2 days ago

‘Every day the policy changes’: chaos and confusion for Filipino workers over US immigration rules ○

found 2026 › Jun › 08 (Mon) @ 00:57 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The US relies on migrant workers in crucial sectors but shifting policies under Donald Trump create uncertainty and fear

Jay*, a Filipino migrant, cares for an 82-year-old US veteran in San Francisco’…

13 days ago

Influential US skateboarder Marc Johnson dies aged 49: ‘Everything he did was art’ ⊖

found 2026 › May › 27 (Wed) @ 20:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Tributes pour in from across skateboarding world
Johnson was Thrasher’s 2007 skater of the year

Marc Johnson, the influential professional skateboarder whose inventive street style and Bay Area roots h…

81 days ago

‘I’ve learned first-hand how evil is tolerated’: Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 21 (Sat) @ 09:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Brooklyn author on immigration and the inspiration behind his latest collection of stories

I often write the first paragraph of a story in a notebook, add to it every so often or leave it there to…

85 days ago

‘Dangerously hot conditions’: millions in US west prepare for extreme heatwave ⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 16 (Mon) @ 19:54 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Heat warnings are in effect across region as record-high temperatures are forecast in California, Nevada and Arizona

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89 days ago

‘She is our hero’: Oakland celebrates Alysa Liu after Olympics triumph ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 13 (Fri) @ 07:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

After earning gold in Milan, local figure-skating icon accepts a key to the city at a celebration of local artists

Nearly 5,000 people gathered in Oakland on Thursday afternoon to celebrate local her…

3 months ago

Bird flu kills dozens of elephant seal pups at California state park ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 26 (Thu) @ 22:03 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

About 30 seals had died as of Thursday, nearly all of them weaned pups, amid the rise of avian influenza

An outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has killed more than two dozen elephant s…

Two transgender teens who attend same Bay Area high school die by suicide 10 months apart ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 10 (Tue) @ 22:18 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Summer Devi Mehta, 17, died by suicide just months after her best friend and fellow classmate died the same way.

Bad Bunny and jingoism lite: was this the Super Bowl where woke roared back? ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 09 (Mon) @ 22:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The NFL appeared keen to welcome the sport’s non-Maga contingent back into the tent. But the theater and violence of capitalism was still there

Roger Federer smiling wolfishly to the crowd: a return t…

Kendall Jenner, Justin and Hailey Bieber and Jay-Z lead star-studded Super Bowl crowd as A-listers pack Levi's Stadium ⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 08 (Sun) @ 23:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Celebrities flocked to the Bay Area on Sunday as football's biggest night took over Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with luxury suites and sideline seats packed wall to wall with A-listers.

5 months ago

‘I find it all a bit comforting’: why Zodiac is my feelgood movie ⊖

found 2026 › Jan › 05 (Mon) @ 10:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The first 2026 entry in our ongoing series of writers calling attention to their comfort films is David Fincher’s thriller

It begins with a murder, and then another. A woman is killed, a man grievousl…