Local Govt & Politics
Port Oakland selects new executive director
The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners announced Thursday that its appointed a new executive director. After a four month search by the port, commissioners chose maritime industry shipping veteran Chris Lytle to serve as executive director. “The Port Commission set a high standard for its next leader and has ...
SFSU prof's assignment raises ethics questions
A San Francisco State University professor considering a run for Oakland mayor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ad and gave them the option of developing it for him. Joe Tuman said he would use the ad if it were good, ...
Family pushes for traffic changes on busy Concord street
The city of Concord could soon be asking people to slow down on a stretch of Treat Boulevard where a speeding teenaged driver killed a father and daughter who were riding their bicycles last year. When it comes to speeding on the part of Treat Boulevard in question, no one ...
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts. Either way, that decision could deeply affect the organization's membership and funding. Scouting leaders from around the country ...
Kids falling out of windows a common yet devastating occurrence
First grader Ruth Carpizo is both innocent and inquisitive, according to her mom. She also describes Ruth as a diva. “She loves to be in front of the camera and loves to dance and sing,” said mother Emily Carpizo. But Ruth's sweet voice was silenced last month. She was at ...
Brown defends California's business climate
Gov. Jerry Brown acted Wednesday as California's cheerleader-in-chief, countering the state's anti-business reputation in an address to hundreds of business, agriculture and education leaders. "We've solved a lot of problems. We've got a lot of problems. We're living in a great state. Republican, Democrats, we're all Californians," the Democratic governor ...
Gunman fires more than 20 rounds at pair exiting car in Richmond
A man was wounded and a woman narrowly escaped injury in a hail of gunfire in Richmond on Tuesday night, police said. The pair was exiting a car in the 800 block of Virginia Avenue around 11:30 p.m. when someone walked up and fired more than 20 rounds from an ...
Senate panel approves immigration bill
Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an ...
5-year-old girl killed in crash in Richmond identified
A young girl killed in a rollover crash in Richmond on Monday morning has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as 5-year-old Xaniah Jackson, of San Pablo. Xaniah was ejected from an SUV that flipped in a crash at the intersection of Richmond Parkway and Hilltop Drive ...
Sonoma Co. jury finds Herczog was insane when he killed his father
A Sonoma County jury Tuesday found a man convicted of murdering his father at their Rincon Valley home in November 2011 was insane at the time of the crime. The defense attorney for Houston Herczog, 22, had argued that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and was not sane when he ...
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