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Mehserle Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter
LOS ANGELES (KCBS) A Los Angeles jury on Thursday afternoon found former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter with enhancement of a gun, which will carry a sentence...
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Disappointment Over Mehserle Verdict Resounds
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)- Protestors and Oscar Grant’s family and friends aren’t the only ones who think the jury’s involuntary manslaughter conviction was the wrong one. Oakland officials are critical...
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Bay Area Officers Step Up Efforts To End Human Trafficking
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Law enforcement officials in the Bay Area are looking to put every available resource possible towards ending human trafficking and exploitation, which has been likened to modern day...
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DA Says Oakland’s Pot-Growing Plan May Hit Legal Snag
OAKLAND (AP) — The city of Oakland’s plan to license four medical marijuana production and processing plants might be snuffed out before it starts. The Oakland Tribune reports that the Alameda County...
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Berkeley Reconsiders Plan To License, Tax Marijuana Farms
BERKELEY (AP) — Berkeley city officials are rethinking a voter-approved plan to license and tax six urban medical marijuana farms. Mayor Tom Bates says that Alameda County District Attorney Nancy...
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Alameda Co. DA Promotes Alternative To Questionable Loan Modification Offers
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Underwater homeowners frantic to hold onto their homes have become a tempting target for scam artists offering loan modification help at a hefty price. Someone struggling to pay a...
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Prosecutors Gather In Oakland To Combat Child Sex Trafficking
OAKLAND (KCBS) — In a city that’s constantly battling child sex exploitation, hundreds of West Coast law enforcement prosecutors and service providers are gathering in Oakland this week to compare...
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Alameda County May Reduce Charges To Avoid Mandatory Deportations
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – A new policy in Alameda County is instructing prosecutors to consider filing lesser criminal charges for some legal immigrants in an effort to avoid mandatory deportation. The...
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Bay Area DA’s Offices Outsource To Collect Big From Bad Check Writers
PLEASANTON (CBS 5) – Bouncing a check has never been a good thing to do, and in a strange twist of irony where people are writing few and fewer of them—the penalty for writing a bad one might be...
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AC Transit Bus Burn Victim Home For Holiday After Hospital Stay
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Luke “Sasha” Fleischman, the 18-year-old victim who was set on fire aboard an AC Transit bus earlier this month, was released from the hospital Wednesday just in time for Thanksgiving....
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Child Sex Trafficking Targeted In New Campaign On Oakland Billboards
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Billboards and posters bearing the faces of former child sex trafficking victims and the stories of how they escaped a life of sexual exploitation will be popping up around Oakland...
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Backlog Of Untested Rape Kits Prompts Proposal From East Bay Lawmaker
OAKLAND (KCBS)— An unknown number of rape kits are sitting untested in crime labs throughout California, sometimes taking months or even years to process. To help rape victims get justice, a lawmaker...
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Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $500,000 To Settle Prescription Claim After Undercover...
(CBS SF) — The Rite Aid pharmacy chain has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle allegations that it failed to fully comply with rules about consulting with customers in California who receive new...
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Alameda County Teams With FBI In Hopes Of Processing Backlog Of DNA Rape Kits...
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Alameda County’s District Attorney is now working with the FBI on a pilot project to process and review DNA rape kits more rapidly. With the help of private labs, the goal is to reduce...
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Alameda County DA Unveils Billboard Campaign Against Child Sex Trafficking
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley launched a public awareness campaign Friday that’s aimed at confronting what she described as an epidemic of human trafficking and the...
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Criminal Investigation Launched Into Deadly Berkeley Balcony Collapse
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said Thursday that her office will be conducting a criminal investigation into the balcony collapse in downtown Berkeley last week...
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Balcony In Berkeley That Collapsed Had Passed Inspection Less Than A Year Ago
BERKLEY (KCBS) — The fifth floor Berkeley apartment balcony that gave way, killing six and injuring seven others, had passed an inspection less than a year ago. New documents released by the city show...
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Alameda Co. DA Drops Charges Against ‘Black Friday 14’ Protesters
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The Alameda County District Attorney has dropped charges against 14 Black Lives Matter protesters who disrupted BART service on the day after Thanksgiving in 2014. District Attorney...
View ArticleMariska Hargitay Fights To End U.S. Backlog Of Untested Rape Kits
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — She plays a tough detective on the show Law & Order SVU, but on Friday, actress Mariska Hargitay took a stand for real-life rape victims on Capitol Hill in an emotional...
View ArticleAlameda County DA O’Malley Appears To Win Re-Election
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley appears to have fended off a challenge from civil rights attorney Pamela Price in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial election...
View ArticleTarget Pays $7.4 Million To Settle California Hazardous Waste Suit
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Retail store giant Target Corp. has agreed to pay $7.4 million to settle allegations that it violated a 2011 stipulated judgment regarding the company’s handling and disposal of...
View ArticleFashion Nova Settles Consumer Suit With California Prosecutors; $250K Going...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley and four other county prosecutors in the state reached a $1.75 million settlement with fast-fashion retailer Fashion Nova Inc. late...
View ArticleUPDATE: Alameda County DA Declines To Charge Oakland Chinatown Storeowner Who...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Alameda County District Attorney on Tuesday announced that charges would not be filed against the Oakland Chinatown liquor store owner who fired shots at suspects during an...
View ArticleLong-Serving Alameda County District Attorney O’Malley Won’t Seek Fourth Term
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The office of Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley on Tuesday announced she would not seek re-election for a fourth term. O’Malley has served in district attorney office...
View ArticleVeteran Alameda County DA ‘Dismayed’ Over Federal Judge’s Assault Weapons Ban...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Veteran District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who is wrapping up her 37-year career as a prosecutor, lashed out Monday at a federal judge’s decision to strike down California’s ban on...
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