City of Berkeley Launches Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Program.
By Miri Valenzuela In Berkeley, individuals facing mental health or substance abuse crises now have access to…
Oakland Restaurants Close to Protest City Crime
By Ademar Barrera OAKLAND–On Sept. 26, 2023, Oakland restaurant owners in Oakland agreed to go on strike…
Target Closes 9 Stores Due to Organized Retail Crime
By Riya Vyas BAY AREA, CA–Target is shutting down nine stores, including three in the Bay Area…
Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility
Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear SAN QUENTIN, CA— California Governor…
New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO – After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in…
SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through…
California Lawmakers Introduce New Effort to Ban Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime in California Prisons
By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – Lawmakers in California, as well as Nevada, are seeking to remove…
Bay Area Civil Rights Organizations Release a Joint Statement After the 4th Death at Santa Rita Jail in 6 Weeks
By Patty Yao Dublin, CA. – Cody Vanburen, 33, dies at Santa Rita Jail after suffering a…
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT WILL ALMOST DOUBLE POLICE PRESENCE IN TRAIN CARS BY MID-MARCH 2023
BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 3, 2023 Bay Area— Beginning March 20th, the Bay Area…
Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death
By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes…
Recently Fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Appeals Dismissal
By Laurel Spear OAKLAND, CA— On Thurs. Feb 23, just over a week after he was fired…
TYRE NICHOLS CASE UPDATE: ALL FIVE FORMER OFFICERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Image via Reuters BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER FEB. 26, 2023 MEMPHIS, United States–On January 7,…
Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years
By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence,…
San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots
By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad…
Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley…
Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery
By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon,…
Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns
By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa…
San Francisco Jury finds Former Uber Executive Guilty of Obstructing Federal Trade Commission Investigation
By Rick Cruz Last month, a panel of jurors found Joe Sullivan, former Uber Head of Security,…
Jury Finds Paul Flores Guilty of 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart
By Laurel Spear MONTEREY COUNTY – On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a jury in Monterey…
Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water
By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech…
