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New feature film puts focus on child trafficking crisis in California
SAN FRANCISCO -- A new feature film is drawing attention to a grim reality in America: child trafficking. City of Dreams depicts the harrowing story of a child kidnapped and sold to a sweatshop in California.Vanessa Russell, an anti-sex/labor-trafficking activist and founder of Hayward-based nonprofit Love Never Fails, says that child trafficking is a pervasive issue in California and across the nation."There's a lot of different ways that someone can be sold in our world, unfortunately. And this is happening to every age, race, gender and religion. It doesn't discriminate and, sadly, it's something that we really struggle with here...
Adoptive father, son arrested in connection with August homicide: police
(KRON) – The Hayward Police Department has arrested Shawn Moayer in the city’s tenth homicide of the year which occurred on Aug. 26. On the day of 36-year-old Hayward resident Matthew Beck’s death, police responded to the 22000 block of Santa Clara Street for a report of a shooting at 3:25 p.m. Beck was found […]
Single fly found in Fremont causes county-wide produce quarantine
A large swath of Alameda County is now under a quarantine for the invasive Mediterranean fruit fly after agriculture officials recently discovered one mated female in Fremont. The quarantine area is 71 square miles and defined by state Highway 84 in the north, the Alameda-Santa Clara county border in the south, the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in the west and on the east by Calaveras Creek.During the quarantine, produce grown in the area should stay in the area -- this applies to farmers, wholesalers, retailers and home gardeners, according to officials from the California Department of Food...
Time for reform? San Francisco has been working under same legislative rules for nearly 30 years
San Francisco has been working under the same legislative set of rules for the past nearly 30 years.We're talking about the city's charter that dictates how things operate. In order to build a better Bay Area, most anyone in city government will tell you it's time to reform the city charter."What we have at this point, I think, is kind of a mess," according to Supervisor Rafael Mandelman because of how the city's governance is structured, based, in part, on that charter.Here's how the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR, explains it."Who's in charge and who...
Oakland PD seeks help finding missing teen not seen for over 50 days
(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department is seeking help finding Josias Velasquez Colindres, 17, who police say has been missing for over 50 days. Velasquez Colindres was specifically last seen on July 14 in the 3500 block of East 16th Street. The teenager is described as a Latino male, standing 5 foot 2, with black […]
East Oakland high school sports stars boost community pride
East Oakland's Castlemont High School will be hosting an L.A. football team on Saturday. But before they compete against each other on the field, they teamed up on Friday for a day of service at nearby East Oakland Pride Elementary School. The kids were excited to see players like Castlemont's senior wide receiver Ellijah Washington, who accepted a full athletic football scholarship next year to attend and play for Oregon State. "You can go to Castlemont or you can go from anywhere else, as long as you got the right habits, the right mindset, and the right focus, you can achieve anything...
Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf faces more than $20K in fines for violating city election rules
Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is facing tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violations of city election laws.Schaaf, who is currently running for California State Treasurer is one of several people wrapped up in an investigation by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.MORE: Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announces run for CA state treasurer in 2026 electionA proposed settlement agreement lays out the allegations running from 2018 to 2022.Investigators say Schaaf secretly controlled campaign committees trying to defeat incumbent city councilmembers and a ballot measure.They say she failed to disclose her involvement which violates Oakland election rules.Ethics investigators recommended Schaaf pay more than $20,000 in fines.Schaaf's attorney says the mayor was acting on incorrect legal advice.He told ABC7 News in a statement, "Mayor Schaaf sincerely and reasonably believed she was following the law. Her actions were motivated by improving Oakland and helping its children."To read the full settlement agreement, click here. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
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