Juan Carlos Lara
@jc__lara
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Reporter @KQEDNews, formerly @MLnow, @GGXNews, @KHTSRadio
San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2017
People detained at Alligator Alcatraz aren’t showing up in a government locator. Families and attorneys are struggling to find them. We obtained a list of 750+ names, and are publishing it here: https://t.co/LH1RvdQMG0
miamiherald.com
The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.
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After getting pushed back by police several times, the line of protesters began moving south. Two groups of protesters just merged again on Market. Still in the hundreds but smaller than earlier in the night.
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Protesters tried to set up a barricade, police pushed their line forward. Number of officers on Jackson and Sansome has easily more than doubled in the last hour.
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Police just issued a dispersal order but it’s very hard to understand over the speaker, I had to ask an officer.
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Immigration advocates urge community members to report any suspected ICE sightings to their local rapid response networks. It can help prevent the spread of misinformation on social media. https://t.co/yj3o7R1Ngm
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I talked to the Bay Area residents who, moved by the protests, traveled to Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon to volunteer. Volunteer work includes medical assistance and protective presence, which is organized by groups like @CJNVtweets. https://t.co/n3UqQt0xCW
kqed.org
As the Israel-Hamas war enters its second year, Bay Area activists continue to travel to the West Bank to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza. The work carries grave risks.
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This afternoon, San José’s City Council is set to consider whether to strip embattled Councilmember Omar Torres of his committee assignments amid a police investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor. From @jc__lara @KQEDnews
https://t.co/81uENAdnRT
kqed.org
San José Councilmember Omar Torres will be stripped of his committee assignments amid a police investigation into alleged sexual misconduct involving a minor.
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As crews continue battling the Keller Fire, I chatted w/ several Oakland neighbors about their decisions to stay or leave after receiving an evacuation warning. Here’s what they told me: https://t.co/WbaKb6ZoIR
oaklandside.org
The yellow evacuation warning, which indicated a “potential threat to life and/or property,” was lifted for Zone 179 late Friday evening.
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'A Revolving Door': Why Getting Housing Doesn't Always Mean an End to Homelessness My latest for @KQEDnews : https://t.co/zZuSShI7iE
kqed.org
At a moment when Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding cities get more people off the streets, one person's story from Oakland shows why that can be so difficult.
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i've said this before but the joke that i view as the rosetta stone of american society is when agnes skinner demands all the groceries in one bag and also that the bag not be heavy
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She doesn’t want to be suspended again. But “…there is nothing to stop me from organizing because of my duty as a Palestinian to be able to speak because that’s the bare minimum I can do.” Student organizers after campus policy changes https://t.co/0cnZN8H1Yl (via @jc__lara)
kqed.org
Student organizers say they haven’t given up on their demands but are shifting tactics away from 24/7 encampments.
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NEW: Video shows SFPD officers pulling up to a Black woman jaywalking on Geary last month. An officer approaches the woman, a mother of five, & they circle each other. Then, he slams her to the wall. She's made 3 trips to the hospital, & plans to sue. https://t.co/THMHkSmnFN
missionlocal.org
The woman was left with injuries that required multiple hospital visits, she said. She plans to pursue a civil case against the officer.
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Billionaires’ utopia company California Forever scraps plan for ballot initiative in wake of damning report
eastbaytimes.com
California Forever, which spent years buying thousands of acres of farmland near Fairfield, earlier last week issued its own study claiming the new city would create billions of dollars in economic…
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Group of SFPD and and sheriff’s deputies watching from nearby. Other law enforcement just out of frame.
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It’s Omar’s first year out here. He lost his balance on his seventh run down Church and tumbled right in front of medics, which he called fate. They’re cleaning him up now.
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And now skaters have all shifted to Church Street, where there are no barricades. Police are blocking traffic.
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Crowd of skaters is growing. With Dolores Street blocked off, skaters started riding down the park walkway. Police keep adjusting barricades to stop them, while skaters keep finding ways to go around them.
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