Ethics Commission Recommends Oakland Mayor Pay Fine, Return Campaign Contributions
Investigators for the Oakland Public Ethics Commission recommend that Mayor Schaaf forfeit $2,400 in contributions to the city's general fund and pay a $600 penalty.
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Investigators for the Oakland Public Ethics Commission recommend that Mayor Schaaf forfeit $2,400 in contributions to the city's general fund and pay a $600 penalty.
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have joined the investigation after a fire broke out at a residential construction site in North Oakland late Thursday night.
Detectives recovered 25 firearms Wednesday as a result of a multi-location search warrant operation in unincorporated Alameda County.
BART's board of directors voted Thursday to expand the elevator attendant program, expand the Homeless Outreach Team, and award a contract to upgrade the 19th Street Station in Oakland.
A 2-alarm fire Thursday night was quickly brought under control at an apartment building under construction in North Oakland, fire officials said.
Black carbon -- commonly called soot -- pours out of trucks, trains, ships and power plants. It has been linked to premature deaths and climate change and, until recently, it has been hard to track.
A group of homeowners in Dublin has filed a lawsuit against the city and Valley Christian Center in an effort to address noise concerns over a proposed athletics center.
A boy was shot in the neck in Pittsburg on Wednesday afternoon while playing with a gun, according to police.
A pair of parolees who have pleaded not guilty to new felonies associated with a robbery at a Concord mall in May have had their combined bail set in excess of $100 million.
The U.S. Marshals Service says one of two men wanted for killing a man at a motel in the East Bay has been arrested in South Dakota.
A person struck by a train at BART's Lake Merritt station in Oakland Wednesday evening closed the station for over an hour and caused major delays, BART officials said.
A teenage girl and other neighbors are being praised for their quick thinking action after an east Contra Costa County home went up in flames.
A former security guard and his alleged accomplice have been arrested in the armed robbery of Concord's video gaming arcade and bowling alley Round 1 in May.
A motorcyclist killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Concord has been identified as 28-year-old Joshua Morgensen from Clayton, according to the Contra Costa County coroner's office.
A mountain lion was sighted last week in Berkeley on a popular hiking trail, University of California at Berkeley police said Tuesday.
