Tag: San Francisco

San Francisco Considering Scrapping Merit-Based Admissions at Elite High School to Promote Diversity

The San Francisco Board of Education is working to end the merit-based admissions system at Lowell High School, one of the best-performing public schools in the West Coast, in an effort to address the lack of diversity in its student population. Lowell is the only school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) where…


Famed San Francisco Private Eye Palladino Dies After Attack

SAN FRANCISCO—Famous San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino died Monday, never having regained consciousness after tussling with would-be robbers in his Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and hitting his head. He was 76. His attorney, Mel Honowitz, confirmed that Palladino was taken off life support Sunday and died around noon Monday. “Jack was a pillar of the legal…


2 Arrested in Assault of Former Clinton Private Eye Palladino

Two men have been arrested in the assault of longtime private investigator Jack Palladino. Palladino, 70, was assaulted outside his home in San Francisco last week. According to police, a man jumped out of a car to grab a camera and Palladino fell and struck his head on the pavement. Police officials confirmed to news…


Former Clinton Private Eye Jack Palladino Gravely Injured in Robbery

SAN FRANCISCO—Jack Palladino, the private investigator who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political scandals, has been placed on life support after suffering a head injury during an attempted robbery. Palladino, 70, had just stepped outside his San Francisco home on Thursday to try out his new camera…


San Francisco School Board Votes to Rename 44 Schools

The San Francisco Unified Board of Education on Tuesday night voted to rename 44 schools. The vote was 6-1, with member Kevine Boggess voting no. It means a slew of schools will be renamed, including Abraham Lincoln High School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, and Dianne Feinstein Elementary School. “It’s a message to our families, our…


Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Jolts San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO—A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has jolted the San Francisco Bay Area on the last day of 2020. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck around 5:40 a.m. Thursday roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of San Francisco at a depth of about 9 miles (14 kilometers). The agency’s website shows thousands of reports…


California Is Like an Ocean With Strong Republican Undercurrents: Analyst

Commentary This election cycle showed an inevitable resurgence of conservative thinking in California, as well as an increasing “viciousness” in politics, says polling analyst and news agency head Craig Keshishan. He talked with The Epoch Times’ “California Insider” about how, historically, Republicans and Democrats have shared California in a dynamic way that made the state…