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1 week ago | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight |Laurel Rosenhall
SAN FRANCISCO — As Democrats grapple with how to recover from their losses in November, an uncomfortable question has emerged in California, the state that has long set trends for the party. Are their leaders simply too old? Some party activists, pointing to several examples where they say leaders held onto power long past their prime, want to take the political keys away from officeholders at a certain age.
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2 weeks ago | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight |Teddy Schleifer |Theodore Schleifer |Orlando D. Mayorquin
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Primary School opened in 2016, just a couple of miles from Facebook’s headquarters. Its mission was to serve as a tuition-free hub where children from low-income families could be educated and have access to health care and social workers under one roof.
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1 month ago | 
telegraphindia.com | Heather Knight |Isabelle Taft
The charges were among the most severe levied against participants in last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses Heather Knight, Isabelle Taft Published 12.04.25, 06:57 AM A student at a protest camp in support of Palestinians at Stanford University on April 26, 2024 Prosecutors on Thursday filed felony charges against 12 pro-Palestinian protesters — all but one of them a current or former student at Stanford University — for breaking into administration offices in June...
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight
Lurie said he would stick with San Francisco’s long-held liberal values, like standing up for the rights of immigrants, transgender people and women seeking abortions if Trump’s administration tries to curb those rights. Beyond that, though, he said his focus would be on the nuts and bolts of local government. His agenda, he said, amounts to “common sense.”Others have suggested different catchphrases.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight
Some billionaires are joining the Trump administration. Others are contemplating leaving the country. Laurene Powell Jobs, who is one of the richest people in the world and who backed her close friend, Kamala Harris, in the presidential race, is trying to project optimism. Two weeks after the election, Powell Jobs gave a rare peek into her philanthropy work at an event called Demo Day, where 10 people whose ideas she has supported financially presented their work in Ted Talk-like speeches.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight
When London Breed was first elected mayor in 2018, San Francisco was a tech-fueled powerhouse with a bustling downtown and a thriving shopping district. Then came the coronavirus pandemic, which emptied office towers, left retail shops vacant and opened a chasm in city coffers. The fentanyl epidemic killed thousands of people, sometimes in full public view. A property crime surge shattered car windows and many residents' sense of safety.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
journals.plos.org | Aaron Embry |Heather Knight |Alexa A. Krause |Nicholas K. Reimold
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Krause AA, Reimold NK, Embry AE, Knight HL, Jacobs CJ, Boan AD, et al. (2024) Effect of mediolateral leg perturbations on walking balance in people with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311727Editor: Ryan T.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Shawn Hubler |Maggie Haberman |Heather Knight
Donald Trump was doubling down Friday about his story of nearly crashing during a helicopter ride once with Willie Brown, the notable Black California politician. He was so adamant that it had happened that he threatened to sue The New York Times for reporting that the story was untrue, then posted on his social media site that there were “‘Logs,’ Maintenance Records, and Witnesses” to back up his account.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
pressdemocrat.com | Heather Knight
SAN FRANCISCO - The homeless men who huddled in tents on a wide sidewalk near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco knew that city crews were coming to clear them out. But they did not budge. They dozed. They bantered. One strummed a guitar. Fifteen times this year, the city has cleared the sidewalks near the local Department of Motor Vehicles office - and 15 times, the homeless campers have quickly returned. But attempt No. 16 would be different, Mayor London Breed vowed.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
staradvertiser.com | Heather Knight
SAN FRANCISCO >> The homeless men who huddled in tents on a wide sidewalk near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco knew that city crews were coming to clear them out. But they did not budge. They dozed. They bantered. One strummed a guitar. Fifteen times this year, the city has cleared the sidewalks near the local Department of Motor Vehicles office — and 15 times, the homeless campers have quickly returned. But attempt No. 16 would be different, Mayor London Breed vowed.
