I am considerably more concerned regarding more widespread flood risk (& possibly wind damage in some spots as well) with new #AtmosphericRiver on Mon-Tue than with past Fri event. This will be more dynamic, as well as very moist. YouTube &/or blog update Sun/Mon. #CAwx #CAwater
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In Ventura tonight, lines at the grocery store were so long I worried people were hoarding again. But really it was bc no one could stop talking about the weather…
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Santa Cruz mountains snow near Saratoga gap this morning. #CaWx @NWSBayArea @RobMayeda
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I found the statue.
More details coming.
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A statue in San Jose vanished out of thin air.
It’s the second time thieves have snatched it.
Read this wild tale of a bewildering caper. Stupendous photos by @daisugano.
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Who was responsible for the "deplorable" living conditions at Half Moon Bay farms? San Mateo County officials deflect after mass shootings reveal lack of running water, kitchens at sites of last week's shooting
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#NEW: The preliminary hearing for Daniel Stith, aka Danny from Sobrante, raised questions about his mental state around the time he allegedly shot and killed Reuben Lewis III in front of about 100 kids at an Oakland football practice:
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'We are not trying to scare you.' In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths
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#NEW: Days before Dana Rivers’ triple murder trial is to start, prosecutors filed court papers calling her an “enforcer” for an all-female biker gang bent on revenge:
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#NEW: During the investigation of a woman who was lured to the Oakland hills and fatally shot, police found a link to the Father's Day 2021 mass shooting in Richmond as well as a homicide in Stockton:
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#NEW: We dug into the history of Wesley Brownlee, the Bay Area native arrested on suspicion of 6 homicides in Stockton and Oakland. When he was 16 his brother was fatally shot within a mile of where one of his alleged victims was gunned down 27 years later
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There's a lot more to Wesley Brownlee's background than the handful of drug arrests everybody has been reporting on so far:
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We're witnessing a truly unbelievable scene inside the City Council Chambers where angry Angelenos won't allow the meeting to start until and leave the room. Meanwhile sits alone as other members speak with the two. latimes.com/california/sto
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Surveillance video has been released from last week's school shooting in #Oakland. bayareane.ws/3fzVA3f
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This Contra Costa judge's use of the Racial Justice Act in throwing out murder convictions is one of the highest-profile applications of a law authored by South Bay Asm. two years ago, and which was given retroactive reach Friday by the governor
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#NEW: A judge has thrown out two murder convictions after ruling prosecutors and police violated the Racial Justice Act and inflamed implicit bias of jurors by using the n-word when quoting rap lyrics in trial, and repeating certain slang terms: mercurynews.com/2022/10/04/con
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Things I learned the hard way:
-PJ means presiding judge, not the judge's first name
-It's "opening statements" not arguments, you can't argue (remember My Cousin Vinny)
-"heat of passion" is a legal term with a specific definition, not to be used to describe person's emotion
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Wild (cow milking) story from : “For years, some Alameda County residents have criticized how rodeo animals are treated, accusing the sport’s participants of cruelly deriving entertainment from what amounts to torture.”
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We've confirmed that Nicholas Shipilov is another of the 8 Antioch officers under investigation. He was among the four officers involved in the death of Angelo Quinto, who went unconscious after officers restrained him in 2020:
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Lot of attention today focused on SW flank of #MosquitoFire near Foresthill, but eastern flank is also very active today. With upcoming period of SW winds--perhaps getting pretty strong over weekend--there is *possibility* it could run upslope toward Tahoe Basin. #CAwx #CAfire
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#NEW: A federal grand jury has begun subpoenaing witnesses to investigate alleged crimes by East Contra Costa police officers, including a K9 officer whose dog bit at least 22 people over three years:
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New exclusive: FBI criminal investigation of Antioch, Pittsburg cops grows; grand jury convening
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Sophia Mason case: Family files legal claim against Alameda County with horrifying new details of alleged child abuse, neglect of the Hayward 8-year-old
“My grandfather came out here from Mississippi in the ‘20s,” said Alonzo Greene, pastor of the 100-year-old Mt. Shasta Baptist Church. “He got here and went to work at the mill, and went back, got his brothers and other family to come out here and work in the mill.”
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Two people died in the #MillFire in Weed, CA, the Siskiyou County sheriff just said. The fire also leveled a historically important Black community founded during the Great Migration mercurynews.com/2022/09/04/its
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#NEW: DA drops police obstruction charge against Antioch Councilwoman Tamisha Torres-Walker and unrelated charges against her sons. She says it's proof her family was targeted by law enforcement and is contemplating a lawsuit:
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ICYMI: LA might be the country’s car capital, but now more people ride subways, buses, and trains in LA vs the Bay Area. It’s a huge trend reversal with lasting implications. Read more to see why it matters —> mercurynews.com/2022/08/28/the
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California may consider banning police from legally lying to kids during interrogations.
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Here's my latest for @TheImprintNews on a proposed CA bill making its way through the Legislature that would ban police from lying to kids during interrogations: imprintnews.org/justice/juveni
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.'s office sent a scathing letter accusing Oakland of shirking its responsibility to clear the massive Wood Street encampment, and threatening to withhold state funding that had been promised for the camp.
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In Alameda County, caseworkers routinely fail to investigate reports of child abuse and neglect within 10 days, the legally required time frame.
And thousands of complaints of abuse and neglect are deemed to need no response at all.
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The county health officer who led the effort behind America’s first lockdowns will be deposed on Thursday in a Covid-related lawsuit.
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A 25-year-old woman from Vacaville has been charged with allegedly setting 10 fires in a single day in Los Altos Hills.
... In the middle of a severe drought & California's fire season.
mercurynews.com/2022/08/03/los via
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