Top Story - Cops and Courts
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Oakland is a city of hills and waterfront, plenty of sunshine and mild weather as well as a vibrant cultural and political history. Yet for all that, Oakland is often best known for its crime problem. Just ask...
Criminal Justice Conversations
In Episode #7, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon discusses putting ethics at the forefront of police training, what he learned from Chief Bill Bratton’s leadership style, his battles with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration issues, the consequences of overcriminalization in...
Criminal Justice Conversations
In Episode #6, Senator Mark Leno, Chair of the California Senate Public Safety Committee, discusses politicians' fear of being labeled "soft on crime," his community corrections bill, the need for a state sentencing commission, the importance of trauma recovery centers for victims of violence, and...
OPINION: Community Correspondent
A month ago, I was out of town and wasn’t following local news. It was weeks later that I finally read in detail about the killing of Jinghong Kang on the 1900-block of Webster Street in Oakland on July 18.
Déjà vu all over again, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, the legendary New York Yankee...
KALW Investigates
Last month, California paid Jaycee Lee Dugard a 20 million dollar settlement for failing to supervise convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido. While Garrido was on parole for a 1977 kidnapping and rape conviction, he kidnapped Dugard as a child and held her captive for 18 years until she and her two...
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