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SAN FRANCISCO—California Proposition 22 was approved by 58 percent of California voters on Tuesday, November 3, but was rejected by the majority of San Franciscans. About 60 percent of San Francisco voters rejected Proposition 22, which would leave ride and delivery employees from companies like Uber and Lyft as independent contractors and not state employees.   Mayor London Breed's office was...

CALIFORNIA—On November 2, Superior Court Judge Sarah H. Heckman issued a preliminary order for Governor Gavin Newsom to stop making executive orders that could contradict state laws and ruled one of his Executive Orders as an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power. According to court documents, the Governor has issued three executive orders during the current State of Emergency regarding the...

SAN FRANCISCO—On November 4, a massive illegal growing operation was busted in Union City, near San Francisco. Acting with the help of an anonymous tip-off, Union city police officers and detectives moved in on the growing operation, and discovered 20 illegal and unauthorized growing rooms for cannabis. Police officers shut down the operation, and seized 15,000 marijuana plants with...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco police are asking for the public’s help to identify several suspects responsible for a chemical attack on two officers. The incident occurred on November 3 during a protest at the United Nations Plaza. A planned free speech rally met early in the afternoon on November 3, and gathered in the United Nations Plaza in downtown San Francisco....

SAN FRANCISCO—A fire that broke out in a Noe Valley neighborhood on Wednesday, November 4 has been contained, leaving one firefighter diagnosed with exhaustion, six residents displaced, and four homes damaged. San Francisco Fire Lt. Jonathan Baxter recorded a short video on the San Francisco Fire Department’s Citizen app. According to that video, the fire broke out around 23rd St...

SAN FRANCISCO—Three West Point residents were arrested on Monday, November 2, for the disappearance of West Point teen “Kaylee.” Isaiah Haggard, 20, and Annie Pearl Abernathy, 41, were both charged with Providing False Information to a Peace Officer, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, and Felony Child Endangerment. Jose Tinocopureco, 34, was arrested for Providing False Information to a...

UNITED STATES—Arborists are very specialized horticulturists. They prefer to work with trees. Of course that is not as simple as it sounds. Some are nurserymen who grow trees. Some select appropriate trees for landscape design. Even some of the orchardists who work with many trees of a similar type have earned this prestigious designation. Decades ago, we still knew...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department announced on Monday, November 2, that two San Francisco Sheriff deputies vehicles were stolen after they parked them on the street close to the county jail and sheriff’s office. The President of the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, Ken Lomba, told Missionlocal.org that the sheriff’s department makes their employees park on the street and...

SAN FRANCISCO—Matt Vann, a firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Department, was in critical condition and sent to San Francisco General Hospital, after an accident with a Muni bus Monday, November 2. A fire broke out in a high-rise at 55 Spear St., near Market Street at 3:30 p.m. San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Jonathan Baxter told the media in...

SAN FRANCISCO—Sydney West, 19, has been missing for almost a month. Her mother and father, Jay and Kimberly, have just released a video on their Facebook page. On the video, they said the police department and their private investigator are still examining all new leads and they continue to ask the public to be on the lookout for her. San...