Santa Rosa police investigating racist email at middle school
Santa Rosa police are determining if a racist and anti-Semitic mail received by teachers and administrators of Rincon Valley Middle School was by a student or a random act.
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Santa Rosa police are determining if a racist and anti-Semitic mail received by teachers and administrators of Rincon Valley Middle School was by a student or a random act.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $5.515 billion budget for fiscal year 2023-24, including more money for the district attorney's and public defender's offices to handle cases related to the Antioch police scandal.
As the city of Berkeley tries to correct past wrongs, it is running into a problem with its history and its very name.
Antisemitic acts targeting Jewish people, including assault, vandalism and harassment, increased more than 40% in California since 2021, a new report shows.
Congressmen Mark DeSaulnier and John Garamendi are asking that the U.S. Department of Justice investigate the Antioch police department. Rep. DeSaulnier spoke with KPIX on Friday. (4-21-23)
Civil rights attorney John Burris on Thursday announced a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch and members of the police department, the latest turn in the racist texting scandal embroiling the department.
Civil rights attorney John Burris on Thursday announced a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch and members of the police department. Anne Makovec reports. (4-20-23)
The scandal involving racist text messages sent by members of the Antioch Police Department was widening Tuesday, with word that nearly half of the city's police officers are now suspended for their alleged roles.
Sonoma County is seeking proposals to help the county recorder identify, report and redact illegal racist restrictions originally printed in over 24 million previously recorded real estate documents.
Various media officials denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as racist, hateful and discriminatory, while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work.
A racist attack on a Muni bus left a bad impression on an out-of-town visitor. A man started shouting anti Asian slurs at her then threw eggs. (2-20-23)
The city of Santa Rosa is moving closer to implementing a "diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging" (DEIB) initiative for its employees and residents as the City Council holds a study session at Tuesday's meeting about the progress made and what's next.
Police are searching for a man who was caught making racist and homophobic comments against two customers eating at an In-N-Out Burger in San Ramon on Christmas Eve. Brian Hackney reports. (12/26/22)
Airbnb on Tuesday said it has found a "meaningful difference" in the booking success rate for users who are perceived to be White compared to those who are perceived to be Black.
A prank video showing students putting on a mock slave auction at a Yuba City high school has had real-life consequences for students who participated; some are coming forward to apologize.
It was well-known throughout the Jewish community in the 1950s that Stanford University discriminated against Jewish applicants despite the university routinely denying biased admissions practices.
Martinez had resigned as president of the council on Monday.
In a conversation about a year ago that just came to light, Nury Martinez, among other things, referred to a fellow councilmember's son with a racial slur.
While both accounts were still visible as of Sunday evening, several posts had been removed.
Another high school varsity football team benched for the season. The latest incident came after a racist video surfaced of players at River Valley High in Yuba City holding a "slave auction." The school said so many of the players were suspended that there weren't enough to play.
Two recent racist incidents involving a mock slave auction and violence against Black people have sidelined two Sacramento-area high schools for the remainder of the varsity football season.
Even before the pandemic, US Census numbers show that eight out of ten black-owned businesses failed in the first year and a half. This week's Jefferson Award winner is a woman whose goal is to turn things around.
A new report by the Bay Area Equity Atlas says 10 percent of the region's census tracts are segregated "areas of white wealth."
Chaos erupted at the San Francisco school board meeting Tuesday, over board member Ann Hsu's comments about Black and brown students and their families.
Bay Area progressive groups on Monday called on Sonoma Raceway officials to be more proactive after an apparent weekend incident where visitors were flying of a confederate flag.
