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Oakland officials consider future of police department's ShotSpotter program
On Tuesday evening, Oakland's Public Safety Committee met to consider whether to renew the contract for the city's 20-year-old ShotSpotter program. Police said it's a valuable tool for officer and public safety. Others say, in a time of massive budget deficits, it isn't worth the cost.Facing a $170 million deficit, Oakland is looking wherever it can to trim costs and that's putting the police department's ShotSpotter program in the crosshairs. The technology uses microphones mounted on poles and buildings in high-crime areas to detect the sound of gunfire. The noise is then triangulated to give a location within a couple...
"Air boss" is in control when Fleet Week airshow takes flight over SF
As jets roar over San Francisco during the Fleet Week airshow, one woman is tasked with conducting the show."During the show itself, sunglasses, a schedule, a radio and watch the sky," Donna Flynn told CBS News Bay Area. "Being at show center and being the boss, that's what it's all about for me."Once Flynn puts on her headset and readies her radio, she's better known as the "air boss.""Air boss is almost like the director of a play," Flynn explained. "You take all the different characters, and you put them together and you get them all to play from the...
FAAS Empty the Shelter Event This Saturday
The best things in life sometimes really are free! FAAS is thrilled to announce that this Saturday, October 12, is Free Adoption Day! It’s been a long time since we’ve done this, but we’ve got so many great dogs and cats who need homes that we decided now is the time!
Pro-Palestinian supporters stage walkout at UC Berkeley, met by counter-protesters
Hundreds of Justice for Palestine supporters, many of them faculty, staff and students of UC Berkeley, walked out of classrooms Tuesday afternoon in solidarity with Palestine.They gathered at Sproul Plaza wearing masks and unwilling to disclose their identities, like a tenured UC Berkeley faculty member."We have a lot of grievances against the university right now, and that's why I walked out," the faculty member said.Leslie Brinkley: "Did you walk out of an actual classroom you should be in?"Faculty member: "Yes, I did. I walked out of a class."Brinkley: "And do you fear repercussions because of that?"Faculty member: "Yes I do,...
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