Prosecutors have cited “confidential reliable sources” in at least eight criminal cases since June.

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The suspect allegedly bragged about being paid in crack cocaine for the homicide: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

The Supreme Court has declined to take up Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal. The move leaves a potential pardon from Trump as the only obvious path for Maxwell to avoid serving a 20-year prison sentence.

He built the Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland with his dad, then served as deacon right up until the day police told him his DNA had been found at two murder scenes: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/09/27/h...

Breaking News: Flawed policies and old equipment slowed down evacuations as the Palisades and Eaton fires spread in January, a report found.

The agreement includes $1 billion in penalties and $1.5 billion in refunds to an estimated 35 million customers, averaging about $51 each.

The career switch cost him 13+ years in prison: www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/23/h...

Oh. Ok. Then. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Supervisor Joel Engardio was found in violation of San Francisco’s open government rules. This comes less than two weeks before Engardio’s district decides whether or not to recall him from office.

Investigators have no suspects.

Airline pilot arrested at SFO amid investigation into child sex crimes https://trib.al/jpmDhcS

Dog facing euthanization stolen from Oakland Animal Services shelter https://trib.al/IyQ54SZ

NEW: A criminal defendant filed the first of what coudl be many challenges to the authority of Acting U.S. attorney Alina Habba. The matter has been sent to a district judge in PA because all the NJ judges are conflicted out. w/ @ryrivard @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Driver arrested on DUI charge after fatal motorcycle crash in Brentwood https://trib.al/iJd95a2

After years of patch jobs and careful monitoring, Caltrans landed on a solution for highway battered by landslides — at a cost of $2.1 billion. While political leaders aren’t sure where they’ll find the funds, they also see no other option.

A Delta co-pilot was arrested by federal agents moments after landing at SFO on Saturday, stunning passengers aboard Flight 2809 from Minneapolis.

Who wants to spray perfume onto shit for $70,000 per year?

President Trump was informed by Pam Bondi in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, three people with knowledge of the exchange said. It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised. https://trib.al/zLNCcDd

Richmond council and police chief align, diverge on civil grand jury report https://trib.al/Rkof9I1

#NEW: After 16 years, a Denver woman has been arrested and charged with murdering her newborn daughter and dumping the body near her Union City apartment: www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/n...

Gerard Flaherty alleged begged the teen student at his school to get an abortion, stating he would "go to jail" and "ruin" his life if she had the baby. But it was too late -- police were listening in on the call: www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/01/p...

Civil grand jury accuses San Mateo County sheriff of corruption, misconduct https://trib.al/Yd6xnYe

Victims recounted traumatic sexual abuse by Simon Meyer, while friends former colleagues at fire departments spoke up for the man one supporter said was always "there for kids." One girl said he molested her on 13th birthday and she kept his secret for years: www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/30/h...

The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study.

The city has been trying for years to curb this downtown food stand. When he allegedly socked an inspector it streamlined things: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

He spent 2 years in jail over a Concord homicide, but maintained his innocence. A jury took his side, now he's out: www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/25/o...

He's a local advice author with an edge, encouraging readers to self-improve and take ownership of their lives by breaking the law at will. But now he's run into some legal troubles, with prosecutors contending he murdered his own brother: www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/25/b...

Ads for consumer A.I. are struggling to imagine how the product could improve your day — unless you’re a barely functioning idiot. It’s time to ask why. https://trib.al/Wdsr8bw

#NEW: Morteza Amiri, the ex-Antioch cop who became the face of both the corruption and racism police scandals in East Contra Costa, was given 7 years in prison today: www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/24/h...

Carpenter Media, a Mississippi-based chain, bought the Pamplin newspapers a year ago.

As California lawmakers make a show of banning face masks for cops, they’re green-lighting a law that would roll back transparency for “undercover” officers’ misconduct files. My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The @sandiegouniontribune.com, now owned by PE equity firm Alden, fired Hispanic editor after she wrote an Op Ed crticial of ICE,which it did not publish www.sandiegoville.com/2025/06/san-...

This is a problem. A huge problem. Only solution is to stop emitting CO2 (or bring CO2 emission to much much lower level, like 350 ppm or lower). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The defense in a recent Hayward murder case will come down to a theory that the victim shot himself in front of his longtime friend, leaving the defendant to take the blame: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/09/d...

Murder victim remembered as 'joy personified' as family finally gets a chance to speak after trial that painted him as a crazy drunk: www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

Sly Stone, one of the most influential and groundbreaking musicians of the late-Sixties and early-Seventies who smashed the boundaries of rock, pop, funk and soul, has died at age 82 rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Bay Area resistance to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids escalated Sunday as hundreds of protesters in San Francisco denounced his extraordinary deployment of federal troops to quell protests hundreds of miles away in Southern California. 📷: Scott Strazzante

A California appeals court ruled drivers can’t hold phones for maps or any handheld use while driving, reinforcing the state’s distracted driving law.

So a fireworks factory just blew up or something in the East Bay.

The Trump administration could claw back about $140 million in federal funding that San Francisco already received to cover costs the city incurred during the pandemic, the Chronicle has learned.

‘El Funky’ is one of the musicians who performed the famous song “Patria y Vida,” which became an anthem of the protests in Cuba.

Gov. Tina Kotek's office cites budget constraints in refusing to bring former Eugene Weekly bookkeeper back to face felony charges.

The U.S. Justice Department dropped a three-year civil rights investigation of Louisiana State Police on Wednesday.

The DOJ is "confident that the vast majority of police officers" will enforce the law.

Larry Krasner defeated his Democratic primary challenger for Philadelphia district attorney. He's now poised to be reelected to a third term in November. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

A maintenance worker has been arrested and charged with helping 10 inmates carry out a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail last week, bolstering the suspicion among investigators that the escape would have been impossible without inside help.

Former Contra Costa County District 5 Supervisor Glover passes away www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/18/f...

Is a central figure in the Oakland FBI investigation seeking a Trump pardon? The idea that the president could help David Duong avoid bribery charges has cropped up in recent articles, including on a Duong company website. oaklandside.org/2025/05/16/o...