Berkeley Votes To Curb Police Traffic Stops For Small Offenses, Other Significant Reforms
Lawmakers in Berkeley have passed sweeping police reforms, from limiting traffic stops to stricter vetting to keep biased officers off the streets.
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Lawmakers in Berkeley have passed sweeping police reforms, from limiting traffic stops to stricter vetting to keep biased officers off the streets.
This past Valentine's Day saw tragedy when a young woman died in a high-speed crash on westbound Interstate Highway 580.
A woman is dead following a nine-vehicle collision late Tuesday morning in San Leandro, California Highway Patrol officials said.
While the Defund the Police movement has gained steam following the outcry over George Floyd's death, what actually constitutes public safety and how it looks isn't an agreed-upon standard at the moment.
A coyote who bit a man in Lafayette on Friday has been determined to be the same coyote responsible for four other biting attacks on people in the area, Moraga police reported Tuesday.
The pilot and passenger of a small, single-engine plane were relieved to be unharmed Tuesday night after hitting a car as they made an emergency landing on a freeway overpass near the Livermore Municipal Airport.
The San Leandro City Council is moving forward with plans to build a memorial named after Steven Taylor, who was shot and killed by a San Leandro police officer in last April.
A 3-year-old filly died Tuesday during training at Golden Gate Fields, making it the fifth thoroughbred fatality at the East Bay racetrack this year.
Richmond residents deserve more answers from Chevron and public agencies about an oil spill earlier this month and the community needs to discuss a future without the oil giant's refinery operating there, city officials and local advocates said Tuesday.
With strong union support but against broad environmental opposition, the Pittsburg City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the Faria/Southwest Hills project that will have 1,500 more homes built along the busy state Highway 4 corridor.
Fire officials in Contra Costa County reported that a driver suffered minor injuries late Tuesday morning after crashing their vehicle into a yogurt shop located at a Brentwood shopping center.
A man died following a stabbing in Oakland Sunday morning, police said.
Mount Diablo Unified School District is asking for all families to fill out a survey by next Monday to help the district in its planning for how to reopen schools for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year.
A 31-year-old Discovery Bay woman and her 4-year-old son were found safe Tuesday morning after an intense regional search in the wake of a weekend rampage that left one man dead and two Contra Costa County first responders wounded.
A boat fire that engulfed the vessel in flames and took the life of a Bethel Island man was ignited by a space heater, authorities announced Tuesday.
