Race To Save Lick Observatory’s Great Refractor As Bay Area Storms Line Up
High above the Bay Area, Lick Observatory’s 36-inch Great Refractor is now hunkering down under a fresh temporary shield as another round of winter storms marches in, just over a month after a violent Christmas windstorm ripped open part of its dome. Staff and contractors have thrown a protective cover over the dome...
Sunday Links: Local Investor Under Investigation for Allegedly Trafficking at Least Ten Women
Michael Gerold, an SF-based entrepreneur, "social climber," and former US Army captain, is accused of forcing at least ten women into sex work. Gerold, who’s been dubbed “the Epstein of the West,” threatened to sue his alleged victims if the Standard published their piece. [SF Standard]. Bay...
Woman, 6-year-old child hit by car in East Bay, 1 dead
(KRON) — A 59-year-old woman is dead and a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when they were hit by a car near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Baldwin Street on Saturday, according to the Hayward Police Department. The woman and child were using a crosswalk in the area at about 6:21 p.m. when a […]
Barbara Lee Moves to Scale Back Oakland Camp Sweeps
OAKLAND, California — Mayor Barbara Lee is signaling a shift in Oakland’s approach to homelessness, seeking to reduce large-scale encampment sweeps while focusing more on sanitation and services, even as some City Council members push for a tougher crackdown. Lee and interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald said the...
75-year-old man convicted of East Palo Alto murders found fit for parole
(KRON) — A 75-year-old man who has been behind bars for the last 50 years for an East Palo Alto double murder was found suitable for release on parole on Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. John Meachum was 25 years old on Nov....
Photos: Inside The Cowboy-Era Danville Dive Bar that Time Forgot
DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA – After the Gold Rush, the East Bay really was the Wild West. Cowboys and ranchers ruled the hills, and most other folks worked in agriculture. Not much has survived, culturally speaking, from those rugged times. Today, you’re more likely to see denizens of the 925 driving a Porsche Cayenne and...
76-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Violent Daytime Robbery in East Oakland
Oakland, California – A 76-year-old woman was hospitalized after being violently pushed to the ground during a daytime robbery in East Oakland on Thursday, authorities confirmed. The suspect allegedly stole jewelry and cash before fleeing the scene on foot. Police said the woman remains in stable condition and is...
“Oddly Quiet… With Just a Hint of Thunder Runners and Aviation Fuel”
We took to the streets of CocoaCounty last night (formerly known as Friday Night) and were greeted by small groups of revelers, empty bar seats and the faint, bleating protests of a citizenry battered and beaten by current times, the exorbitant cost of a martini and Dino fuel. (We made up that last bit, in case you...
Missing 22-year-old UC Berkeley graduate student found dead
UC Berkeley graduate student Saketh Sreenivasaiah was found dead today. He was 22 years old. Sreenivasaiah was an international student from India, and was working toward his master’s degree in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, according to his LinkedIn profile. In a LinkedIn post, his roommate...
Minimum income requirements exclude poor people from affordable housing
Oakland, CA - Many poor people in the Bay Area, believe that affordable housing is not affordable to them because of the “minimum income requirements,” that exclude them from the so-called affordable housing projects, resulting in homelessness. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
