Supreme Court Immigration Decision Leaves Thousands of Californians in Limbo ^28.4%

KQED - 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

San José State Professor Fired Over Campus Gaza Protests To Win Back Job ^8.4%

KQED - By Sara Hossaini, Elize Manoukian - 6/23/2026, 11:00 AM

Framing Effect 19.3% - Hasty Generalization 10.6% - Halo Effect 6%

San José State University must reinstate Sang Hea Kil, a professor fired for actions related to pro-Palestinian activism, with full back pay after an arbitrator on Monday decided the school went too far with its sanctions. The move ends a two-year institutional standoff and represents a significant win for Kil and her advocates.... more

In San Francisco, Students Become Transit Advocates to Fix ‘the City’s School Bus’ ^13.1%

KQED - By Elize Manoukian - 6/6/2026, 2:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 20.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.1% - Optimism Bias 15.4%

Teenagers swarm the sidewalks outside San Francisco’s Lowell High School after the final bell. They’re hoping to board the 29-Sunset, affectionately known as the city’s school bus — if they can catch a ride. Lowell junior Kaito Glaub watched as several packed buses came by and picked up a handful of students, leaving dozens behind. “A... more

Is Canvas Still Down? Bay Area Schools Slowly Restore Access After Global Hack ^41.5%

KQED - By Elize Manoukian - 5/8/2026, 9:59 PM

Negativity Bias 33.1% - Availability Heuristic 15.8% - Hasty Generalization 11.9%

Bay Area schools were working to restore access to Canvas on Friday after a cyberattack on the company behind the widely used learning platform left students and teachers around the world without access to homework and exams. Stanford University, the California State University system and the Peralta Colleges — Berkeley City College,... more

Arrests at SFO as May Day Protests Kick Into Gear Across the Bay Area ^4.1%

KQED - By Elize Manoukian - 5/2/2026, 12:30 AM

Framing Effect 17.7% - Negativity Bias 13.1% - Halo Effect 11.7%

No work, no school, no shopping and no billionaires: That was the message at May Day protests across the Bay Area on Friday, as activists gathered to fight for workers’ rights over those of the nation’s ultra-wealthy. This year’s protests in the U.S. on International Workers’ Day are also taking aim at the Trump administration’s... more

Amid Chaos at SF Immigration Court, Judges Give 800 Deportation Orders in 1 Week ^0%

KQED - By Elize Manoukian - 3/24/2026, 10:35 PM

Biased Writer Voice 27.1% - Appeal to Emotion 24.6% - Framing Effect 18.8%

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement building at 630 Sansome St. on Feb. 5, 2020. San Francisco immigration courts ordered more than 800 in absentia removals in one week amid rescheduled hearings, asylum restrictions and mounting case backlogs. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) San Francisco immigration judges ordered more than 800 people to be... more

Police Investigate Anonymous Letter to Sonoma County GOP Threatening Violence Against ICE ^0%

KQED - By Elize Manoukian - 2/5/2026, 12:24 AM

Santa Rosa police are investigating the origins of a 12-page letter that was reportedly mailed to the Sonoma County Republican Party headquarters with threats of violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. According to the Press Democrat, the letter delivered on Jan. 22 to the party’s offices on Guerneville Road in... more