Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez has gotten himself into hot water following some recent reshares regarding the deadly Bondi Beach shooting targeting Sydney’s Jewish community. The Bay Area’s Jewish Community Relations Council now wants him to step down. www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/18/j...

“You open your doors and hope people come and like what you have to show,” Rialto Cinema Direct Ky J. Boyd recently told me. We recently took a look inside what it takes to run three small Bay Area arthouses in a time when so many have closed due to skyrocketing rents and growing competition.

A lot has changed at Berkeley's Peoples Park over the last year. The bones of what will eventually be home for more than 1,100 students now stand where the storied hub for activism once was, a hard new reality for those who fought to save the park. My latest: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

How Oakland’s tight mayoral race may reach the finish line --> Everything we know about the Loren Taylor-Barbara Lee showdown on Wednesday: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

Ex-Assemblymember Evan Low is being fined $106,000 for violating state campaign finance laws. The FPPC says Low used his tech nonprofit to pay Alec Baldwin ~$227,000 to appear at an event for the group & a fundraiser for Low, which he tried to conceal. www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/31/e...

I'm a photographer, but sometimes I have a shared byline, like on this story where horseracing workers, mostly Latinos, are losing their jobs, and some will be unhoused and/or families torn apart. Check it out.

Man charged with shooting up home of potential FBI informant in sprawling East Bay corruption probe: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/03/17/m...

Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, who led the local COVID-19 pandemic response, is retiring after 26 years. Her last day will be April 11. www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/11/s...

Elevated levels of radiation were found at the Albany Bulb, a frequently visited park built on a former dump just north of Berkeley. Experts say the public has little to worry about with one calling media hype "misleading." www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/18/a...

NEW: Oakland corruption probe: Duong family supported Sheng Thao to rake in taxpayer funds, prosecutors say Bombshell motion says mayor’s partner got $7,500 after pro-Thao mailers www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/09/o...

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