Rep. Khanna calls for public ownership of PG&E amid wildfires

"This situation has been devastating for many people across California. Many are without power and homes have been destroyed by these fires," Khanna said in a statement from his office in Washington, D.C.

PG&E will cut power to 2.5 million people over 'historic wind event'

In a news release, PG&E announced that approximately 940,000 cutomers (more than 2.5 million people) will be affected.in 36 counties.

School board meeting protesters to sue Oakland Unified Schools for excessive force by police

Parents and teachers who were arrested and injured by police during a protest at the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday pushed back against the police narrative that the force used by officers was necessary.

Oakland police commission investigating arrest of former council member

Commission chair Regina Jackson called Riles' arrest a "travesty" during Thursday's meeting, where Riles and dozens of supporters spoke out.

Oakland school district defends police violence against protesters at board meeting

The Oakland Unified School District defended itself against accusations that police officers behaved violently toward protesters at a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday evening, when six people were arrested, including one who was taken to a hospital and left using crutches.

On The Record: Bay Area Police Chiefs

KTVU News Anchor Mike Mibach sat down with 3 Bay Area Police Chiefs for an open conversation about a number of policing topics in their cities, and across the country.

Thieves break into East Bay schools, steal laptops

Workers boarded up doors Wednesday after thieves invaded four classrooms at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda and stole computers. It's the latest in a string of laptop burglaries at an East Bay school. 

Police: Teen sparking inappropriate conversations with young boys at Berkeley park

Berkeley police are asking people to be cautious when visiting Codornices Park after they received several reports of a teenage boy initiating sexual conversations with children.

United States Air Force Blue Steel Band on The Nine
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Blue Steel is the commercial, popular music ensemble of the United States Air Force Academy Band. They appeared on The Nine on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.

Lead found under blacktop at two Oakland schools

According to Larry Brooks, director of Alameda County Healthy Homes Department, which leads lead poisoning prevention, the soil does not present a current health risk because it is under the blacktop pavement and is contained.

Oakland laundromat promotes love of reading, offering story-time for children

An Oakland Laundromat is providing its neighborhood children a place to foster a love for reading as it seeks to make community engagement a key component of its operation.