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Feb 22, 2023
Chief Fired
Mayor Thao fires Police Chief Armstrong for alleged misconduct
On Feb. 15, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced that she was firing Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong.
Armstrong had been put on leave last month after a report detailed allegations of...
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Feb 15, 2023
Ground Zero
Rain brings little relief to California’s depleted groundwater
The powerful storms that clobbered California for weeks in December and January dropped trillions of gallons of water, flooding many communities and farms. But throughout the state, the rains...
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Feb 8, 2023
They Don’t Take ‘No’
Becton, Gordon: Two East Bay women of power
When Trevor Noah signed off at The Daily Show for the last time, he told viewers that people who want to learn about America should “talk to Black women because,...
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Feb 1, 2023
Fatal Flaws
State Justice Department has been negligent in probing police shootings of possibly unarmed people
A law passed in 2020 compels the state Justice Department to investigate all incidents in which a police officer shoots and kills someone who...
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Jan 25, 2023
Reduction and Resistance
Mayor Breed announces plan to facilitate safe injection sites despite lack of state authorization
San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city.
Mayor London Breed and...
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Jan 18, 2023
After the Storm
Is California’s drought over? Here’s what to know about rain, snow, reservoirs and drought
The year 2023 began with a historic bang—record precipitation and disastrous flooding throughout much of California. Parched watersheds soaked up the first rains, but...
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Jan 11, 2023
Dissent and Destiny
Six takeaways for Californians after the UC graduate student strike
The largest higher-education strike in U.S. history—courtesy of 36,000 disgruntled graduate student workers and 12,000 other academic employees at the University of California—wrapped up Dec. 23, and depending...