5 acres of land, and local officials are working with Attorney General Rob Bonta to block the center, as zoning laws don’t allow it."
"Around 737,000 Bay Area residents are expected to lose access to California's SNAP food assistance program this year when new guidelines take effect June 1 — the largest in the program's history."
"Only seven Black students plan to attend the prestigious Lowell High School next year — 52 applied and 13 were accepted, but some opted for other schools, largely due to a lack of Black teachers at the school."
"The SFPD arrested 62 people during a 24-hour operation targeting fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants and open-air drug markets in the Tenderloin, Mission, and South of Market districts. Harvey Weinstein's third New York sexual assault case in which he's accused of raping an aspiring actress in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, was declared a mistrial Friday after the jury remained deadlocked on a verdict."
Santa Clara County officials learned in late 2025 that ICE had begun plans for a detention center on unincorporated land near Gilroy in January 2025. An investigation found the Department of Homeland Security signed a 20-year lease for 24.5 acres, and local officials are working with Attorney General Rob Bonta to block the center because zoning laws do not allow it. A patron returned a book checked out more than 100 years ago to the 172-year-old Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco. New SNAP guidelines taking effect June 1 are expected to remove access for about 737,000 Bay Area residents. Lowell High School is projected to enroll only seven Black students next year, with concerns tied to a lack of Black teachers. The SFPD arrested 62 people during a 24-hour operation targeting fugitives and drug markets. Harvey Weinstein’s third New York sexual assault case ended in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury.
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