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.
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.
