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Oakland police launch investigation after fentanyl death of top prosecutor’s estranged husband
Terrell Hegler, husband of top state prosecutor Venus Johnson, was found dead by the CEO of the prominent nonprofit where ...
Sheng Thao considered using Oakland’s funds for consultant owed money by campaign, new docs suggest
Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...
Vallejo Times Herald8d
Docs seized by feds reveal inner workings of ex-Mayor Sheng Thao’s orbit
OAKLAND — Long before the ... thousands of city records seized last year by federal prosecutors and made publicly available this week. The documents alone do not corroborate the criminal ...
Man arrested in shooting at house of potential Oakland corruption probe witness
Hermelindo Olber Ramosramos, 25, was taken into custody in East Oakland, about a week after Alameda County prosecutors ...
Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired after referring to black people as ‘tokens’ in resurfaced note: reports
A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...
KALW3d
Oakland Mayor fires chief of staff
The Oakland mayor’s chief of staff was fired yesterday following the media release of a handwritten note that contained a ...
East Bay Times25d
Man charged with shooting up house of potential Oakland corruption probe witness, but why remains unclear
the father-and-son owners of California Waste Solutions with conspiracy and other federal offenses. Armed robbery in ...
KTVU FOX 2 on MSN4d
Interim mayor fires Oakland chief of staff
Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins fires Oakland Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson. OAKLAND, Calif. - Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins ...