Author: Ayah Ali-Ahmad
Ayah Ali-Ahmad
has 11.7% among authors.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 11.
Words analyzed: 29,449.
Analyzed articles
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 7/2/2026, 10:19 PM
Appeal to Emotion 24.6% - Optimism Bias 19.7% - Confirmation Bias 17.5%
California lawmakers vowed to defend efforts to restrict handgun sales after a Trump administration lawsuit on Wednesday argued the laws violate the Second Amendment. The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to block a so-called “Glock ban,” barring licensed dealers from selling pistols that can be readily converted into automatic... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 7/1/2026, 9:34 PM
Appeal to Emotion 21.1% - Halo Effect 19.8% - Availability Heuristic 12.8%
A fire that gutted a historic San Francisco church on Monday may have been sparked by the very renovations meant to preserve it, officials said. The three-alarm fire spread through the San Francisco Central Seventh-day Adventist Church as crews worked on the building’s exterior, church officials said at a news conference on... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 6/30/2026, 11:21 PM
Appeal to Emotion 23.2% - Availability Heuristic 17.4% - Negativity Bias 16.5%
For the first time in months, Norman Wong breathed a sigh of relief. The Bay Area resident and great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — a San Francisco-born Chinese American cook whose case helped establish birthright citizenship 128 years ago — spent the last year crisscrossing the country, defending a right he couldn’t believe was in jeopardy.... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 6/30/2026, 11:00 AM
Framing Effect 33.8% - Negativity Bias 24.3% - Biased Writer Voice 16.4%
When San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Sierra Villaran set out to explain to a judge just how sweeping a single police warrant could be, she cited a striking estimate: to comply with the warrant, Google likely had to search the location data of some 500 million people — all to identify six possible suspects. “If you have location... more
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- By Tyche Hendricks, Elize Manoukian, Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 6/25/2026, 5:42 PM
Negativity Bias 32% - Appeal to Emotion 22.1% - Hasty Generalization 13.7%
Thousands of Bay Area residents who have relied on longstanding immigration protections may now face deportation after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration has the power to terminate Temporary Protected Status without court oversight. In a 6-3 decision, the court cleared the way for the administration to... more
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- By Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Jessica Kariisa, Alan Montecillo
- 6/17/2026, 10:00 AM
Optimism Bias 26.3% - Availability Heuristic 17.1% - Framing Effect 6.6%
Another huge sporting event is here in the Bay Area. The World Cup, with 48 participating countries and 104 matches spread out across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is underway until the final on July 19. In addition to the six World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, free watch parties are on all over the region, and two teams –... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 6/12/2026, 11:22 PM
Optimism Bias 15.5% - Appeal to Emotion 14% - Availability Heuristic 13.3%
With temperatures in San José climbing to around 97 degrees, and summer just around the corner, the city’s only major water park will stay shuttered. Known for nearly four decades as Raging Waters and part of Lake Cunningham Regional Park, the newly rebranded CaliBunga will close temporarily while the city and a newly selected operator... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 5/26/2026, 11:10 PM
Optimism Bias 19.6% - Halo Effect 15.9% - Overconfidence Bias 13.6%
San José’s first-of-its-kind program will help public employees afford to live in the city they serve, offering nearly 200 reduced-rent apartments in a downtown high-rise that has struggled with vacancies since it opened. The city’s Lower Income Voucher and Equity program, known as LIVE, makes 197 one and two-bedroom units at The Fay, a... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 5/20/2026, 11:00 AM
Optimism Bias 27.5% - Appeal to Emotion 18.1% - Framing Effect 17.9%
San José will be the first California city to host a Professional Women’s Hockey League team — a milestone that organizers and athletes celebrate for the future of women’s sports. The team, which has yet to be named, will begin playing in Dec. 2026, the league announced Tuesday at a packed press conference at SAP Center. The team will... more
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- By Ayah Ali-Ahmad
- 5/13/2026, 12:37 AM
Negativity Bias 35.7% - Appeal to Authority 26.1% - Anecdotal 17.3%
The footage of the alleged assault, first reported by ABC7 News, shows San Leandro officers detaining 33-year-old Shaquille Coleman at a shopping center in December 2024. Officers could not arrest or place him on a psychiatric hold because he had not committed a crime, according to ABC7. They then transported him 7 miles north, to... more