A San Francisco judge sentenced the killer of 84-year-old Grandpa Vicha Ratanapakdee to zero additional prison time, letting him walk free the same afternoon due to pretrial credit math that made the outcome inevitable once murder charges failed. The case has ignited debate over California's sentencing rules, the decision not to charge the killing as a hate crime, and the record of Judge Linda Colfax. Meanwhile, the channel is also tracking broader questions about public safety and Democratic politics in a city where moderates say the tide may finally be turning.
California labor law says unions can only strike after completing the impasse process. UESF skipped the steps and called a strike anyway.
UESF is striking Monday—even though Union sources say they'll just accept the same deal in a few days they could take today.
A policy failure wrapped in virtue signaling: more segregation, 4,000 students gone, a bankrupt district—and it all started with anti-Chinese racism.
The SF Latinx Democratic Club reinstated its leader after sexual assault allegations—then fled the SF Dem party when Nancy Tung called for accountability
When illiberal ideas dressed up as progress demanded that equal rules are unjust, liberals had no answer. Now we do.
Dean Preston championed Providence Foundation as a model partnership. Now two employees face fraud charges.
A drunk driver hit her and fled. Flock cameras found them. Now privacy activists want to shut it all down.
A San Francisco court ruled the district broke the law. The story hits close to home for me.
Violent offenders are flooding a program designed for petty crimes. Public defenders call it "treatment." The numbers call it fraud.
SF nonprofits preside over overdose deaths while collecting billions. The city just renewed their contracts anyway.