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Jury takes three hours to convict man of murdering ex-girlfriend
MARTINEZ — Just three hours after they started deliberating, a Contra Costa County jury Friday convicted an Oakland man of murdering his ex-girlfriend after an argument outside an Antioch convenience...
View ArticleWoman released from Santa Rita Jail found dead at Dublin BART
DUBLIN — A 26-year old woman who was released from Santa Rita Jail early Saturday morning was found dead hours later at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, according to BART officials. The woman was...
View ArticlePark It: Richmond, Walnut Creek offer cool trails to beat heat
As the dog days of summer approach, it’s worth repeating some advice: bring lots of water when you visit the regional parks and other open spaces. In the regional parks, there generally are not sources...
View ArticleAryan Brotherhood leader dies in prison, leaving behind bloody legacy in Bay...
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) Barry Byron Mills, the murderous leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, was found dead July 8 in his...
View ArticleBicyclist dies in East Oakland collision
OAKLAND — The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau has identified the victim of an East Oakland collision late last week, authorities said. Just before 9 p.m. Friday, police were dispatched to 35th Avenue...
View ArticleJury awards Fremont woman over $5 million in revenge porn case
Monterey – A jury unanimously awarded a woman in a revenge porn case $5.15 million for her pain, suffering and punitive damages in Monterey County Superior Court. The jury of six men and six women on...
View ArticleA home you can afford: How land trusts are changing Bay Area home ownership
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) A year ago, Norma Sanchez and Ambrocio Carrera were on the verge of losing their East Oakland home — staring down a...
View ArticleCoast Starlight: The journey is the vacation on this 35-hour train trip
By NICOLE EVATT | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It was late Friday night and we were scouring the usual sites touting the top things to do in Los Angeles. Uninspired by our options and facing a...
View ArticleFormer Oakland mayor, congressman Ron Dellums dies
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) OAKLAND — Ronald V. Dellums, a former Oakland mayor who served nearly three decades in the U.S. Congress, has died. He...
View ArticleFremont’s big Festival of the Arts returns
It’s a good thing Fremont is a spacious city, because the annual Festival of the Arts, with 500 vendors — reportedly the most at any free art-wine festival west of the Mississippi — takes up a lot of...
View ArticleIt’s official: Steph Curry is having the best summer ever
At this rate Stephen Curry is going to have the best summer since Walt Disney opened his first theme park. It was announced Monday that Curry, for the second consecutive year, has been invited to...
View ArticleA’s to scrap season tickets in 2019 in favor of membership program
The Oakland A’s will discontinue traditional season tickets in 2019 in favor of a new membership program called A’s Access, the team announced in a news release Monday. A’s Access, according to the...
View ArticleBerkeley’s Rita Moreno to be honored by TV critics for career achievement
BEVERLY HILLS Rita Moreno, who continues to be a showbiz dynamo at the youthful age of 86, will be honored by the Television Critics Association (TCA) with its 2018 Career Achievement honor when the...
View ArticleTassajara Valley cemetery proposal project stalls after supporter dies
TASSAJARA VALLEY — The death of a key supporter for a big cemetery project that was first floated more than a decade ago has effectively stalled the proposal from moving forward. Sid Corrie, legal...
View ArticleLetter: New legislation on student loan debt may be helpful
New legislation on studentloan debt may be helpful Re: “Candidates add their voices to debt crisis” (Page A1, July 29): IndiaWest on March 13, 2018, reported the following on Congressman Ro Khanna:...
View ArticleHayward voters to consider $381 million school bond
HAYWARD — The Hayward Unified school board is placing a $381 million bond on the November ballot. If voters approve the measure, which would fund repairs and other upgrades, the annual cost for...
View ArticleLetter: New period of climate crisis threatens lives
New period of climatecrisis threatens lives Fires burning in the West, Europe and the Middle East; droughts across the world; ramping up of hurricanes now in western Pacific and Atlantic; flooding from...
View ArticleATF raids ‘open air drug market’ in Oakland, hidden camera allegedly captures...
OAKLAND — One man is facing federal cocaine distribution charges and more defendants could be joining him, after federal and state authorities conducted hidden camera surveillance on two adjacent homes...
View ArticleLetter: What is a man’s duty to his unborn baby?
What is a man’s dutyto his unborn baby? Re: ” ‘Progressive thinking’ on abortion disgusting” (Letter to the Editor, July 25): Every baby has a mother and a father. What is the man’s responsibility to...
View ArticleBerkeley kidnapping victim rescued in Patterson; five South Carolina men...
BERKELEY — A 21-year-old man taken for ransom by five South Carolina man while at a motel here last week is expected to recover from his injuries after he was beaten by the men, authorities said. The...
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