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immigration

Masked ICE Agents Detain Man at Gunpoint on SoMa's 6th Street, Sparking City Hall Rally and $1.8M Legal Fund Push

A Monday morning immigration arrest caught on home security video has set off protests, a City Hall rally, and emergency funding legislation in just four days.

Security camera footage shared by a neighbor on the morning of Monday, October 19, showed as many as four U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — some in military-style fatigues, one in plainclothes carrying a handgun — detaining a man in a navy-blue suit on 6th Street near Bessie Carmichael Elementary School during morning drop-off hours. The man, heard on video saying he was a U.S. citizen on his way to work, was pushed to the ground and led away in handcuffs.

biotech

Dogpatch Biotech Revel Pharmaceuticals Claims a First: Reversing Molecular Aging in Human Tissue

A Dogpatch longevity startup says its engineered enzyme undid a form of protein damage that scientists had considered permanent for forty years — and the results were published in Nature Communications.

Revel Pharmaceuticals, a longevity startup headquartered at the American Industrial Center in Dogpatch, announced in July that its scientists — working with collaborators at Calico Life Sciences and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — had published results in the journal Nature Communications describing a novel engineered enzyme called CMLase. The Potrero View reported on the finding this month in a feature interview with CEO Aaron Cravens.

public safety

Teen Fatally Shot at Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex, Second Gun Violence Incident This Year at the Redeveloping Complex

A teenager was killed Friday evening at the Potrero Hill public housing project, which is currently being torn down and rebuilt as a mixed-income development.

San Francisco police responded Friday evening, October 17, to a shooting at the Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex housing complex, where a teenager was killed, according to Mission Local. The San Francisco Police Department confirmed the fatality. No further details about the victim or a suspect were released publicly as of this week. The shooting is the second this year at the approximately 600-unit complex on the eastern slope of Potrero Hill, which is in the active process of being demolished and rebuilt as a mixed-income residential site.

Upcoming Events

Friday, October 23

In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026

📍 SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St., SoMa · 6:00 PM · Verify · Funcheap SF

Saturday, October 24

Undiscovered SF: Golden Hour Filipino Night Market

📍 Victory Hall, 330 Ritch St., SoMa (SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District) · 4:00 PM · Verify · Funcheap SF

Saturday, October 24

SIDEPIECE Day Party at Gold Bar Distillery, Treasure Island

📍 Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery & Tasting Room, 1 Avenue of the Palms, Treasure Island · 12:00 PM · Verify · Treasure Island SF

Sunday, October 25

SFMOMA Free Family Day

📍 SFMOMA, 151 3rd St., SoMa · 10:00 AM · Verify · Funcheap SF

Wednesday, October 29

Practical Magic 2 Movie Night at Oracle Park

📍 Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, Mission Bay · Various times · Verify · San Francisco Giants / MLB

More from the Community

Thrill-O-Ween Cancelled at Mission Bay's Thrive City — Valkyries WNBA Finals to Blame

Thrive City's sixth annual Thrill-O-Ween family Halloween celebration, scheduled for Saturday, October 24, has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts created by the Golden State Valkyries' run in the 2026 WNBA Finals.…

Mission Bay Block 4 East Scores Building Permits for 398 Affordable Homes in Two-Tower Plan

Building permits were issued in early October for both phases of Mission Bay Block 4 East, a 100-percent-affordable housing development at 3rd Street between Mission Rock Street and China Basin Street.

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