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| Apr.26 |
UC Berkeley |
Ann Coulter backs out of UC Berkeley speech| Coulter has backed out of her plans to speak, but city and campus police fear the fuse has been lit — and they’re bracing for a riot | |
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| Feb.19 |
San Jose Downtown |
As internment milestone observed, familiar feelings evoked |
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| Jun.24 |
North Beach |
Man fights eviction after rent increase from $1,800 per month to $8,000
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| Nov.16 |
Alameda County |
Video of Alameda Co. deputies beating suspect prompts investigation |
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| Oct.6 |
Santa Rosa |
Suit charges inmates beaten, tortured at Sonoma County Jail |
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| May.14 |
SF City Hall |
Hip-hop artists filing lawsuit against SFPD |
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| Jan.29 |
Marin County |
Iran says Marin journalist to stand trial soon |
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| Oct.7 |
Twitter |
Twitter sues FBI, DOJ to release NSA request data
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| Aug.9 |
Antioch |
Witnesses upsat over arrest, police confiscating cellphones |
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| Mar.28 |
Google |
Government requests for Google data soar |
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| Feb.27 |
Google |
Gmail users seek $100 a day for privacy invasion |
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| Jan.2 |
Facebook |
Facebook sued over message 'scan' |
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| Dec.9 |
Google |
Tech firms seek US surveillance reform |
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| Dec.7 |
SFO |
Palo Alto man returns from detention in North Korea After a month of captivity, Merrill Newman returned to his home, ending a strange and tense journey to the land where he once fought in war
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| Dec.6 |
Palo Alto |
North Korea deports elderly Palo Alto man
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| Dec.3 |
San Francisco |
Former Stanford student sues over no-fly list |
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| Nov.30 |
Palo Alto |
US urging North Korea to release detained Palo Alto man
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Palo Alto |
North Korea says detained Bay Area man apologized 
Merrill Newman is reading from what the state news agency says is an apology letter that explains what he did against the north when he fought in the Korean War
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| Nov.21 |
Palo Alto |
85-year-old Palo Alto man detained in North Korea| 85-year-old Merrill Newman was on his way home to the Bay Area when he was removed from the plane and detained | |
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| Nov.19 |
Oakland |
Oakland surveillance center protest dissipates |
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| Nov.5 |
Apple |
Apple reveals government data requests |
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| Oct.30 |
Google |
Google outrage at 'NSA hacking' Google has expressed outrage following a report that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has hacked its data links
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| Oct.29 |
SF Mission |
Curfew opponents camp in Dolores Park |
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| Oct.3 |
Apple |
Apple axes China anti-firewall app |
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| Aug.27 |
Facebook |
Government requests to Facebook outlined in report
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| Aug.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
7 arrested at state building over prisoner hunger strike |
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
NSA Prism response heats up with Google petition, Yahoo disclosure
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| Jun.17 |
Apple |
Apple discloses US data requests Apple is the latest tech firm to publish details of data requests from the US authorities
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| Jun.14 |
Facebook |
Facebook reveals US data requests |
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| Jun.12 |
Google |
Google detects Iran phishing attacks |
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| Jun.11 |
Google |
Google demands right to transparency from the Feds The company’s chief legal counsel is noting that the leaks about federal surveillance programs had caused damage to the company’s trust with...
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| Sep.29 |
USF |
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in SF
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| Feb.17 |
Google |
Google slammed for latest privacy breach |
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| Dec.14 |
Google |
Google $11.5m grant to fight slavery
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| Dec.1 |
BART |
BART set to adopt new cellphone policy The agency is set to adopt a cellphone policy allowing police to turn off wireless communications on train platforms
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| Sep.21 |
Google |
Google denies 'cooking' searches
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UC Berkeley |
UC graduates hikers in Iran freed
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| Aug.20 |
UC Berkeley |
2 UC graduates sentenced to jail in Iran
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| Aug.14 |
BART |
BART defends cutting cellphone service A controversial strategy apparently stopped a protest before it ever started. Police blocked all cell service at the Civic Center station
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| Jul.6 |
Richmond |
Officials approve city ID cards
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| Apr.21 |
Apple |
Apple slammed over iPhone, iPad tracking Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users
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| Mar.20 |
Google |
Google: China blocking its email services |
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| Feb.11 |
Facebook |
Ghonim thanks Facebook for freedom
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| Feb.6 |
Google |
Missing Google exec to be released
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UC Berkeley |
2 grads jailed in Iran appeared in court |
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| Feb.5 |
Google |
Concern mounts for missing executive
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| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
DMV employee in privacy case suspended
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| Oct.9 |
Oakland |
Hiker recently released by Iran speaks Sara Shourd, recently freed by Iran, says she's still haunted by images of her fiance and friend remaining confined in a cramped jail cell
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| Sep.14 |
Berkeley |
UC Graduate Jailed In Iran A Free Woman In just a few dizzying hours, former UC student Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian...
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| Sep.13 |
Berkeley |
Family Of Jailed Can't Pay Iran $500K Bail |
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| Sep.9 |
Berkeley |
Iran To Free Jailed Cal Hiker Sarah Shourd
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| Aug.14 |
Google |
Activists pressure Google on net neutrality
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| Jun.21 |
UC Berkeley |
UC Illegally Searched Journalist's Camera |
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| Apr.20 |
Google |
Google reveals government data requests
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| Mar.22 |
Google |
Google stops censoring search in China| Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities | |
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| Feb.19 |
UC Berkeley |
Professor Cleared Over Terror Memos
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| Jan.30 |
UC Berkeley |
No sanctions for lawyer who OK'd torture |
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| Jan.16 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo criticised by Alibaba for 'reckless'
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| Jan.13 |
Google |
Decision on China traces back to founders |
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Google |
Google does about-face on China policy
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| Jan.12 |
Google |
Google to end China censorship Google may pull out of the country completely after discovering that hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing e-mail account...
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| Nov.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
City to Pay $97,500 In Brutality Case |
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| Aug.31 |
UC Berkeley |
Families Urge Return Detained Americans |
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| Aug.17 |
UC Berkeley |
Protesters Want UC Law Professor Fired |
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| Aug.3 |
San Francisco |
2 Hikers Held In Iran Were SF Journalists Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, freelance journalists and a friend have been detained in Iran after they hiked across an unmarked Iraqi border
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| Jun.1 |
San Francisco |
SF-Based Journalists' Trial In N. Korea |
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| May.27 |
Chevron |
Pointed exchanges at Chevron meeting
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| May.23 |
Facebook |
Iran blocks access to Facebook |
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| Apr.30 |
Stanford |
Student Confronts Rice On Interrogations
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| Feb.17 |
Facebook |
Facebook privacy policy draws protests |
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| Feb.9 |
San Jose |
Obama Wants CIA Flight Lawsuit Tossed |
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| Jan.5 |
Google |
China blasts Google in porn crackdown |
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| May.17 |
UC Berkeley |
Protesters Blame Prof. For U.S. Torture |
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| Apr.9 |
SF Downtown |
Emotional Tibetan protests ahead of relay Hundreds of activists carrying Tibetan flags and wearing traditional clothes gathered for the lighting of the Tibetan Freedom Torch
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
Supes Consider Dueling Torch Measures |
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| Mar.17 |
SF City Hall |
Tibet Activists Want Torch Run Canceled
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YouTube |
China Blocks YouTube Over Tibet Videos |
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| Nov.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo| Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist | |
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop A British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
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| Sep.28 |
San Francisco |
Burmese Protest At Chinese Consulate |
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| Jul.20 |
San Francisco |
Russian lawmaker admits intolerance |
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| May.30 |
San Jose |
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
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| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
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| Apr.13 |
Stanford |
Terrorists' Talk Raises Controversy |
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service to map out the carnage in the region
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| Jan.19 |
San Francisco |
Falun Gong Lunar New Year Show |
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| Nov.17 |
San Jose |
Company Plans Alleged CIA Terror Flights |
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| Apr.30 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Silent Vigil for Darfur on east sidewalk |
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| Apr.20 |
Yahoo |
Watchdogs take Yahoo to task |
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| Mar.17 |
Google |
Google Need Not Turn Over Records A federal judge ordered Google to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine
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| Mar.14 |
Google |
Judge Siding With Feds Over Subpoena |
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| Feb.18 |
Google |
Google Criticizes Bush Administration |
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| Jan.31 |
SF City Hall |
Chamber Calls Falun Gong Homophobic
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
Google censors itself for China| Leading internet search company has agreed to censor some of its services to satisfy Beijing's restrictions | |
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| Jan.19 |
Google |
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe The Bush administration has subpoenaed Google for details on what its users have been looking for
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| Oct.8 |
UC Berkeley |
Anniversary of Free Speech Movement |
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| May.22 |
UC Berkeley |
Students denounce professor for memo |
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| Jan.21 |
SF Downtown |
Freedom March Honors King |
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