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20 arrests, 8 cars and 1 gun seized in Bay Area sideshow chase: CHP
(KRON) — The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Golden Gate Division Air Operations reported its CHP H-30 helicopter was called to assist with a large sideshow that started in Vallejo on Sunday night. A group of suspects led officers on separate car chases across the Bay Area, resulting in multiple arrests, officials confirmed. CHP said the […]
New police chief of California's safest big city a familiar face to rank-and-file officers
The San Jose City Council confirmed the appointment of acting Police Chief Paul Joseph as the department's permanent chief on Tuesday. Joseph, who has been serving as acting chief since March after former Chief Anthony Mata's retirement, will officially assume the role on Monday.
Facebook wouldn't remove hacker from Bay Area woman's account -- until she paid Meta for help
It's happened to yet another Bay Area viewer. An East Bay woman tried to log into her Facebook account only to find a hacker had taken control and was scamming her friends. Facebook and its parent company Meta provided no help to kick the scammer out -- that is, until she agreed to pay for their help.Facebook and Instagram users have long complained it's nearly impossible to recover stolen accounts. There's no customer service phone number to call. The online help pages send them in circles. This woman became so frustrated she marched down to Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park...
UPDATE: San Jose leaders approve embattled colleague’s excused absence
The San Jose City Council is formally excusing embattled Councilmember Omar Torres’ absence from an earlier meeting as he battles child sex abuse allegations — allowing Torres to dodge the public eye while holding onto his seat. Councilmember Bien Doan was the lone objection to the council’s Tuesday 8-1-2 vote, with Torres and Councilmember Dev... The post UPDATE: San Jose leaders approve embattled colleague’s excused absence appeared first on San José Spotlight.
Bay Area city's ban on roundabouts now being reconsidered by voters
In communities across the Bay Area, busy intersections have been turned into roundabouts. Proponents say they are safer and traffic flows more smoothly because of them. But in the small Sonoma County town of Cotati, the circular interchanges have become a political battleground that is once again being put before the voters.Cotati has stop lights, stop signs, all the normal traffic management devices. But one thing you won't find there is a roundabout -- and if you ask people on the street about it, the opinions vary 180 degrees."It appears to be fairly effective and I don't know, really, what the...
Incarcerated women get job training, clothes for reentry in 1st-of-its-kind Bay Area Goodwill store
Incarcerated women are getting real-world work experience while serving time behind bars.The Elmwood Correctional Campus in Milpitas has set up a first-of-its-kind Goodwill store to serve as a transformative program."I'm telling you from ground up, this place was empty - we set up the racks, we sorted clothes, we put them on hangers and then it went from there, it went from an empty room to a little store," Sinica, a Goodwill job trainee said.MORE: 'Our voice matters': San Quentin prisoners cast their ballots in mock electionThis store is organized and now run by incarcerated women, like 46-year-old Sinica.The first-of-its...
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