A recent surprise ruling throwing out criminal charges against the purported founder of a Southern California-based white supremacist group over concerns that prosecutors didn’t pursue similar cases against left-wing Antifa …
OAKLAND — Rather than avoiding conflict during a tricky first year in office, Mayor Sheng Thao has consistently gone on the offensive. While she’s kept critics at bay on budget …
OAKLAND — The city’s civilian-led police oversight body was expected to whittle down a shortlist of four finalists to be Oakland’s next top cop on Thursday night — perhaps to …
BY KHARI JOHNSON | CalMatters Two months ago, a robbery suspect in a high-speed car chase struck Ciara Keegan’s Honda CR-V while fleeing police. Keegan, 25, had been on the …
In a new twist to the long search for a permanent Oakland police chief, the civilian body responsible for choosing finalists for the job is opening the process to the …
It might seem counterintuitive that reducing an employee’s time on the clock by eight hours per week, while keeping their pay the same, will boost productivity — and cause costs …
ANTIOCHAlmost two years after creating an independent oversight commission to advise on police policies and strengthen community trust, the City Council has appointed seven residents to do just that. The …
OAKLAND — The fleet of 120 California Highway Patrol officers who arrived last week on the governor’s orders to fight Oakland’s rampant crime problem was touted by the city’s leaders …
OAKLAND — Nearly a year after he was fired, Oakland’s ex-police chief has filed a lawsuit against the city and Mayor Sheng Thao alleging he was wrongfully terminated over a …
By Maysoon Khan | Associated Press/Report for America New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says …