Former Oakland police chief Floyd Mitchell hired to lead Fremont Police Department
Former Oakland police chief Floyd Mitchell has been appointed to lead the police department in the city of…
Weekly ‘Overpass Visibility Dance Party’ Lights Up Berkeley Freeway Every Friday Night
The Friday night dance party takes place on an I-80 overpass in Berkeley, a daytime protest hotspot, transforming…
Fremont’s new police chief Floyd Mitchell starts next week
FREMONT, Calif. – Former Oakland police head Floyd Mitchell begins his new job as Fremont’s police chief on…
Anahuac rises on Solano
This year’s State of the Union address suggested, among many things, that the American Dream belongs exclusively to…
Oakland police chief search: you can weigh in
Have ideas for what you’d like to see in Oakland’s next police chief? Here’s your chance. The Police…
Review: ‘After Happy’ brews a climate storm, then gets swept up in a hurricane of dialogue
In the opening scene of Central Works longtime playwright Patricia Milton’s latest light comedy, “After Happy,” oil company…
New Oakland exhibit throws 40th birthday celebration for Oscar Grant, years after fatal shooting
The name Oscar Grant reverberates in the Bay Area. Murals like this one at Oakland’s Fruitvale Station remember…
A brutal awakening unfolds in ‘All My Sons’ at Berkeley Rep
There is a heaviness to every word in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” Characters shamble around the backyard…
Alysa Liu now has her own massive mural: See it here
The Bay Area’s Alysa Liu fever is reaching new heights — 15 feet, to be exact.The Illuminaries, a…
Oscar Grant remembered by new Oakland exhibit at Black Panther Party Museum exhibit 17 years after fatal BART shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The name Oscar Grant reverberates in the Bay Area. Murals like this one at…
Oakland police ID man killed on couch inside phone repair store
OAKLAND — Police have identified a man who was shot and killed inside of a cellphone repair store…
Official says Oakland School District can’t pay huge salaries
An Oakland school board member broke his silence after a teachers’ union pressured the broke California city to…