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SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday night, May 29, one security officer was shot dead and another wounded when tensions began to mount from protests in Oakland.  The incident occurred at about 9:45 p.m., when a car pulled up outside the Ronald V. Dellums federal building on Clay Street, Oakland. A person inside the vehicle fired shots at the officers, killing one and...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday, May 27, officers from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) arrested Darwin Licona, 25, for the second time in 10 days, according to a tweet by SFPD Tenderloin. He was arrested previously on May 17. Both arrests were for dealing drugs in the Tenderloin neighborhood.  When he was arrested the first time, on May 17, the drugs...

SAN FRANCISCO−Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday, May 28 that she would be extending the stay-at-home order indefinitely as the city slowly begins to reopen. During Thursday’s news conference Mayor Breed said, “The only reason why we are in this situation in the first place is that most San Franciscans took the (stay-at-home order) seriously, and you’ve done an amazing...

SAN FRANCISCO—At approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, May 29, the upper deck of the Bay Bridge going westbound was shut down due to a protest, bringing traffic on the bridge to a standstill. The bridge was reportedly reopened at around 8 p.m. The California Highway Patrol has not yet responded to a request for comment. Video footage posted on the Citizen...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, May 29, marine patrol units resumed their search for San Franciscan, Umut Felik, in the waters of the San Joaquin River Delta north of Webb Tract. The 27-year-old man was reported missing at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 28. The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff received a call from friends of Felik to report him...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday, May 30 through Tuesday, June 2, COVID-19 testing is being brought to the Bayview, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods by a partnership between the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), and several other community organizations. The initiative is known as United in Health D10. Testing will take place...

HOLLYWOOD─I hate to be the bearer of bad news for soap fans, but we only have four soaps still on TV: “The Young and the Restless,” “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” With that said, the coronavirus has forced us until a situation where virtually everything has been shut down, including production on...

UNITED STATES─I hope you’re like me and received a stimulus check from the government that allows you to sustain during these unprecedented times right now. Yeah, we have a global pandemic, something many of us never expected or could have thought would transpire to us in a trillion years, but it has happened. States literally closed their governments, millions...

UNITED STATES─Memorial Day has come and gone, and some would say that summer is officially here, well not quite, but I always say when it gets hot enough where you have to sleep with a fan or the air conditioner, one can argue that summer has arrived. With that said, the amount of work to be performed outdoors grows...

UNITED STATES─I am someone who prides myself on staying organized. However, staying fully organized in all aspects of life is easier said than done. When it comes to work, it’s the easiest thing to do, personal life, not so much. Why? I have a difficult time just knowing something has to be done and then getting overwhelmed mentally in...