East Bay voters showed an appetite for criminal justice reform
Despite a high-profile loss in San Francisco, progressive candidates for district attorney and sheriff gained ground in other parts of the state.
Before joining The Oaklandside as News Editor, Darwin BondGraham worked with The Appeal, where he was an investigative reporter covering police and prosecutorial misconduct. He has reported on gun violence for The Guardian, and was an enterprise reporter for the East Bay Express. He is from Alaska.
Despite a high-profile loss in San Francisco, progressive candidates for district attorney and sheriff gained ground in other parts of the state.
With Alameda County’s June 7 primary election approaching, we followed the money.
Eight people in Santa Rita Jail were handed over to federal immigration agents in 2020, down from 44 in 2019. There have been none in 2021.
Civil rights attorney Pamela Price and San Francisco Police Officer JoAnn Walker said they’ll offer voters a “progressive ticket for justice transformation.”
Immigration arrests at Santa Rita Jail are down, but county officials and advocates say the sheriff’s cooperation with ICE should end.
While some Berkeley voters are going to voting centers on Election Day, many more mailed in their ballots or dropped them off at ballot boxes.
Three CHP officers shot and killed Erik Salgado and wounded his pregnant girlfriend Brianna Colombo. In a statement released late Tuesday, OPD said the officers opened fire after Salgado rammed his car into CHP vehicles.
Leaders hope Wednesday night’s action forces a turning point in the conversation about funding for local law enforcement versus other public resources.
Youth organizers hope the massive student-led action, which offered hundreds of masks and hand sanitizer for COVID-19 safety, will inspire other young people to organize, too.
Scenes from a furious mass gathering that drew over 5,000 and left major destruction and confusion in its wake.
News and notes from our Oakland newsletter.
The ‘Universal Language’ mural on Alice Street was covered up by an apartment tower. An ‘ascendant’ new mural will replace it two blocks away.
News and notes from our Oakland newsletter.
Bishop Bob Jackson hosted the rally, but it was organized and led by anti-LGBTQ SoCal pastor Jim Domen.
Inmates say the coronavirus has likely spread further inside Alameda County’s jail than the sheriff has acknowledged.
About 250 Oakland tenants have announced a rent strike against Oakland landlords. Some renters allege their landlords are harassing them with construction and requests to enter their homes.
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