News Source: The Herald
| 10 months ago
Budget casts shadow on state of state Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be hard-pressed to find good news for his State of the State address on Thursday as he continues his search for a budget compromise with state lawmakers before California runs out...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 10 months ago
Oakland officials say the number of businesses damaged in last week's protest of an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man is much lower than initially estimated. Officials originally said as many as 300 businesses were damaged when a...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 10 months ago
San Francisco police in riot gear quickly moved in, forced protesters onto the sidewalks and closed off streets as the crowd broke up into smaller groups, running in all directions...The rally began at the Civic Center around 5 p.m. with about 100...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 10 months ago
Oakland. "We urge the district attorney to expeditiously review all the evidence available to him and bring this investigation to a conclusion."...Grant was lying face-down when Mehserle pulled his service weapon from his holster and fired one shot...
News Source: Contra Costa Times
| 10 months ago
Calif. (AP) — Bay Area Rapid Transit officials on Monday completed their preliminary investigation of the New Year's Day fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer and forwarded the results to the district attorney. Police...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the videos of a uniformed police officer shooting an unarmed man lying on his belly are worth, in the eyes of many Oakland residents, at least three: Arrest the cop. The police killing of Oscar Grant III has...