When prosecutors were found to have wrongfully excluded Black and Jewish people from juries, several men were freed from prison. Now the county faces a costly legal reckoning.
## Oakland First Fridays fights for its future…on our podcast
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Violent incidents hours after the festival ended and miles away have been conflated with the event. First Fridays organizers and youth say the blame is misplaced.
Peter Taraba’s dog was taken from him and brought to the shelter the day before he was captured on video starting the fire, police say.
A judge agreed Tuesday to admit him to a mental health diversion program, which could see his charges thrown out, and ordered him released into in-patient treatment and GPS monitoring.
This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. June 1, 2026 Accident: Two vehicles collided at approximately 9:33 a.m. near the intersection of 154th Street and...
Students say when a fight breaks out on campus, a crowd often gathers to hit record. School leaders are now considering discipline for students who share those videos.
The suspect, a 62-year-old Martinez resident, is being charged with four felonies, according to the sheriff's department.
## Richmond’s fourth homicide of 2026: Man found dead in Eastshore neighborhood
The incident marks the city's fourth homicide of 2026.
The counselor, who is 27, is facing eight felony counts. University officials said the camp was run by a third party but did not identify which program.
The shooter fled toward the South Berkeley transit station, police said. Officials are seeking leads from the public.
Police said they identified the man via surveillance footage and arrested him Thursday around downtown. They are also investigating a flood at the shelter.
Despite its spread from the Northwest Berkeley camp where the outbreak began, health officials say the risk to the general public remains low. Here’s what to know about symptoms, transmission and treatment.
The two people, who city officials said were breeding rats while living in an RV, represent the first known human cases of leptospirosis in Berkeley in a decade.
This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May 25, 2026 Liquor Violation: Three juvenile females from Prior Lake, one juvenile female from Shakopee and three juvenile...
Donate Now Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Telegram https://youtu.be/eFAHL_sDlmo DONATE BECOME A MONTHLY SUPPORTER In this urgent and honest update from Israel, another Jew was murdered in cold blood. A 35-year-old man was killed and others wounded in a shooting attack near Kochav Yair and Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel. The terrorist, Omar Yassin, was not from […]
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Investigations into fatal shootings by California police now take so long that officers often can’t be decertified or prosecuted.
The fire burned through the pet supply donation area under the stairs. No animals appear to have been injured.
Sánchez, de 37 años, trabajó en el departamento de admisiones de la Academy of Art University en San Francisco y luchó contra el cáncer de mama. Creció en Connecticut antes de mudarse a Berkeley en 2018.
Sanchez, 37, who previously worked in admissions at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and battled breast cancer, grew up in Connecticut before moving to Berkeley in 2018.
## Flock cameras captured over 600 million license plates in Oakland last year
Only a small fraction of the plates were associated with criminal suspects, according to police.
The killing wasn’t discovered for days, and Damarcus David Jones admitted to taking extensive measures to conceal it, police said.
This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. May 18, 2026 Found: A person walking near Hawk Ridge Road found a key fob with a key ring...
## Richmond shooting: Suspect to be arraigned in killing of maintenance worker known as ‘Papa Smurf’
Jabari Fontenot, 31, has been charged in the May 29 homicide of Melvin Murphy, 64.
Damarcus David Jones, 28, was booked Tuesday. A building manager discovered Jones’s girlfriend dead in her apartment on California Street. She hasn’t yet been named publicly.
A mass drill on Saturday aimed to show how well-prepared residents and local agencies are for a potential wildfire in the Richmond hills.
## Richmond’s third homicide of year: Person arrested within hours of Friday shooting death
Flock license plate readers helped Richmond police track suspect from Richmond to Concord.
Police provided few details on the killing or the victim, a woman in her 30s, saying “the investigation is still in its preliminary stages.”
A man who witnessed the shooting at the homeless shelter known as Harrison House testified the dispute started with an argument over music.
As East Bay communities raise concerns about civil liberties and immigration enforcement, the license plate camera company is seeking support from its customers — law enforcement officers.