Federal Surge Called Off Across Bay Area, Officials Confirm
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The Bay Area's tight-knit independent booksellers fear for their future as chains such as Barnes & Noble buy local stores and maintain the indie vibe.
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Protesters gathered Thursday outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began arriving to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.
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Anxiety grips Bay Area immigrant communities as possible misinformation swirls about federal raids
"There's already a lot of fear and panic and anxiety." Fear about the deployment of federal agents to their neighborhoods is making immigrants throughout the Bay Area question everything they see.
"We have no idea what that means for counties outside of San Francisco," Supervisor Jackie Fielder said of Trump's promise to cancel CBP raid.
Five Bay Area schools are among 31 recognized as California Blue Ribbon Schools, state officials said. Blue Ribbon schools are among the state's highest performing based on all students' scores, subgroups' scores, and graduation rates, state education officials said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are being sent to a U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., ahead of an immigration operation in the San Francisco region.
NWS San Francisco issues a Beach Hazards Statement for dangerous waves and a Dense Fog Advisory for the North Bay Valleys.