California State Senator Scott Wiener was harassed for his stance on Gaza during the San Francisco Trans March on Friday, to the point where it was no longer safe for him to remain, Wiener said. 

A group of people were so “physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park,” Wiener stated, adding that this was the first time he did not participate in the march.

Wiener was surrounded by people who made statements about his “Israeli handlers, among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements,” Wiener said.

“We f***ing hate you. You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel,” one person yelled in a video later shared on social media.

Wiener stated that while he has no objection to anyone disagreeing, opposing, or protesting him, the “harassment, including cornering me, touching me, or trying to physically bully me out of a public event, that crosses a line.” 

“In San Francisco, we’re better than that,” he added.

Mayor Daniel Lurie made a statement on X/Twitter condemning the harassment, calling the language used “targeted, hateful, and antisemitic.”

In San Francisco, we welcome disagreement and respectful dialogue around issues many of us feel passionately about – but we cannot allow harassment and threats of violence,” Lurie wrote.

The California State Senate Democratic Caucus also released a statement on X, condemning the hate Wiener received. 

“The harassment and violence shown from yesterday’s march in San Francisco towards Senator Scott Wiener is unacceptable and must be called out,” the statement read.

The caucus also pointed to Wiener’s work on legislation “advancing the rights and protections for Transgender, Gender Expansive and Intersex people.”

“The CA Senate Democratic Caucus and CA LGBTQ Caucus jointly denounce the verbal harassment and attacks he experienced,” the statement said.

PHOENIX — 89-year-old Robert Young is battling Arizona State University in court over the Louis Emerson home, one of the oldest remaining houses in the Phoenix Churchill area.

At the corner of 4th and Pierce streets sits a home that pre-dates Arizona statehood, and now sits at the center of a legal battle between its owner and Arizona State University.

ASU wants the land where the Louis Emerson home stands. The university is planning a medical and technology school nearby and says it wants to exercise its right of possession over the property.

But Young, who has owned the home since 1975, is not backing down.

“It’s not gonna happen. That’s what I thought then and that’s what I think today. I will not let it happen,” Young said.

Marshall Shore, known as the Hip Historian, says the home is one of the oldest remaining houses in the Phoenix Churchill area, built before Arizona was even a state.

“This house was here before statehood, before Arizona even thought of becoming a state; this house was here, and so it deserves to tell that story and continue on,” Shore said.

Shore says the home’s history is rooted in everyday life.

“It was an everyday man’s house. He was a butcher,” Shore said.

Young says he and his wife lived in the home for 8 years before renting it out. He calls it an architectural and historic treasure that is irreplaceable. He says the legal battle is taking a toll on both of them.

“It’s stressful. You don’t know from day to day if you’re gonna find the house on the corner,” Young said.

Young says the university offered him between $290,000 and nearly $1 million for the property. Maricopa County Superior Court records show the Arizona Board of Regents sued Young for the home earlier this month.

According to the Arizona Republic, ASU gave a written statement explaining that they made several offers to Young on his home. Their final offer was based on an appraisal, and it was not accepted.

Shore says the home does not need to come down and has a vision for how it could coexist with the planned medical school.

“I mean there’s nothing more sustainable than keeping a house where it is. Create a pocket park around it, so that way people can come and enjoy that little pocket park and make it really a gem in the community,” Shore said.

Shore says an online petition in support of preserving the home has gathered more than 10,000 signatures.

Young wants ASU and the public to understand what is truly at stake.

“It’s the way it’s placed on the corner, and it’s the fact that this corner itself is historic,” Young said.

Young is expected to appear in court on Sept. 4 to explain why the home should not be torn down.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Recent rounds of heavy rain, hail and thunderstorms have brought much-needed moisture to southern Colorado, but experts say the storms have done little to ease the region’s ongoing drought.

Much of southern Colorado remains in moderate to exceptional drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, with long-term moisture deficits continuing to impact soils and vegetation.

“A couple thunderstorms, a few days of off-and-on scattered rain, really isn’t going to do anything to fix that,” said Michael Garberoglio, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo.

Garberoglio said it will take widespread, sustained precipitation over weeks or months to significantly improve drought conditions.

“We need much more moisture over a much larger area for a much longer period of time to really start negating these exceptionally dry conditions we’ve been under,” he said.

The persistent drought is raising concerns ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, when many Coloradans are expected to celebrate with fireworks and outdoor gatherings.

“I really can’t understate the danger,” Garberoglio said. “It’s a very volatile situation. We just have not gotten enough water and it’s become frankly unsafe.”

He said fire danger can vary significantly from one location to another, even within the same county, meaning some areas remain dry enough for a single spark to ignite a wildfire.

“These fires can spread over multiple acres in just a couple of short minutes and can impact much more than anyone would initially expect,” Garberoglio said. “These little things can have months of impacts if people aren’t cautious.”

Garberoglio urged residents to follow local fire restrictions and guidance from emergency officials before using fireworks or participating in activities that could spark a fire.

“When you’re keeping things in mind and listening to the professionals, it’s not just for you, but you’re helping out your family, your neighbor,” he said.