http://feed.informer.com/digests/AFZMCSKVWO/feeder San Francisco News, CA Local News Respective post owners and feed distributors Sat, 03 Oct 2020 07:35:23 +0000 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/29/most-expensive-places-to-retire-in-the-us-based-on-home-prices.html San Francisco urn:uuid:f6a6fdc0-299a-aaad-24db-ea08caf1698b Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:51:00 +0000 When deciding where to retire, housing costs can be important to consider. Here are the most expensive places to retire in the U.S. by home price. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/21/california-groundfloor-social-club-friendships-loneliness San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:ea37e3de-2ce8-5abd-5699-5a7ddd4caa27 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:00:16 +0000 <p>California’s Groundfloor club targets the isolation epidemic with an ‘after-school club’ for the post-30 set</p><p>Americans are facing a friend shortage.</p><p>This year, the surgeon general warned of an epidemic: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/opinion/loneliness-epidemic-america.html">half of us are experiencing “measurable levels”</a> of loneliness at any moment, whether it’s related to losing a loved one, moving to a new city, financial or health issues, or the isolation that comes with remote work.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/21/california-groundfloor-social-club-friendships-loneliness">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/yellen-biden-xi-still-far-apart-on-taiwans-independence-post-apec.html San Francisco urn:uuid:d47ca3ca-5eec-3610-89e8-c87894cd8607 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:24:00 +0000 The status of Taiwan is part of the reason that U.S.-China relations have been on shaky ground this year. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/us-cities-where-you-need-to-earn-more-than-200000-dollars-to-buy-a-home.html San Francisco urn:uuid:21229f98-43b6-8582-78a3-23453975bba1 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 To afford a median-priced home in the Silicon Valley area, you&#039;d need to earn nearly half a million dollars. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/16/san-francisco-apec-gaza-israel-palestine-protest San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:99c2cea7-aee3-d0bf-9df8-ba65f9676b36 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 02:51:14 +0000 <p>Demonstration by about 200 people urging Gaza ceasefire shut down commuter route and formed a human chain between cars</p><p>Dozens of protesters were arrested on Thursday after shutting down a portion of the San Francisco Bay Bridge as part of a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.</p><p>The protest blocked all westbound traffic on the bridge – a key commuter route into the city that sees roughly 260,000 vehicles daily – as San Francisco hosts the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. The city has seen numerous demonstrations in response to the forum from activists decrying corporate profits, environmental abuses and the Israel-Hamas war.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/16/san-francisco-apec-gaza-israel-palestine-protest">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/16/david-depape-guilty-paul-pelosi-trial San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:206f5805-f260-1148-52e1-ca11c929a0f7 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:26:28 +0000 <p>Rightwing conspiracy theorist convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault in 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi</p><p>David DePape, the rightwing conspiracy theorist who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home, has been convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault.</p><p>The federal jury’s decision on Thursday comes after a dramatic trial in which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/paul-nancy-pelosi-testimony-trial-david-depape-hammer">Paul Pelosi testified</a> about the “traumatic” hammer attack he suffered on 28 October 2022, days before the midterm elections. DePape also took the stand in his defense, saying he had planned to interrogate the former House speaker and post footage of her online.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/16/david-depape-guilty-paul-pelosi-trial">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2023/nov/16/three-key-takeaways-from-bidens-meeting-with-chinas-president-xi-jinping-video San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:3dca993f-999d-ac4d-15b2-c1774b7bab0f Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:04:36 +0000 <p>US president Joe Biden sat down with China's president Xi Jinping for the first bilateral discussion between the leaders in 12 months. Speaking to media afterwards, Biden elaborated on three key components of the discussions including a collaborative effort to stop the flow of fentanyl from China to the west, the ongoing threat of AI and re-establishing direct military communication. </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/15/joe-biden-xi-jinping-san-francisco-china-apec"><strong>‘Planet Earth is big enough for two’: Biden and Xi meet for first time in a year</strong></a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2023/nov/16/three-key-takeaways-from-bidens-meeting-with-chinas-president-xi-jinping-video">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/15/joe-biden-xi-jinping-san-francisco-china-apec San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:2a5d1cdd-4e68-6faa-bf25-75d104b9f7cb Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:52:41 +0000 <p>US and Chinese presidents meet in San Francisco to discuss the economy, climate, military relations and Taiwan</p><p>Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met in California on Wednesday, exchanging handshakes and smiles as they embarked on face-to-face dialogues that both sides hope will stabilise US-China relations.</p><p>The US president opened his remarks by saying that tensions between the two countries should “not veer into conflict”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/15/joe-biden-xi-jinping-san-francisco-china-apec">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/15/cruise-is-taking-all-its-vehicles-off-public-roads.html San Francisco urn:uuid:74d7f600-b8ed-3147-d83b-5294b43002dc Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:26:00 +0000 Cruise, General Motors&#039; embattled driverless car unit, said Tuesday it will pause all public road operations: supervised, manual and driverless. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/15/these-extreme-tactics-worked-for-parents-of-successful-kids-expert.html San Francisco urn:uuid:f7b41b4f-e585-5e52-e524-eb88f520b9bb Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:40:00 +0000 Parenting expert Margot Machol Bisnow interviewed 70 parents of highly successful adults, from CEOs to Hollywood directors. These &#039;extreme&#039; decisions paid off. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/15/as-xi-and-biden-meet-russia-relishes-divisions-between-china-and-us.html San Francisco urn:uuid:9fdf8f4a-fda6-715e-5055-40b628133a4e Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:41:00 +0000 Russia is attempting to make the APEC summit, and talks between Xi and Biden, look like a diplomatic and geopolitical failure. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/14/aul-pelosi-attacker-david-depape-testimony San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:436d8ff4-4b68-96db-145b-fe3de130f5bb Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:10:31 +0000 <p>David DePape, accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband in a home invasion last year, testified for an hour on Tuesday</p><p>David DePape, the man accused of attacking the husband of Nancy Pelosi with a hammer last year, told a federal jury how his fringe political beliefs brought him to the Pelosis’ home to interrogate the former house speaker.</p><p>In emotional testimony that lasted for more than an hour, DePape offered detailed insight into his motivations that evening in October, which he described as part of a bigger plan to end corruption in the United States.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/14/aul-pelosi-attacker-david-depape-testimony">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/paul-nancy-pelosi-testimony-trial-david-depape-hammer San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:29dbba1a-ecee-b259-c763-d46b9f1fa348 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:26:25 +0000 <p>Nancy Pelosi’s husband recounts publicly for the first time details of David DePape’s reported assault in their San Francisco home</p><p>Paul Pelosi has recounted publicly for the first time details of the harrowing night he was attacked by a hammer-wielding man in the San Francisco home he shares with his wife and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.</p><p>Testifying in the trial of David DePape, the man accused of attacking him last year, Paul Pelosi recalled his alarm at seeing a man standing in his bedroom.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/paul-nancy-pelosi-testimony-trial-david-depape-hammer">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/san-francisco-apec-summit-downtown-cleanup San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:1b871d75-52b7-c590-1646-5bb2f6480944 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 23:03:41 +0000 <p>City’s mayor promoting beleaguered downtown as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is expected to draw nearly 20,000 people</p><p>With the world watching San Francisco this week as it hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, the California city has been making use of an opportunity to rehabilitate its reputation as a struggling metropolis in decline.</p><p>Apec – San Francisco’s largest international gathering since 1945 when dignitaries gathered to sign the charter creating the United Nations – is expected to draw 20,000 people to the city. The summit will bring together leaders from 21 member countries to promote trade and economic development in the Pacific region.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/13/san-francisco-apec-summit-downtown-cleanup">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/12/california-gavin-newsom-biden-president-2024 San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:5f317c68-c5ac-238f-920e-0b914b2c9ba6 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:52:19 +0000 <p>Amid concern over the president’s poll ratings, Gavin Newsom appears to be running something of a shadow campaign</p><p>One of the strongest candidates for US president in 2024 may be one who’s not yet in the race. There’s growing evidence that Gavin Newsom, the charismatic and energetic Democratic governor of California, is running something of a shadow campaign to Joe Biden and ready to step up if, or when, the incumbent is out of the running.</p><p>Several developments in recent days suggest Newsom, who <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/08/gavin-newsom-reelection-00065814">romped to re-election</a> a year ago without really campaigning, is ready to bring forward what was already expected to be a strong run for the presidency in 2028.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/12/california-gavin-newsom-biden-president-2024">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/10/harvard-trained-expert-successful-people-face-failure-with-humility.html San Francisco urn:uuid:c225c219-8b15-bf3b-f06d-e6bd0959862d Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:04:00 +0000 Being humble is a key tool for bouncing back from failure, says a Harvard-trained leadership expert — and a common theme among most successful people. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/09/paul-pelosi-attack-trial-conspiracy-theory-san-francisco San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:78d7172f-4099-2960-5b30-419f587848e3 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:31:34 +0000 <p>David DePape, 43, charged with breaking into San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi and husband and carrying out hammer attack </p><p>The trial of a man accused of breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoning her husband with a hammer has begun, with a defense attorney arguing that her client, David DePape, was caught up in conspiracy theories.</p><p>Paul Pelosi, who was 82 at the time, was attacked by DePape in the early hours of 28 October last year and hospitalized with a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands. The encounter, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/paul-pelosi-attack-video-police-camera">which was captured</a> by police body-cam footage, sent shockwaves through the political world just days before last year’s midterm elections.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/09/paul-pelosi-attack-trial-conspiracy-theory-san-francisco">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/salesforce-will-keep-dreamforce-conference-in-san-francisco-next-year.html San Francisco urn:uuid:5a9b5c64-589e-6208-1df3-b1034260c419 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:27:00 +0000 Marc Benioff had threatened to take his major marketing event outside of San Francisco, but now it will stay around for at least one more year. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/06/yellen-to-host-chinas-he-lifeng-for-talks-ahead-of-apec-.html San Francisco urn:uuid:6d14f2c6-d534-c49e-0478-a35d5c437404 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:41:00 +0000 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will discuss economic partnerships with PRC Vice Premier He Lifeng in San Francisco this week. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/04/why-san-franciscos-robotaxi-rollout-has-been-such-a-mess.html San Francisco urn:uuid:a7032526-363f-050d-4d34-8af2f7601af4 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Driverless cars are here, flooding the streets of San Francisco, but the launch of robotaxis from Cruise and Waymo has been plagued by problems. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/11/04/why-san-franciscos-driverless-taxi-rollout-has-been-such-a-mess.html San Francisco urn:uuid:ce6aa45a-9f51-5399-3e4f-d96263b8c52f Sat, 04 Nov 2023 11:59:00 +0000 Self-driving cars without safety drivers behind the wheel have flooded San Francisco streets. In August, General Motors-owned Cruise and Alphabet&#039;s Waymo were granted permission to expand operations, allowing people to hail a driverless car like they do for an Uber. But the launch has been plagued by problems. CNBC&#039;s Deirdre Bosa tested out both company&#039;s robotaxis and spoke with city officials and Cruise CEO, Kyle Vogt, to see how the launch is going for the city and what&#039;s next. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/02/elon-musk-told-joe-rogan-he-bought-twitter-to-stop-extinctionist-mind-virus.html San Francisco urn:uuid:03e5f1b8-781f-2587-bf2d-131e59d01ebb Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:50:00 +0000 Elon Musk told Joe Rogan he purchased Twitter to stop an &quot;extinctionist&quot; cult that was propagating what he described as a &quot;mind virus.&quot; https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/31/ai-smoothie-betterblends-san-francisco-business-closes San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:f03a6840-1620-dd89-48c3-4848c140225e Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:00:14 +0000 <p>BetterBlends promised to invest in the city’s beleaguered downtown but closed its doors in under two months</p><p>In September, a “bespoke AI nutrition” store opened in beleaguered downtown San Francisco to much fanfare, promising smoothie concoctions generated by AI and a much-needed boost to the area. Less than two months later, it has seemingly closed without explanation.</p><p>BetterBlends advertised “Your Smoothie, powered by AI” and received positive press upon its opening, ginning up excitement for a new business and a novel use of artificial intelligence. Its AI model would take customer orders and preferences to generate a smoothie recipe that would then be blended by hand by co-founders Michael Parlato and Clayton Reynolds, who worked in the shop.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/31/ai-smoothie-betterblends-san-francisco-business-closes">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/cruise-pauses-all-driverless-operations-after-collisions-suspensions.html San Francisco urn:uuid:a588ca50-a7e3-1099-0746-e651d05972f3 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:00:00 +0000 The orders of suspension followed a barrage of incidents since Cruise received approval to conduct around-the-clock robotaxi service in San Francisco. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/homebuyers-must-earn-400000-to-afford-a-home-in-these-metro-areas.html San Francisco urn:uuid:8835e651-4802-1fcd-1c4b-dcd55b25682d Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:55:00 +0000 Would-be homebuyers need to earn more than $400,000 a year to afford an average house in the two priciest metro areas in the U.S. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/alaska-airlines-diverted-pilot-engines-psychedelic-mushrooms San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:4b611b09-f1dc-0c51-c326-fef0fa19a97b Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:28:25 +0000 <p>Joseph David Emerson has pleaded not guilty and says he’d taken psychedelic mushrooms for the first time, court documents show</p><p>An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines on a regional jet mid-flight on Sunday told police after his arrest that he believed he was having a nervous breakdown, thought he was dreaming when he pulled fire handles in the cockpit, and that he had experimented with psychedelic mushrooms recently as his mental health worsened, according to a federal complaint made public on Tuesday.</p><p>Just before trying to cut the engines, Joseph David Emerson, 44, who was riding in an extra seat in the cockpit said, “I’m not OK,” and later told police he had recently taken psychedelic mushrooms, according to charging documents.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/alaska-airlines-diverted-pilot-engines-psychedelic-mushrooms">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/driverless-car-self-driving-california-cruise-gm San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:749e5b6f-38b5-e2fb-3797-2f36e63ea6f5 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:58:21 +0000 <p>DMV cites ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ from General Motors’ subsidiary amid multiple investigations</p><p>California suspended Cruise’s permits to operate self-driving cars on the state’s public roads, effective immediately, the state’s department of motor vehicles said in a statement on Tuesday. The agency said Cruise’s vehicles pose a danger to the public and that the company had misrepresented key facts when dealing with safety regulators.</p><p>“When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits,” the regulator said. Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, can still operate its vehicles with safety drivers, per the DMV’s statement. Google’s Waymo, Cruise’s main rival, maintains its permit to test its autonomous vehicles sans drivers on the streets of San Francisco.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/driverless-car-self-driving-california-cruise-gm">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/24/california-dmv-suspends-cruises-self-driving-car-permits.html San Francisco urn:uuid:e491ab23-ce19-c1ac-a207-8b01050f4c2d Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:55:00 +0000 The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday suspended Cruise&#039;s deployment and testing permits for its autonomous vehicles, effective immediately. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/tgl-golf-league-announces-ownership-team-led-by-marc-lasry-steph-curry.html San Francisco urn:uuid:45290aa4-dfab-e698-89d0-f0470e39de77 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:08:00 +0000 TGL announces a San Francisco ownership group led by Marc Lasry and Steph Curry. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/17/cruise-under-nhtsa-probe-into-autonomous-driving-pedestrian-injuries.html San Francisco urn:uuid:81b78d41-b0f0-cd41-46ee-87e63ed3c8d0 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:48:00 +0000 The NHTSA is probing Cruise over two incidents in San Francisco where driverless vehicles struck pedestrians. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/tesla-whistleblowers-filed-complaint-to-sec-in-2021-what-it-said.html San Francisco urn:uuid:49fd1048-95e0-c8ab-f494-a00a637d0aee Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:01:00 +0000 Two whistleblowers&#039; complaint to the SEC about Tesla alleged that Elon Musk&#039;s automaker may have run afoul of securities laws and flouted accounting standards. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/10/white-house-car-rammed-chinese-consulate-san-francisco San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:90e44c12-a6bd-40ad-c831-2ce516a9950f Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:56:08 +0000 <p>Unnamed driver who crashed car into consulate building was shot by police and later died in hospital</p><p>The White House has denounced the violent incident at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco that began with a car crashing into the building and ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at a hospital.</p><p>“We condemn this incident and all violence perpetrated against foreign diplomatic staff working in the United States,” Adrienne Watson, White House National Security Council spokeswoman, to the Associated Press.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/10/white-house-car-rammed-chinese-consulate-san-francisco">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/10/vehicle-crashes-into-chinese-consulate-in-san-francisco-prompting-huge-police-response San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:aebe54ea-fa9b-749a-995a-be9dc59f002a Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:59:13 +0000 <p>Police say that despite life-saving efforts, the suspect was pronounced dead at hospital</p><p>San Francisco police said they shot and killed a driver who crashed into the Chinese consulate.</p><p>Official details of the incident were incomplete, and police said the identity of the motorist and what precipitated the crash were not yet known. There was no mention of anyone else being injured in the incident.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/10/vehicle-crashes-into-chinese-consulate-in-san-francisco-prompting-huge-police-response">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/09/nfl-star-brock-purdy-splits-rent-with-roommate-drives-toyota-suv.html San Francisco urn:uuid:23ef3e5d-29ee-d65e-b254-f333cfac3aae Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:46:00 +0000 NFL quarterback Brock Purdy says he lives with a roommate and drives a Toyota Sequoia SUV. He&#039;s not the only athlete to save money during his playing career. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/06/the-urban-doom-loop-threatening-cities-like-new-york-and-san-francisco.html San Francisco urn:uuid:6211d490-7e93-8981-844b-c8a508d70a17 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:31:00 +0000 Major American cities such as New York and San Francisco face serious problems — mass migration, empty offices and declining tax revenues. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/05/senator-dianne-feinstein-san-francisco-city-hall-memorial San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:d70267e5-a82c-8cbc-b8a2-7e5f0fde7250 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:35:44 +0000 <p>Kamala Harris and mayor London Breed make remarks in a private service as mourners pay their respects at San Francisco’s city hall</p><p>At a memorial for Dianne Feinstein on Thursday, Joe Biden praised the late senator as a dear friend and a woman of deep integrity who fought to protect what was important to the US: freedom, civil liberties, security and the constitution.</p><p>“She was always tough, prepared, rigorous, compassionate. She always served the people of California and our nation for the right reasons,” Biden said in recorded video remarks played at the memorial outside San Francisco city hall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/05/senator-dianne-feinstein-san-francisco-city-hall-memorial">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-will-say-goodbye-to-dianne-feinstein-as-her-body-lies-in-state-at-city-hall.html San Francisco urn:uuid:38c802e4-64cd-7e26-68ce-4b484614afd7 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:39:00 +0000 Late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein&#039;s body will lie in the San Francisco City Hall rotunda, where local residents and elected leaders can come by to pay their respects. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/driverless-cruise-car-traps-woman-after-hit-and-run-incident.html San Francisco urn:uuid:cec5ad51-199e-b551-3424-0585c9eba7fd Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:40:00 +0000 A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after a hit-and-run driver struck her and hurled her into a driverless Cruise vehicle Monday night. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/02/dianne-feinstein-san-francisco-cia-lgbtq-rights San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:5f0e682d-c5c8-426f-7418-13bc5350d15d Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:10 +0000 <p>The senator was sometimes brave and ahead of her time, and sometimes stifled by the desire to not make waves</p><p>Flags are at half mast in San Francisco’s city hall for a woman who was born here and died in Washington DC at the end of a remarkable life. It was inside that building that the most dramatic and pivotal event of Dianne Feinstein’s political career took place, when a murderer made her mayor, the mayor who would become one of the country’s strongest leaders in response to the Aids crisis. That role gave her the visibility to run for the Senate in 1992, and she held onto that seat to her dying day, showing up on Thursday to cast a vote in the budget battle, hours before her death at 90.</p><p>Senator Feinstein began her political career being ahead of her society and ended it by being behind it. This is not surprising for a public life in politics that stretched through 60 years of dramatic social and political change. But it may be hard to perceive for those who don’t know she was early on a champion for women’s rights – including her own just to participate, at a time when that was groundbreaking – and for rights and recognition for queer people at a time when most politicians would only mention them to demand punishment and ostracization for them.</p><p>Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunatabua of the climate anthology Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/02/dianne-feinstein-san-francisco-cia-lgbtq-rights">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/01/dianne-feinstein-obituary San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:c9d3d86c-6ddb-77b7-bae8-f99a1893fb18 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:06:57 +0000 Trailblazer for women in politics who served in the US Senate for more than 30 years and took on the CIA and gun lobby<p>The US senator <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-senator-dies" title="">Dianne Feinstein</a>, who has died aged 90, was long cherished by the CIA and others in the defence and intelligence community as someone whose staunch support they could rely on. Until one day they could not: on 11 March 2009 she launched an investigation into the CIA’s torture of detainees post-9/11.</p><p>That investigation by the Senate intelligence committee, which she chaired, turned into a bitter struggle with the agency and it tried to block it. She did not buckle and finally, in <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/senate-intelligence-committee-study-on-cia-detention-and-interrogation-program" title="">December 2014, she published her report</a>, revealing the scale and brutality of what the CIA had done and its repeated attempts to mislead Congress and the White House. On top of all that, the report found the torture had proved counter-productive in obtaining valuable intelligence.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/01/dianne-feinstein-obituary">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-career-san-francisco-mayor-aids-senate San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:255deae4-0bf7-293d-e19e-3977fe7be310 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:57:27 +0000 <p>She became San Francisco mayor after an assassination but her last days in the Senate brought questions about age and infirmity</p><p>Dianne Feinstein was the oldest serving senator, and the longest-serving woman, in the US Senate at the time of her death on Friday. At 90, she was a tenacious trailblazer, and a stalwart centrist – with a sweeping political career that arced across immense transformations in Washington DC and her home state of California.</p><p>It was a hard-won career that almost never was. In the late 70s, before she was senator, before she became San Francisco’s mayor, Feinstein’s political ambitions had stagnated. After serving nine years on the board of supervisors, she had lost two bids for mayor. Her moderate agenda and centrism had isolated her from leftists and conservatives. By 1978, her husband had died of cancer, as had her father – and Feinstein, then 45, had told reporters she was ready to retire from politics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-career-san-francisco-mayor-aids-senate">Continue reading...</a> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-life-in-pictures San Francisco | The Guardian urn:uuid:4350f24c-13c0-00e7-35b8-b0372d8a25cb Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:23:58 +0000 <p>The longest-serving female US senator, who was the first woman to be mayor of San Francisco and blazed a trail for women in US politics, has died aged 90. We look back on her career</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/sep/29/dianne-feinstein-life-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/29/dianne-feinstein-dead.html San Francisco urn:uuid:20e01b19-5e28-79ff-cbd9-3ad5cec15b03 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:49:00 +0000 The death of Dianne Feinstein leaves vacant her powerful Senate seat, requiring Gov. 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