California's Proposition 43 would require a two-thirds vote to pass special taxes via citizen initiatives, closing a loophole created by a 2017 state Supreme Court ruling. The measure, backed by the H…
Laurie Umeh of Oakland criticizes the treatment of asylum seekers at CoreCivic's for-profit ICE facility in Kern County, citing Brady Tillett's account of windowless cells and mistreatment. Bob Britto…
Solano County homeowners have the Bay Area's lowest average annual home insurance premiums at $1,824 and the region's lowest risk index score of 79.2, according to a study by Insurify. The county's re…
An Alameda County jury convicted Victor Frieson III of murder and torture for killing his girlfriend, artist Zoe Reidy Watts, in Oakland. Prosecutors presented evidence that Frieson attacked Watts aft…
Alameda County is spending millions on a runoff election to fill ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell's seat, with the winner serving only a few months. The top-two system risks electing a candidate with minimal sup…
A Livermore woman accused Alameda County Board President David Haubert's chief of staff, Shawn Wilson, of offering to steer public funds to a nonprofit if she stopped criticizing the county over a tra…
Ernest Dykes, a freed death row inmate, filed a $282 million lawsuit against Alameda County on Tuesday, alleging prosecutors systematically excluded Black jurors from his 1993 murder trial. The lawsui…
A 26-year-old Pleasant Hill woman, Haylie Ann Eisele, died Saturday morning after her car crashed into a parked Caltrans truck on the Bay Bridge. The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether…
Nolan Hurd, 26, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of his girlfriend Nikha Marcella DeGuzman, who died from a gunshot wound at a Fremont hotel in January 2022. The case…
Legends Global has offered $102 million to buy the Oakland Arena, but city officials say they cannot consider the offer because Alameda County and Oakland are already in exclusive negotiations to sell…
An Alameda County judge ordered the release of a teenager charged with killing three men and injuring several others when his Chevrolet Avalanche plowed into a crowd in East Oakland last month, citing…
Immigrant rights advocates rallied Monday outside a Contra Costa County administration building, demanding that supervisors adopt a non-cooperation policy prohibiting county resources from assisting f…