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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...