Oakland CA

After The Oaklandside’s blockbuster investigation into runaway overtime spending at the Oakland Police Department, real policies were changed. Investigative reporter Beck Klein and news editor Darwin BondGraham break it down. Plus: Oakland’s speed cameras start issuing real tickets, schools across California —...

Mayor Daniel Lurie has dismissed Florence Simon as director of the Mayor‘s Office of Innovation, The Standard has learned. The departure represents a major pivot for City Hall’s reform efforts less than a year after Simon, a former McKinsey consultant, was hired, and just as her department was set to expand.

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco authorities are investigating a possible gas leak in the St. Mary’s Park neighborhood on Saturday evening after a person died amid reports of a permeating odor. Emergency crews called:. Fire department units were sent about 6:15 p.m. to the 3900 block of Mission Street,...

(CN) — A homeless advocacy organization challenged the city of Berkeley, California, in federal court on Friday morning over the city’s policies around evicting homeless people from encampments. The Berkeley Homeless Union says that the city is placing its homeless residents in greater danger by removing them from...

Rapper and restaurateur Chino Yang says a late‑night confrontation outside his Richmond District spot turned violent on Thursday, leaving him shaken and ready to take the case to court. Yang shared video clips of the incident on social media, described the encounter as racially charged, and urged his neighbors to...

The Berkeley outpost of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue on Telegraph Avenue appears to have gone dark, leaving a once-busy plate‑lunch counter sitting empty just steps from the UC Berkeley campus. Passersby and students spotted the sudden change this week, with the storefront’s windows and entrance looking cleared out....

I had two other stories to work on, but my editors decided I wasn’t suffering enough. “We have an assignment that’s perfect for a man of your unique talents,” said deputy news editor Michael McLaughlin, who sidled up to my desk Thursday morning, grinning. I sighed. Would...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. - The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office and Lafayette Police Department were investigating a suspected homicide on Saturday that took place in Lafayette. The sheriff's office said on X at about 2:45 p.m. that a homicide investigation was underway on Westminster Place. The road is a small...

(JTA) — The University of California, Berkeley said bans on Zionists “can violate university rules” and the bylaws of any student groups barring their inclusion must be rescinded, as part of a new settlement agreement in an antisemitism lawsuit. The university further agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center...

The sole survivor of a fatal Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, California, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla, claiming the vehicle’s electronic door system malfunctioned and trapped him inside the burning wreckage. The Los Angeles Times reports that Jordan Miller has amended his lawsuit to include Tesla...