People gather with signs during a protest at a Target store in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Weeks of federal immigration enforcement actions within the city and the deaths of two citizens at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have emboldened protesters seeking to have ICE agents removed from their city. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
PART 2
ON SATURDAY MORNING, I decided to visit the place where Renée Good was killed. The day was bright and clear in that brilliant way you get when it is very cold. I had warming packets in my gloves and a pair of snow boots that took half of the usable space in my suitcase. I was very proud that I thought to get the sort of gloves that have fingers that let you work your phone without degloving, albeit in an awkward and clumsy fashion that spewed misspellings. I had not however had the foresight to bring Kleenex, a serious oversight because the cold made my nose leak.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
At Local News Matters our mission is to provide our readers with news of, and from, the Bay Area. There are times, however, when national events have such relevance to our readers that we venture further afield. In 2024 we covered both the Republican and Democratic Conventions, with the goal of giving our readers a feel for what was happening on the ground in Milwaukee and Chicago. In this story we take the same approach to current events in Minneapolis. Many of the same issues are playing out in the Bay Area and in cities across the country — including, very much, the matter of a free and independent news media. Part 1 of the series can be found here.
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Joe Dworetzky is a second career journalist. He practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 35 years, representing private and governmental clients in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. Joe served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell and from 2009 to 2013 was one of five members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission with responsibility for managing the city’s 250 public schools. He moved to San Francisco in 2011 and began writing fiction and pursuing a lifelong interest in editorial cartooning. Joe earned a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University in 2020. He covers Legal Affairs and writes long form Investigative stories. His occasional cartooning can be seen in Bay Area Sketchbook. Joe encourages readers to email him story ideas and leads at joe.dworetzky@baycitynews.com.
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PART 2
ON SATURDAY MORNING, I decided to visit the place where Renée Good was killed. The day was bright and clear in that brilliant way you get when it is very cold. I had warming packets in my gloves and a pair of snow boots that took half of the usable space in my suitcase. I was very proud that I thought to get the sort of gloves that have fingers that let you work your phone without degloving, albeit in an awkward and clumsy fashion that spewed misspellings. I had not however had the foresight to bring Kleenex, a serious oversight because the cold made my nose leak.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
At Local News Matters our mission is to provide our readers with news of, and from, the Bay Area. There are times, however, when national events have such relevance to our readers that we venture further afield. In 2024 we covered both the Republican and Democratic Conventions, with the goal of giving our readers a feel for what was happening on the ground in Milwaukee and Chicago. In this story we take the same approach to current events in Minneapolis. Many of the same issues are playing out in the Bay Area and in cities across the country — including, very much, the matter of a free and independent news media. Part 1 of the series can be found here.
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Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News
Joe Dworetzky is a second career journalist. He practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 35 years, representing private and governmental clients in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. Joe served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell and from 2009 to 2013 was one of five members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission with responsibility for managing the city’s 250 public schools. He moved to San Francisco in 2011 and began writing fiction and pursuing a lifelong interest in editorial cartooning. Joe earned a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University in 2020. He covers Legal Affairs and writes long form Investigative stories. His occasional cartooning can be seen in Bay Area Sketchbook. Joe encourages readers to email him story ideas and leads at joe.dworetzky@baycitynews.com.
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