Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

The guard was allegedly beaten with his own baton. 

A dozen Bay Area locations have now permanently shuttered, with the closures landing sooner than an initial year-end estimate.

Lai Ching-te landed at SFO Thursday amid clashes between pro-China protesters and local Taiwanese American community members.

The National Labor Relations Board said that workers at a San Pablo Starbucks were threatened for supporting a union drive. 


“They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee said.