San Leandro’s Lenco Bearcat MedEvac on display at a community meeting in 2015. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILAs the threat of violent protests at U.C. Berkeley this year escalated, San Leandro Police allowed the university police to twice borrow its armored… Read More ›
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After protest, Berkeley mayor walks back calling Milo Yiannopolous ‘white nationalist," then kinda says it again
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, right, during a candidate forum last October. BERKELEYBerkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin has only been on the job over a month, but his first brush with national media attention may not have fared well. After a near… Read More ›
Quan, The Mayor Who Cracked Down On Occupy Oakland, Praises Mandela
Nelson and Winnie Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum in 1990. OAKLAND | ANALYSIS | The death of former South African President Nelson Mandela Thursday had a inextricable East Bay link. The U.S. support for his anti-apartheid reforms first ruminated in the Berkeley… Read More ›
Hancock Emphasizes Education Legislation, Gun Control
STATE SENATE//LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | State Sen. Loni Hancock delivered a total of 19 bills these past two months with a clear emphasis on education. However, Hancock’s most famous bill dealt with firearms and was introduced with State Senator Darrel Steinberg last month…. Read More ›