Oakland, Calif., and its Housing Authority Police stop, arrest, search, handcuff and harass public housing authority residents for merely standing or sitting — “loitering”— in their own front yards, two men claim in a federal complaint.
Read moreTwo men pleaded no contest Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter charges over the deaths of 36 people who perished in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland and accepted county jail sentences of nine and six years.
Read moreA lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo of violating the Fair Housing Act by offering predatory loans to minority homebuyers will advance, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments from a new marine terminal being built at the foot of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, finding inadequate evidence that coal operations would increase pollution.
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A state judge on Friday said there is enough evidence for a manslaughter trial to proceed against two men connected to the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people.
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A California judge Wednesday refused to dismiss Oakland from a civil lawsuit over the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people, finding the city had a mandatory duty to ensure the warehouse was safe.
Read moreThe city of Oakland will pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming police tried to cover up an attempted home invasion and assault by two drunk off-duty officers.
Read moreA top immigration official said Wednesday that about 800 people living illegally in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a weekend warning that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf put on Twitter.
Read moreA federal judge Monday dismissed with prejudice the Building Industry Association’s challenge of Oakland, California’s requirement that large developments must include publicly accessible art or pay a 1 percent fee.
Read moreAttorneys for a developer fighting to export coal from Oakland, California, tried to convince a judge Friday that city officials fudged a key scientific report to justify enacting a coal-handling ban in the city.
Read moreAttorneys for a developer fighting to reverse a ban on coal-handling in Oakland suggested in a Tuesday bench trial that city officials conspired to enact the ban to appease their environmental allies.
Read moreA federal judge Wednesday refused to dismiss a challenge to Oakland, California’s ban on coal exports, clearing the way for trial between the city and developers.
Read moreWells Fargo on Thursday asked a federal judge to reject Oakland’s lawsuit claiming the bank’s racist lending practices cost the city millions in lost tax revenue.
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An engineer Tuesday assured California that the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won’t fail in a major earthquake, despite weak spots in welded steel that holds together the eastern span’s only support tower.
Read moreA California judge on Thursday allowed claims to proceed against the city of Oakland over its failure to inspect and shut down the Ghost Ship warehouse before a massive fire claimed the lives of 36 people last year.
Read moreBay Area prosecutors have dropped charges against an Oakland police officer embroiled in last year’s police sex scandal, after a state judge threw out similar allegations against two other officers for insufficient evidence.
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Oakland and San Francisco sued five major oil companies on Tuesday, claiming they should cover the costs of sea walls and other projects needed to protect the cities from the consequences of climate change.
Read moreAn Alameda County Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed criminal charges against a former Oakland police officer at the heart of a police sex-abuse scandal, finding insufficient evidence the man had exchanged anything for sex with a prostitute.
Read moreA California judge Tuesday refused to dismiss civil allegations that Pacific Gas & Electric is partly responsible for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland that killed 36 people last year.
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An engineer on Tuesday brushed off reports that substandard steel may have been used to build the $6.4 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that carries 270,000 vehicles daily.
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