Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee speaks on public safety
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee shared updates on public safety and crime in the city for 2025.
Missing Oakland men feared dead as chop shop dispute turns violent
Two Oakland men tied to an alleged car theft ring vanished months ago, and police now fear they were killed in a violent dispute linked to a notorious East Oakland chop shop. As investigators search for answers and families brace for the worst, the case has become a stark window into how underground auto crime... ...
Oakland calls for 500 volunteers for homeless count
Every two years, hundreds of Oakland residents leave their homes before the crack of dawn and fan out across the city to look for neighbors who sleep on the streets, in parks, and on doorsteps. It’s the biennial Point-in-Time Count, a survey of unhoused residents in Alameda County and Oakland....
Valero gives update on Benicia refinery closure
BENICIA, Calif. (KRON) — After producing fuel in Benicia for decades, the Valero refinery is down to its last few months. Valero announced Tuesday that even though it plans to idle its processing units by April, it will continue to import fuel into the Bay Area to feed the needs of the region. The Valero […]
‘We took our business community for granted,’ San Francisco’s new mayor admits to city’s...
"We said 'We can just keep punishing you... and you're going to stay.' Well that didn't happen. People fled."
Porterville: Richmond Man Arrested in Human Trafficking Case
The Porterville Police Department is investigating a human trafficking case that resulted in the arrest of a Richmond man following a multi-agency operation. On December 29, a female victim reported being contacted by an adult male through the social media platform Snapchat. Investigators identified the suspect as...
Hercules man arrested in New Year’s Day attack on elderly mother, police say
An elderly woman was hospitalized, and her son has been arrested following a domestic assault on New Year's Day in Hercules, police said.
Nearly half of UC Berkeley student accommodations are for ’emotional’ disabilities
UC Berkeley data shows over 40% of disability accommodations go to students with psychological conditions, as accommodations, such as extra testing time, increase at four-year universities, according to recent reporting.
San Francisco bartender fired weeks after viral attack
The bartender at the center of a viral video in which he was assaulted at a San Francisco restaurant by a customer was fired by his employer this week. The big picture: Miguel Marchese's termination from Hazie's — first reported by the SF Gazetteer — took effect Sunday after he was notified by email the day before,...
S.F. accused a nonprofit of corruption and lost. Now the city is appealing
The city attorney’s office asked a judge to set aside a decision by a hearing officer and cut Collective Impact off from city funding for the remainder of a previously imposed five-year term.
