January 15, 2019 Oakland’s professional polluters A pair of West Oakland businessmen have been dodging city regulators and prosecutors for years as they reap the rewards of illegal trash disposal and dumping.
September 11, 2018 Former Tribune Tower owner settles fraud case Tom Henderson agreed to pay more than $1.4 million but could still lose his house or face criminal charges.
August 1, 2018 A tale of two arrests The peaceful arrest of John Lee Cowell for the brutal murder of Nia Wilson was striking compared to BART’s past treatment of Black suspects.
June 19, 2018 Did race play a role in a Willard school incident? A March incident at Willard Middle School involving a white man attacking a Black student — and the Berkeley police’s handling of the incident — has concerned faculty and staff as well as witnesses of the incident.
May 28, 2018 Tax time scammers return East Bay residents have been getting calls from aggressive scammers pretending to be IRS agents. Armed with personal information, they threaten victims with arrest unless they pay thousands of dollars.
April 11, 2018 No accountability for Interchange Counseling Institute founder Steve Bearman Before Bearman was sued by six women for alleged sexual assault, a state licensing board failed to investigate reports of his misconduct.
January 11, 2018 Rape report data from Berkeley, Concord and Oakland police departments In my latest story for Oakland Magazine, I report that three East Bay police departments — in Berkeley, Concord and Oakland — have some…
January 10, 2018 Too many rapes dismissed Three East Bay cities have some of the country’s highest rates of “unfounded” rape reports, raising questions about their investigations.
January 2, 2018 67 Bay Area Law Enforcement Shootings in 2017 There were a particularly high number of law enforcement shootings in the Bay Area in 2017 compared to recent years, according to data I’ve…
December 4, 2017 Costlier construction Building in Oakland is getting a lot more expensive as developers take on higher security costs to prevent arson.
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