RARE PHOTOS: 19 - The Real Truth

PG&E wildfire and catastrophe proposal may trigger higher monthly bills

OAKLAND, Calif. — Higher monthly bills might jolt PG&E customers due to the utility’s request that state regulators allow the company to collect more revenue for its spending linked to wildfires and catastrophes.

Tribune News Service · Dec 20, 2022

‘Some scars are for ever’: the grief of losing a child to gun violence during the holidays

End of the year can be painful for those who have lost loved ones to firearm crime, but forming new traditions can help ease trauma

The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2022

Oakland woman claims New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art secretly sold her grandma’s Nazi-stolen van Gogh

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Oakland woman last week sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, claiming it bought then secretly sold a Vincent van Gogh painting the Nazis stole from her grandmother.

Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022

Taking nude photo of woman in her cell was an accident, says ex-prison warden charged with sex abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jurors no longer have to wonder how Ray J. Garcia will explain the nude photo of an incarcerated woman, on all fours inside her cell, that allegedly shows a reflection of his face holding the camera.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

'Too $hort Way': Oakland street to be renamed for hip-hop icon

OAKLAND, Calif. — Among the many intimate encounters detailed by Too $hort on the iconic late-1980s hip-hop track “Freaky Tales” is a raunchy escapade that took place in the back of the “Foothill bus, #43.”

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

From homeless to city hall: the Hmong American mayor making history in Oakland

Sheng Thao says her experiences will help her lead the city through its severe housing crisis

The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2022

Fugitive extradited from Singapore to face sentencing after 20 years on the run

A woman who was a fugitive from federal authorities for 20 years appeared in court in Oakland, California, for the first time after being extradited from Singapore, U.S. prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 22, 2022

Ed Graney: Las Vegas should drive hard bargain with A’s

LAS VEGAS — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred recently made news when he said he was skeptical a deal could be worked out to keep the A’s in Oakland. That it didn’t appear a planned $12 billion Howard Terminal project — which would include a $1 billion ballpark — would come…

Tribune News Service · Nov 13, 2022

Inside the hunt for a serial killer stalking Stockton: 'This person's on a mission'

STOCKTON, Calif. — When it became clear that someone was killing random people on the streets of Stockton, police were blunt about who they were dealing with.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 5, 2022

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical

It was late September, and to some, Oakland seemed a city on the brink.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022