Letter: Gun owners are not a militia and certainly not ‘well-regulated’
Gun owners not a militiaand not ‘well-regulated’ Re: “AR-15, not a knife, is mass murder tool of choice” (Letter to the editor, March 21): Andrew Pohlman makes a great argument for gun management....
View ArticleBay Bridge run adds new twist to Oakland Marathon
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) OAKLAND — Bay to Breakers has its “heartbreak hill.” This year, the Oakland Marathon included a similarly daunting...
View ArticleTest earthquake alerts to go out Wednesday in Oakland
OAKLAND — People in downtown Oakland can expect to get test “earthquake alert” texts on their cell phones Wednesday morning. The state Office of Emergency Services and the United States Geological...
View ArticleHow bad are porch pirates in California? You might want to rethink those...
In a digitally plugged-in world — where front-door delivery of everything from burritos to dog food to underwear has practically become an inalienable right for Americans — the leave-it-on-the-doorstep...
View ArticleArlen Ness, ‘king of custom motorcycles,’ dies at 79
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos or video on a mobile device HAYWARD — They called him the king of custom motorcycles. Arlen Ness, a designer whose wildly colorful customized...
View ArticleMan found dead in BART’s MacArthur station in Oakland
OAKLAND — A San Leandro man was found dead early Monday in the bathroom of a BART station, police said. Authorities identified the man as 21-year-old Derek Ethridge. He was found unresponsive in a...
View ArticleLetter: California is no dictatorship; voters can oust lawmakers
California no dictatorship;lawmakers can be ousted Dan Walters (“Dems resent sharing lawmaking with voters,” Opinion section, March 20) compares legislators overriding past referendum votes on rent...
View ArticleAlameda County deputy, sergeant saved after exposure to fentanyl
DUBLIN — A sergeant and deputy from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office needed a dose of Naloxone to offset the symptoms they both showed after being exposed to fentanyl in the booking center at the...
View Article‘I just killed three people’; Trial begins for man who shot his father, two...
OAKLAND — Damien Robinson was 31 years old when he took a .45 caliber gun and shot his father, and his father’s two friends. “Damien Robinson was the last person standing in a house full of dead...
View ArticleBerkeley police release video of sexual battery suspect
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing this video on a mobile device. BERKELEY — Police on Monday shared video footage of a male who assaulted a woman on a public street last month. At 10:28 p.m....
View Article‘Actually’ at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley explores gray areas of sex consent
A “she said, he said” play about sexual assault sounds like it would be the kind of thing where audience members are invited to make up their own minds about what actually happened. Certainly that’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Attorney General backed off review of fatal Fremont police shooting
California’s attorney general quietly decided not to independently review Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s clearing of two Fremont police officers who fatally shot a teenage girl in...
View ArticleHit Bay Area employers with per-employee tax? Residents say no
Bay Area residents don’t want taxation without explanation. Just 30 percent of voters support the idea of their city levying a new, per-employee tax on local businesses to fund improvements to general...
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WarriorsHQ: How Kevin Durant fits into Warriors’‘spread the wealth’ offense
When the Warriors are at their best is when they don’t play to a script, Golden State beat writer Mark Medina told Dieter Kurtenbach on this week’s episode of the WarriorsHQ podcast. “It’s not even...
View ArticleFormer Raiders star Clem Daniels dies at 83; if you only know about his...
Clem Daniels, an Oakland Raiders stalwart during the team’s formative years in the early 1960s, has died at 83. His passing was announced by a statement from the team. “The Raider Family mourns the...
View ArticleZakir Hussain Masters of Percussion tour hits Santa Cruz, Berkeley
As the 100th birthday of the late tabla legend Ustad Alla Rakha approaches on April 29, his son and worthy successor Zakir Hussain has put all the right pieces in place to celebrate his expansive...
View ArticleWhy the Raiders want to go Canada, and why they may not get there
Intriguing news from the NFL owners meeting in Arizona: The Raiders are considering playing an exhibition game in Canada in August. Sounds weird, but it has to be true — it’s on Twitter: One topic that...
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DA charges suspect in Berkeley indecent exposure cases
BERKELEY — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged a man with four counts of indecent exposure after his weekend arrest by Berkeley police and California Highway Patrol officers,...
View ArticleDeputies testify about 100 mph Orinda chase that killed passenger
MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy testified at a coroner’s inquest hearing Tuesday that he was about to terminate a high-speed police chase on Highway 24 last year when the suspects’...
View ArticleHayward foundation to distribute money raised from cannabis sales
HAYWARD — Cannabis businesses that are allowed to set up shop here are required to donate a portion of their proceeds to nonprofits, and now the city is figuring out who will get the money. A...
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