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$50,000 reward: Berkeley police still seek answers in killing of man on his 35th birthday
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (92+ words) Local News Matters The Berkeley Police Department marked the 16th anniversary Saturday of an unsolved homicide in the city that took the life of a man on his 35th birthday in a violent robbery. A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that…...
Coach arrested after phone found allegedly recording in Tracy High School locker room
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (75+ words) Local News Matters The head coach of Tracy High School’s varsity football team has been arrested after a cellphone was discovered recording students while they were changing in a locker room, police said Saturday. Police said the phone belonged to…...
Napa Valley Unified puts bus driver on leave over alleged sexual relations with minor
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (94+ words) Local News Matters Parents of students in the Napa Valley Unified School District are on high alert after being told a school bus driver was arrested for alleged sexual relations with a minor. Maleehah Salvador, whose child is nonverbal and…...
Mendocino???s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county???s trafficking raids
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (176+ words) Mendocino’s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county’s trafficking raids localnewsmatters.org In May, Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies found a man at an illegal cannabis grow near Navarro who told them he had been forced to…...
SF leaders tout reduced retail theft numbers
4+ day, 41+ min ago (95+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco city leaders said Tuesday they would continue law enforcement strategies that they say have significantly reduced retail theft over the past year. At a press conference, Mayor Daniel Lurie and others credited the drop in…...
Families touched by police-custody deaths support Marin family planning federal suit
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (236+ words) Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student…...
Santa Rosa police investigate 2 shootings over holiday weekend, reward offered
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (75+ words) Local News Matters Two shootings in Santa Rosa over the Labor Day holiday weekend were being investigated by the Santa Rosa Police Department, police said Monday. The first shooting took place at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday near Seventh Street and Humboldt Street…...
When you gotta go to jail: DIY toilet repair ends in assault conviction at Big Sur park
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (82+ words) Local News Matters A 69-year-old San Simeon man was convicted of assaulting a State Parks maintenance worker after he was asked to stop taking apart a toilet at a Big Sur state park, prosecutors said. David Carl Goad was found…...
Police drone helps find missing 10-year-old running near traffic in Redwood City
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (62+ words) Local News Matters A police drone helped officers locate a nonverbal child who had left his elementary school and was running in traffic, Redwood City police said Friday. The 10-year-old was found in the 600 block of Woodside Road about 11:10 a.m. Thursday,…...
Richmond officer wounded in shooting during welfare check released from hospital
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (150+ words) Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the…...