ALAMEDA, Calif. – Three suspects were arrested after carjacking a woman who had her two small children in her vehicle on Wednesday afternoon in Alameda. The carjacking happened on Central Avenue not far from Broadway. The victims were approached in their white BMW by two subjects who ordered them out of the vehicle while a […]
(KRON) — Outraged by what she calls lenient plea deals for defendants connected to her late brother’s kidnapping and murder. On Wednesday, the victim’s sister pleaded for the judge in Alameda County Superior Court to reject the deals and send the cases to jury trials. 3 plead guilty to charges related to fatal Oakland residential […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — More changes are coming to the office of embattled Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. Chief Assistant DA Otis Bruce Junior has resigned, Price announced Tuesday. “I want to publicly thank former Chief Assistant DA Otis Bruce Junior for his tremendous role as a key figure on our transition team,” a […]
(KRON) — A woman was killed after a suspected DUI driver crashed into her car Sunday night, the San Leandro Police Department (SLPD) said. The crash happened around 11:14 p.m. at the intersection of E. 14th Street and 150th Avenue in San Leandro. The suspected DUI driver crashed into the victim’s car, which was broadsided, […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Commissioners voted to approve funding to complete a popular biking trail in northwest Albuquerque. The Alameda Drain Trail was first approved in 2016 and the latest phase will connect the trail from Alameda to Paseo Del Norte. Bernalillo County Commissioners discuss next steps in replacing county manager Tuesday night, county […]
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said all of the California county’s death penalty cases are under review after a member of her office found evidence that prosecutors in a 30-year-old case had excluded Black and Jewish people from the jury. “When you intentionally exclude people based on their race, their religion, their gender or […]
Reality Check is a Sacramento Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. A California state agency is paying $2.26 million to Sacramento and Alameda counties to settle a lawsuit that alleges underground leaking storage tanks. Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho and Alameda […]
(KRON) — Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price went on the record to apologize for “a poorly developed and untested technological infrastructure” her new administration inherited in 2023, the DA’s press release stated on Friday. Oakland Police Commission officially submits finalists for police chief Upon taking office in January 2023, Price tasked her chief of administration […]