Outrage after North Bay school district cancels contracts for Black student program leaders
Tamalpais Union High School District board members say they'd like to cut the $250,000 program with consultants and run it with current staff. Many community members of all races were outraged by the decision.
San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways
San Francisco budget officials studied, then quietly scrapped, a novel idea to convert private car infrastructure into a funding spigot for public transit: charging any property owner with a driveway.
Wild CHP chase from East Bay to Milpitas ends in freeway arrest
MILPITAS, Calif. - A 17-mile pursuit across the Tri-Valley and South Bay ended in a freeway arrest Tuesday afternoon, much of which was caught on camera by SkyFox overhead. California Highway Patrol Officer Ross Lee said the original pursuit originated in San Ramon at 3:40 p.m. The driver of a...
When cops chase: A recent history of pursuits in Oakland
A police chase on Wednesday that the California Highway Patrol says was called off early culminated in the death of a bystander, Marvin Boomer, an Oakland teacher. Immediately, the incident was drafted into California’s ongoing debate about police pursuit policy and whether the theoretical crime-fighting benefits of...
‘He really wanted to change East Oakland’: Death of Castlemont teacher leaves school community...
On a somber Friday morning, as Castlemont seniors lined up at the Paramount Theatre in purple and white graduation regalia, some of Marvin Boomer’s former students and colleagues gathered at the campus, trying to keep busy. Poisonous hemlock needed to be weeded from the campus farm. Canopies and workstations...
San Francisco pedestrian dies after getting hit by vehicle in Richmond District
A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in San Francisco's Richmond District early Monday morning, according to police.
CHP, BART and Oakland police walk through Chinatown to meet merchants
OAKLAND, Calif. - It's been a familiar sight in Oakland's Chinatown, an all-volunteeer patrol taking a walk with police to build connections. But on Tuesday, the group was joined not only by Oakland police but a BART officer and an Oakland CHP captain as well. Together, they met local merchants,...
2 men charged with gun crimes after Gilman shooting
A longtime felon has now been charged in connection with a shooting investigation in northwest Berkeley that closed an intersection for hours Monday. According to court records, 31-year-old Alex Foster was charged with shooting into an occupied apartment, possessing a firearm and ammunition and other crimes. Berkeley...
San Francisco billionaire wants to donate millions to police surveillance
He founder of a local cryptocurrency company wants to donate nearly nine-and-a-half million dollars to a new San Francisco Police Department surveillance unit. The donation is from a nonprofit created by Ripple Labs founder Chris Larsen. Mission Local reports the donations would be funnelled through The San Francisco...
Fire burns large home in Oakland Hills, destroys portion of building
A fire in the Oakland Hills Tuesday afternoon left a home with significant damage, the Fire Department said.