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Sheng Thao joins motion to toss evidence from Oakland FBI raids

Former Mayor Sheng Thao and two other people indicted on federal bribery charges earlier this year seek to suppress evidence seized in headline-making FBI raids last year, accusing the agency of ignoring a key informant’s “lifelong history of criminal arrests, fraud and deceit.”. Motions filed last week by...
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Oakland Rapper ChaiBenjii4 Poised to Walk on Murder Rap

The murder trial that has shadowed an East Oakland corner for more than a year now looks like it will never happen. Oakland rapper ChaiBenjii4, whose legal name is Michai Adams, appears on track to avoid murder and assault charges after taking a plea this week to a single gun-possession count, a move that could see...
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9 charged in Oakland grow-house burglaries that led to officer’s killing

Federal prosecutors have charged nine people in a series of armed burglaries at an Oakland marijuana grow facility that ended with the fatal shooting of undercover police officer Tuan Le.
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Bay Area family charged with running lucrative network of brothels

The network included at least 10 locations across the Bay Area, Santa Clara County prosecutors said.
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California house explosion caught on doorbell video

An explosion and fire in Hayward California njured multiple people and destroyed or damaged at least three structures, authorities said. Security camera video from a neighbor across the street showed construction vehicles in front of the address as a large explosion destroyed much of the main structure.
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Teen crews behind the surge in Bay Area home burglaries, police say. They’re targeting...

A wave of residential break-ins by groups of juveniles across four cities in the East Bay has prompted police to issue an unusually broad warning to homeowners.
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The world’s largest beer company is shuttering its last Bay Area facility

Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer company in the U.S. and the maker of Budweiser, will close its last Bay Area brewing facility after nearly 50 years.
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East Bay woman who embezzled $1.6 million from youth charity sentenced to prison

A former finance manager for a Bay Area charity that serves youth was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from the organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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24 Days of Contra Costa Businesses: McCauley Olive

Twenty five years ago, planting olive trees in this region was anything but traditional. Yet today, what began as a small, experimental orchard has grown into a 300-acre operation, complete with a bustling country store, loyal customers, handcrafted gift baskets, and even a vineyard. The story of McCauley Olive is...
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Bay Area police utilize AirTag, license plate readers to find missing elderly people

(KRON) — Police in the Bay Area are crediting newer technologies in helping to locate lost loved ones. An elderly man and an elderly woman who recently went missing in separate incidents across the region were found after being tracked through automated license plate reader cameras in one case, and an Apple AirTag in...

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