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On This Gay Day | Actor B.D. Wong was born in San Francisco

On This Gay Day | Actor B.D. Wong was born in San Francisco

Actor B.D. Wong celebrates his brithday B.D. Wong is best known for playing Dr George Huang for nine seasons of long running cop show Law and Order SVU, but he’s also an acclaimed stage actor who has an enviable list of awards. He was born on this...

Owner:  Graeme Watson & Leigh Hill
Trump backs down in battle over San Francisco
Trump calls off sending National Guard to San Francisco

Trump calls off sending National Guard to San Francisco

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off the deployment of the National Guard to San Francisco, the U.S. state of California, in a reversal from his previous remarks, reported Xinhua. "The Federal Government was preparing to 'surge' San...

Owner:  Ofiul Hasnat (Founder & Editor-In-Chief)
Trump calls off sending National Guard to US San Francisco

Trump calls off sending National Guard to US San Francisco

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday called off the deployment of the National Guard to San Francisco, the US state of California, in a reversal from his previous remarks. "The Federal Government was preparing to 'surge' San...

Owner:  Chinese Government
Big Tech makes California state its AI training ground
Trump calls off feds from San Francisco but not other Bay Area cities

Trump calls off feds from San Francisco but not other Bay Area cities

Dozens of people gathered outside of the Alameda coast guard base early this morning. Many of them, like Kendra Ferguson, were there to protest the arrival of federal officers to the Bay Area. "Active aggression and repression of people, and...

Owner:  KALW Public Media, Inc.
Trump Backs Off Invading San Francisco After Talk With Nvidia and Salesforce CEOs

Trump Backs Off Invading San Francisco After Talk With Nvidia and Salesforce CEOs

After promising to have the National Guard descend upon San Francisco as part of an ongoing effort to punish major Democrat-run cities, President Trump has backed down from the “surge” meant to target immigrants in the Bay Area. In a post on Truth...

Owner:  Great Hill Partners
Evening protests continue Bay Area’s resistance to federal presence

Evening protests continue Bay Area’s resistance to federal presence

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered across the Bay Area on Thursday evening in an extension to the day’s protests of a reported federal immigration crackdown in the region, capping a 24-hour period that saw an abrupt turnaround on plans to send...

Owner:  Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
LACMA tour series 'Visible and Vibrant' celebrates LGBTQ+ artists

LACMA tour series 'Visible and Vibrant' celebrates LGBTQ+ artists

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's docent-led tour series called "Visible and Vibrant" celebrates LGBTQ+ artists, including Frida Kahlo, whose bold art challenged ideas of identity, beauty and belonging. "October is...

Owner:  The Walt Disney Company
Trump news at a glance: Trump scraps plan to send federal troops to San Francisco Bay Area

Trump news at a glance: Trump scraps plan to send federal troops to San Francisco Bay Area

Donald Trump has cancelled plans for a deployment of federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets. The region had been on edge after...

Owner:  The Scott Trust
California’s fossil fuel reality check: Why 13 refineries still matter

California’s fossil fuel reality check: Why 13 refineries still matter

California’s leaders spent years promising an expedited break from fossil fuels, but the state is discovering a hard truth: gasoline and diesel still underpin day-to-day life, and California will keep relying on oil even as it builds out...

Owner:  Jim & Bridget Fitzpatrick
Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

ALAMEDA, Calif. — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco to quell crime after speaking to the mayor and several prominent business leaders who said they’re working hard to...

Owner:  The Lenfest Institute
Police open fire during California protest

Police open fire during California protest

Overnight in California, officers opened fire on a U-Haul truck during a protest against President Trump’s immigration policies. Author: cbs19.tv Published: 8:52 PM CDT October 24, 2025 Updated: 8:52 PM CDT October 24, 2025

Owner:  TEGNA Inc.
Trump pivots on San Francisco deployment

Trump pivots on San Francisco deployment

President Trump announced Thursday that he has called off a plan to deploy federal agents to San Francisco after a conversation with the city's Democratic mayor, Daniel Lurie. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

Owner:  Shari Redstone (Family)
Trump Calls Off Deployment Of Federal Agents To San Francisco

Trump Calls Off Deployment Of Federal Agents To San Francisco

President Donald Trump has canceled the planned military deployment to San Francisco after the sanctuary city’s mayor lobbied him against the plan. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Monday her office would deploy authorities to...

Owner:  Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, Caleb Robinson and Farris Wilks
News The Telegraph Trump calls off troops in San Francisco after billionaires intervene

News The Telegraph Trump calls off troops in San Francisco after billionaires intervene

Donald Trump has cancelled sending troops to San Francisco after billionaires intervened. Mr Trump had been threatening to send the National Guard to the California city, but cooled off on the idea following calls from Marc Benioff, the CEO of...

Owner:  Apollo Global Management
California accident: Punjab truck driver’s kin say drug charge false

California accident: Punjab truck driver’s kin say drug charge false

The Gurdaspur-based family of 21-year-old truck driver Jashanpreet Singh, who has been arrested in the US for causing a crash that left three people dead on a highway in California on October 21, has termed the charge that he was under the...

Owner:  Shobhana Bhartia
Here are the ‘incredible’ friends who convinced Trump not to surge troops to San Francisco

Here are the ‘incredible’ friends who convinced Trump not to surge troops to San Francisco

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Owner:  Evgeny Lebedev
Live Updates: Lurie says federal deployment is called off in San Francisco

Live Updates: Lurie says federal deployment is called off in San Francisco

President Donald Trump planned to send the National Guard to San Francisco for immigration and anti-crime enforcement efforts, but Trump and Mayor Daniel Lurie later announced this morning that the deployment in San Francisco is called off....

Owner:  San Francisco State University
Trump Sends Immigration Agents to San Francisco

Trump Sends Immigration Agents to San Francisco

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. President Donald Trump’s assault on immigrants in Democrat-led cities continued Wednesday...

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