City The Blotter | DUI accident at intersection of Oakland and Highland By Damin Esper | June 18, 2024 Plus: construction theft, a home burglary and another DUI.
crimes Oakland man arrested for ‘firebombing’ UC Berkeley patrol car, 3 other arson attacks By Staff | Bay City News | June 18, 2024 Cal Fire did not mention any motive associated with suspect’s alleged crimes.
Crime & Safety AlCo DA Price responds to her critics, rejects recall group’s demand she fire a subordinate By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | June 13, 2024 Price rejected calls from the group Save Alameda For Everyone to fire Desmond Jeffries, director of recruitment and retention in her office.
Bay Area How Bay Area cities can leverage the power of AI to build safer, more secure communities By Vishnu S. Pendyala, San Jose State University | Local News Matters | June 12, 2024 Privacy concerns and accuracy issues causing false positives and false negatives remain, but they do not outweigh the benefits, says this San Jose State data scientist.
City The Blotter | Sexual assault suspect arrested By Damin Esper | June 11, 2024 Suspect is connected to two alleged assaults that took place on May 31; also: stolen vehicles and a prowler.
Crime & Safety The Blotter | Unknown suspect sought after touching two victims UPDATED By Damin Esper | June 11, 2024 Police say the suspect was arrested on June 5.
lawsuit Oakland city attorney threatens to sue hotel, alleging it owes workers more than $400,000 By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | June 11, 2024 Oakland’s Measure Z requires hotels to pay workers $15 per hour with health benefits or $20 per hour without health benefits.
City Piedmont Fire Department responds to car fire on Selborne By Exedra Staff | June 7, 2024 Wednesday's fire sent huge columns of black smoke into the air.
public safety Officer injured, 13 arrested after protesters barricade inside Stanford president’s office By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 A group calling itself Liberate Stanford, made up of Stanford students and alumni, claimed responsibility.
crime Ex-SJ professor sentenced to over 5 years in prison for ‘arson spree’ amid 2021 Dixie Fire By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 Gary Maynard, 49, has a PhD in sociology and taught criminology at Sonoma State and Santa Clara universities.