Bombardier opening new California rail-car assembly site
(Reuters) – Canada’s Bombardier is opening a new facility in California that will assemble rail cars for San Francisco’s rapid transit system by year’s end, and potentially serve other West…
Woman’s Video Of Police Aiming Guns At Kneeling Man Goes Viral
A woman in the Los Angeles area is being praised for filming police as they confronted a black man with their guns drawn while he knelt with his hands above…
Oscar Grant Mural Unveiled At Fruitvale BART Station 10 Years After He Was Killed
A mural paying homage to Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old black man who was killed by a white Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in 2009, was recently unveiled…
25 years after murders, OJ says ‘Life is fine’
Twenty-five years after the grisly killings that transformed him from Hall of Fame football hero to murder suspect, 71-year-old O.J. Simpson says he is happy and healthy living in Las…
Animal rights activist facing felonies in Jeff Bezos protest
A California animal rights activist can be freed from jail without bail pending her next court date on felony charges for approaching Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on a…
White Supremacists Keep Beating The Federal Government In Court
A federal judge this week cited the First Amendment in tossing criminal charges against three members of a neo-Nazi organization accused of conspiring to assault their ideological opponents, handing the…
Youth basketball coach gunned down in front of his home: Officials
Family and friends are mourning a youth basketball coach and father of two who was gunned down in front of his Southern California home. Claudell Walter, 38, was found shot…
Protester Grabs Microphone From Kamala Harris At San Francisco Event
A protester grabbed the microphone from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) after jumping onstage during an event Saturday in San Francisco where the 2020 presidential hopeful was speaking. Harris had been…
Woman taking photos dies in plunge off California waterfall
Authorities say a woman plunged to her death down a Northern California waterfall after she slipped and lost her footing while taking photos. The North Tahoe Fire Protection District said…
The Quasi-Conspiracy That Caused Oakland’s Deadly Ghost Ship Fire
On a Monday night in December 2016, hundreds of false flames flickered in the hands of the mourners on the northeastern end of Oakland’s Lake Merritt. They were huddled around…