As Feared, Broadway Plaza Parking Is a Nightmare
Earlier this month, when I wrote about the potential chaos at the Broadway Plaza parking garage in downtown Walnut Creek after the switch to phone-only payment, I was hoping it wouldn’t be that bad. Unfortunately, over the weekend, it was exactly that bad. As I was leaving, I saw...
Oakland classrooms reached scorching temperatures last week. Parents are demanding action
Several times a year, a heat wave rolls through the East Bay, leaving hundreds of Oakland classrooms sweltering. In aging buildings, which mostly lack adequate cooling systems, teachers have tried all sorts of creative ways to keep their students and their classrooms cool. At Sequoia Elementary School, Susan Chiodo...
Mystery Death On Muni Rattles San Francisco Riders
A man who was hurt aboard a San Francisco Muni vehicle was taken to a hospital and later died, city transit officials said today, prompting a police investigation and fresh worries about safety on the system. Emergency crews responded to the incident, and the San Francisco Police Department is now...
Attorneys say SFPD may have violated the law during ICE arrest at SFO
Attorneys say SFPD may have crossed a legal line when officers surrounded ICE agents during an arrest at the San Francisco airport. Attorneys say SFPD may have violated the law during ICE arrest at SFO
Uptown Inferno Leaves Hundreds Homeless As Oakland Landlord Fights Payouts
Nearly two months after a Jan. 19 three-alarm fire ripped through a downtown Oakland apartment building, roughly 200 residents are still living out of bags and bouncing between temporary beds. The tenants and a tenants' rights group insist the landlord owes them city-mandated relocation payments due to preexisting...
East Oakland Car Ambush Leaves Two Wounded On Weld Street
Just before 1 AM today, a barrage of gunfire tore into a moving car in East Oakland, leaving a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man wounded, authorities said. The woman was struck at least three times and the man at least twice, and both were taken to a hospital in stable condition. The targeted vehicle later...
Police Pull Over Oakland Woman After Thieves Put License Plates Tied to Crime on...
An Oakland woman discovered that her license plates had been swapped with stolen plates that were linked to a serious crime — after she was pulled over by Hayward police who were tipped off by a Flock license plate reader. As Oaklandside reports, 65-year-old Ann Nomura of Oakland was...
‘I feel horrible’: Ex-California cop sentenced to prison for crimes of violence, ending massive...
OAKLAND, Calif. - The massive criminal prosecution of ex-East Contra Costa police officers ended Tuesday afternoon in a federal courthouse, with the most paradoxical defendant of the bunch. Former Antioch police officer Eric Rombough committed more crimes of violence than of his 13 former peers in law enforcement who...
Suspects Caught with a Stolen Vehicle and Stolen Retail Merchandise
SAN RAFAEL — Marin County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three suspects caught with. a vehicle reported stolen in Oakland, and stolen retail merchandise. They were apprehended on March 12 near the intersection of Bellam Boulevard and Francisco Boulevard East in San. Rafael. Two men and a younger woman...
Bob Dylan to play at this Northern California casino
Bob Dylan is scheduled to perform this summer at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, a Northern California stop that reflects his decadeslong habit of favoring unconventional venues over stadiums.
