April 3, 2017 The year of no police shootings 2016 was definitely not a banner year for Oakland police, except in one area: For the first time in more than two decades, no one got shot by a police officer.
March 20, 2017 Feds begin cleanup Of West Oakland chemical spill discovered In 1995 On Saturday, efforts to remove contaminated soil and groundwater at a former chemical facility in West Oakland began — two decades after the problem…
March 13, 2017 Vallejo: The Bay Area’s Leader in Police Violence A video surfaced on Facebook Saturday showing a Vallejo police officer chasing down a suspect and striking him repeatedly with what appears to be…
February 2, 2017 Milo Yiannopoulos Comes to Berkeley An estimated 1,500 protesters showed up to a planned speaking event for Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley. After the event was canceled, they marched…
January 28, 2017 SFO Travel Ban Protest Hundreds of protesters rushed to San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after President Donald Trump’s new ban against travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries went…
January 26, 2017 Police in Pink Hats During the massive Women’s Marches that drew millions of people into the streets on Saturday, scattered police officers in cities across the country were…
January 21, 2017 Oakland Women’s March An estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, turned out for the Women’s March in Oakland the day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, one of…
January 2, 2017 Counting Homicides in Oakland With a new year, reporters and government officials will begin making assessments of the previous year’s crime statistics and draw conclusions on police effectiveness…
