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6-year-old boy who just started first grade beaten to death with ‘large piece of raw lumber’ by babysitting barber because he peed his pants at park: Cops
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People are evacuating as a wildfire burns near Tahoe
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Bay Area teen wins USA Mullet Championship with his 'West Coast wave' hairdo
A Bay Area teen can now call himself "Mullet Champ."That's Mason Padilla from Fremont.He won the teen contest in the 2024 USA Mullet Championship, which celebrates the best mullets across the country.MORE: How a Mountain View High School student inspired medical hair loss legislationMason has been growing out his hair for four years.He plans to donate his mullet -- which he calls the "West Coast wave" -- to Wigs for Kids at some point in the future.Mason won a championship belt, a GoPro camera, and a $1,000 cash prize. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
Oakland’s 911 dispatch center gets first upgrade in 20 years
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — The City of Oakland announced the first completed upgrade to its 911 dispatch in 20 years. Inside Oakland’s 911 call center, dispatchers are using new computer software while responding to emergency calls. It’s an upgrade Mayor Sheng Thao said will increase pickup call times. According to Mayor Thao, the city’s goal […]
OPD faces continuing federal oversight pending a judge's decision
After 21 years, five mayors and 15 police chiefs, the federal judge overseeing the Oakland Police Department says more work still needs to be done to reform the department. Back in 2022, a judge placed the department on a one-year probationary period that led then Chief LeRonne Armstrong to tout the progress and reforms that had been made at the time. Less than a year later, Armstrong was fired by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. She maintained she fired Armstrong after a report detailing the chief's actions in connection with a hit-and-run collision involving a police sergeant and the alleged obstruction of the investigation....
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