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Hundreds of people protested in San Francisco Monday night as President Donald Trump marked one year down in his second stint as commander in chief. The protest and march down Market Street was held in solidarity with Minnesota, still reeling from the shooting death of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent. NBC Bay Area’s Gia Vang has more in the video report above. San Jose Jan 20 San Jose students walk out to protest Trump immigration policies Donald Trump Jan 20 Trump speaks at White House press briefing to mark one year in office

Dozens of people were left displaced after Monday’s apartment building fire in downtown Oakland, including Jessica Mejia-Gustin and Salvador Gonzalez, who had to escape the flames with their 5-week-old twins. Mejia-Gustin said in the midst of the fire, the two wrapped their babies tightly in covers, ran into a hallway filled with smoke and momentarily split away from each other before reuniting outside. She described feeling helpless and scared but is thankful the twins did not experience any issues with the smoke. The apartment building fire happened at 19th and Broadway, leaving dozens of residents homeless. Some of them returned to the site on Tuesday, including Saron Hanson, who shared videos of the damage left behind. “Truthfully, it’s a lot for me,” Hanson said. “This was my first real apartment of my own.” As the Oakland Fire Department investigates the cause of the fire, some residents claim the sprinklers in the building never activated during the blaze. Tenants were notified via email that their leases have been immediately terminated. The city is urging them not to sign any documents without talking to a lawyer. Gonzalez, the father of the twins, said the notice from the landlord is unfair since they are the victims of the fire. Oakland Jan 20 Displaced Oakland tenants say leases were terminated after fire Oakland Jan 19 3-alarm fire at apartment injures four, damages Mistah F.A.B.'s store in Oakland Sophia Akbar, one of the co-owners of Jaji bar, has been working around the clock to make sure Mejia-Gustin, Gonzalez and other displaced workers are taken care of. “The team kind of realized this is the new reality we’re facing,” Akbar said. A GoFundMe campaign set up by the restaurant to help the workers find a new home was already halfway towards its goal as of Tuesday. “We’re just trying to make sure we have essentially the security deposit for each employee when they do find that permanent housing,” Akbar said. Akbar said there are plans to hold fundraising events at their restaurants in the coming days. She said the community is stepping up in a big way to help fellow Oaklanders in their time of need. “It feels good to know that people know what’s going on and we’re not in a bubble, just trying to figure it out,” Akbar said. “Everyone is aware and wants to support.”

San Jose is energizing its new data center, the SV12x from Equinix, Wednesday, the first under the city’s partnership with PG&E. Last year Mayor Matt Mahan announced the partnership deal, which looks to address the city’s growing need for power and to boost its electric grid capacity for artificial intelligence. San Jose Jul 25, 2025 San Jose partners with PG&E to bolster its grid capacity for AI Technology Dec 9, 2025 Data centers for AI could nearly triple San Jose's energy use. Who foots the bill?

Daniel Naroditsky, an influential American chess grandmaster who was found dead at his North Carolina home in October at age 29, had multiple drugs in his system at the time and was killed by an abnormal heartbeat caused by an accidental overdose, according to a toxicology report. Released Tuesday by the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office, the report said Naroditsky tested positive for methamphetamine and kratom, an opioid-related ingredient that is increasingly added to energy drinks, gummies and supplements. Naroditsky was last known to be alive on Oct. 18 when he accepted a food delivery. He was found dead the next day after missing a flight, according to the report. Friends went to Naroditsky’s house two days before his death after he appeared to be acting strangely online, and they took away 40 pills of the stimulant Adderall. Investigators later also found bags of kratom in the home, according the report. Naroditsky was a child prodigy who became a grandmaster, the highest title in chess aside from World Chess Champion, at age 18. Fellow grandmasters credited him with introducing the sport to a wider audience by livestreaming many of his matches and sharing live commentary on others. Thousands of people regularly tuned in on YouTube and the interactive streaming platform Twitch to watch Naroditsky play. High-speed competitive speed chess flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a chess community that was soon rife with cheating allegations as players gained access to sophisticated computer programs that could give them an unfair advantage. Naroditsky was accused of cheating by former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik. He denied the allegations, which were not proven. news Oct 26, 2025 Critic of chess grandmaster found dead was caught up in a cheating scandal of his own news Oct 21, 2025 Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky is remembered as a leader in the game's online surge news Oct 20, 2025 Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky unexpectedly dies at 29 In his last livestream before his death, Naroditsky said the allegations had taken a toll on him. “Ever since the Kramnik stuff, I feel like if I start doing well, people assume the worst of intentions. The issue is just the lingering effect of it,” Naroditsky said. The International Chess Federation filed a formal complaint against Kramnik in November, accusing him of harassment and insulting the dignity of fellow players. Kramnik, who called the federation’s investigation “insulting and fair,” in turn filed a defamation lawsuit against the organization the following month. In a post Tuesday on the social platform X, he said that Naroditsky’s death an “immense tragedy” and that in the immediate aftermath, “a cynical smear campaign was launched, unjustly linking me — without any factual basis — to Daniel’s untimely death.” Kramnik said that was followed by “multiple direct murder threats directed at me, my wife and my children, which compelled me to pursue legal action.” “After viewing portions of his last stream and despite our existing tensions, I publicly urged Daniel’s friends — on what tragically turned out to be the morning of his death — to look after and seek urgent help for him,” Kramnik added. “Regrettably, those efforts were in vain.”

Alors que Marine Le Pen se débat dans son procès en appel et reste menacée d’inéligibilité à l’approche de la prochaine élection présidentielle, son poulain Jordan Bardella, président du Rassemblement national, lui échappe. Peu expérimenté, fasciné par la jet-set, le trentenaire est devenu le favori des sondages pour la présidentielle 2027, notamment grâce à l’influence de la sphère Bolloré.