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September 22, 2025
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San Francisco Rattled by 4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Overnight.

PULSE POINTS

âť“WHAT HAPPENED: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning, initially reported as a 4.6 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) before being downgraded.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The USGS, San Francisco Fire Department, UC Berkeley Seismology Lab, and the National Tsunami Center.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: Early Monday morning, September 22, 2025, near the University of California campus in Berkeley, at a depth of 4.8 miles.

🎯IMPACT: The earthquake was widely felt across the Bay Area, but no injuries or significant damage were reported.

IN FULL

Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area were awakened by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake just before 3 AM Monday. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 4.6 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), was later downgraded to a 4.4 and then a 4.3. The tremor’s epicenter was near the University of California campus in Berkeley, at a depth of approximately 4.8 miles.

While the earthquake caused items to fall off counters and startled pets, the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed there were no reports of significant damage or injuries. The quake was widely felt across the Bay Area, but no significant structural impacts have been reported as of 5 AM local time.

According to the California Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred near the Hayward fault line, one of the most dangerous fault lines in the region. UC Berkeley’s Seismology Lab notes that the Hayward fault has a 33 percent chance of rupturing in a 6.7 magnitude or greater earthquake before 2043. The Bay Area as a whole faces a 72 percent likelihood of experiencing at least a magnitude 6.7 earthquake within the same time frame.

The National Tsunami Center confirmed via social media that there was no threat of a tsunami following the earthquake. The National Pulse reported in July that Southern California experienced a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in late July, with the epicenter recorded roughly four miles west of Muscoy, California, about 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

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November 22, 2023
Jake Welch
Crime

Californians Scramble to Recall Their Soft-Touch, Soros-Backed DAs.

Multiple counties in California have either recalled or are attempting to recall their Democratic, soft-on-crime District Attorneys (DAs) as communities seek to address the Sunshine State’s skyrocketing violent crime.

Residents in Alameda County, which includes the cities of Oakland and Berkley, have collected over 70,000 signatures to oust the far-left, George Soros-backed Pamela Price, less than one year into her term as DA. The organization responsible for the attempted removal, Save Alameda for Everybody (SAFE), states it requires only another 3,000 to get the motion on the ballot in June 2024.

“Here’s the thing, I’ve been in Oakland my whole life, I grew up in the village, single parent … and we’ve always had crime, we’re always going to have crime, but the crimes that’s going on now is nothing near close to what we have experienced in the years,” explained Brenda Grisham, one of SAFE’s principal officers.

Those living in the county have had to deal with a sharp increase in criminality over the past several years, including  motor vehicle theft increasing by 51 percent, burglary by 39 percent, armed robbery by 38 percent, and shootings by six percent. Crime in Alameda County has even affected Price herself, as she had her laptop stolen in a car burglary outside the Oakland Family Justice Center last month.

Los Angeles residents have also attempted to recall their DA, George Gascon, from the position earlier this summer after collecting more than half a million signatories. A large number were, however, rejected by the county. A lawsuit has been filed challenging the verdict.

Both campaigns follow San Francisco voters successfully recalling former DA Chesa Boudin last year. Similarly to Price, both Boudin and Gascon have accepted large donations from George Soros.

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Multiple counties in California have either recalled or are attempting to recall their Democratic, soft-on-crime District Attorneys (DAs) as communities seek to address the Sunshine State's skyrocketing violent crime. show more