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Emerald High in Dublin 1st new Alameda County high school in 50 years
DUBLIN, Calif. - Emerald High School in Dublin is a brand new campus that will welcome students on Tuesday for the first time. Emerald High is Alameda County's first public comprehensive school to be built in 50 years. That simply means that any district student can attend the school, regardless...
Oakland Roots will play at the Coliseum in 2025
Starting next year, Oaklanders can watch the Roots soccer team play games at the Coliseum, according to an announcement from the team’s leaders on Monday. The Roots have agreed to a lease with the city of Oakland and Alameda County to play its 2025 USL Championship season at the Coliseum. The team has played at Cal State East Bay in Hayward since 2023 after experiencing issues with the field turf at Laney College.
BOS OKs Greenville Road Grant
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors last week formally approved approximately $2.3 million in Altamont Landfill Open Space Committee (ALOSC) grant funding to help the city of Livermore buy 207 vacant acres for open space preservation in unincorporated parcels outside its boundaries. The board’s 3-0 vote Aug. 8 provided $1.3...
Judge: Man sentenced to prison for dragging Oakland baker to death during 2023 robbery
The man charged in the death of popular Oakland baker Jen Angel is headed to prison.On Friday, an Alameda County judge sentenced Ishmael Burch to seven years, as part of a plea bargain.The incident happened last year when Burch was driving a getaway car and an accomplice grabbed Angel's purse -- she tried to get it back, and was dragged some 50 feet. She died days later.RELATED: Friends of murdered Oakland baker call for alternatives to prison for alleged teen killerThe sentencing comes despite the wishes of Angel's family and friends, who sought a restorative justice framework for the now 20-year old.They issued a statement Friday saying, "We know that Jen would not want someone involved in her death, whether complicit or not, to waste away in prison for decades, and we take some comfort in knowing Ishmael has a chance to repair some of the harm he has caused." If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
New allegation of biased jury selection raised amid review of dozens of California death penalty cases
A California prosecutor whose office is reviewing dozens of death penalty convictions over allegations of decades-old racial bias said Wednesday that she is weighing whether to retry another case in which officials discovered more bias in the jury selection process. The 1991 murder conviction of Curtis Lee Ervin, 71, was...
New Allegation of Jury Bias Emerges in Review of California Death Penalty Cases
A California prosecutor said Wednesday that she is thinking about whether to retry another case where more bias was found in the jury selection process. The office is looking into dozens of death penalty sentences because of claims of racial bias that go back decades. This month, Curtis Lee Ervin’s 71st murder conviction was overturned […]
Criminally confused California
You know crime is out of control when someone like Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is willing to contradict himself and other elected Democrats to insert himself into local politics to try and fix the problem. Such is the case in Oakland, California. Newsom has interjected in Alameda County’s affairs on crime because crime in Oakland […]
North Oakland Community Charter School closes for 24-25 academic year
(KRON) — North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS) is officially no longer allowed to operate for the 2024-25 school year, ruled an Alameda County Superior Court judge who denied a motion for a preliminary injunction on Thursday. Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) Board of Education revoked NOCCS’ charter on June 5 due to the school […]
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