May 15, 2019 Since Oscar Grant, 242 people shot and killed by police in Bay Area While only about 30% of Bay Area residents are Hispanic or Black, more than 60% of people shot and killed by police officers over the last decade are Hispanic or Black.
February 27, 2019 Repeat environmental felon gets 30 months for dumping on protected wetlands James Lucero was sentenced for dumping dirt and construction debris in Newark. He was previously convicted of bribing landfill operators in San Jose and was tied to a West Oakland warehouse forced to close last month.
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.
