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Original Free Comic Book Day host announces Concord store closure
(KRON) – Every year on May 4, Flying Color Comics & Other Cool Stuff in Concord celebrates Free Comic Book Day – a day where, you guessed it, free comics are given out to the public. Flying Color Comics doesn't just celebrate Free Comic Book Day; the store's owner, Joe Field, also founded the first-ever […]
Students at Vallejo school shut down City Hall after permit for new campus denied
City Hall in Vallejo was shut down Wednesday afternoon, as students of a local charter school protested a recent decision to deny the school's permit for a new campus.Around 2:40 p.m., Vallejo officials sent a statement that City Hall would be shut down for the remainder of the business day.According to the city, protesters moved from the outside of the building to the public business area on the second floor, leading to the capacity of the building's public space being reached."The extremely loud environment has hindered staff and visitors' ability to conduct regular business," officials said. Officials at Elite Public...
East Bay Residents Charged with Organized Gang Conspiracy for Violent Bay Area Robberies
Four individuals from East Bay are facing charges after a federal grand jury indictment accused them of participating in an organized street gang conspiracy to commit a series of violent robberies across the Bay Area. According to U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, the group is linked to the Ghost Town gang of Oakland and carried out armed thefts amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars from local businesses.
Orinda residents hit hard by insurance companies deciding not to renew coverage
It's news that many California homeowners don't want to hear: Insurance companies have been pulling the plug on their homeowner's policy. But now California's largest home insurer announced it's not renewing roughly 30,000 policies in the state.According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Orinda is being impacted the most by State Farm. A loss of 1,700 policies is the most in any zip code statewide and more than half of State Farm policy holders in Orinda will lose their coverage.Tom Holland has lived in Orinda for 15 years. His home is tucked in the beautiful hillside where he takes daily walks with...
Bay Area honors Tobin Bolter, deputy killed in line of duty in Idaho
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Though hundreds of miles away, the East Bay community mourned on Tuesday a former police officer who died in the line of duty while serving as a sheriff's deputy in Idaho. A memorial service was held in Idaho to honor Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, who worked...
Hayward man who died in apparent drowning in Fremont creek identified
Multiple agencies in Alameda County on Tuesday evening attempted to at first save and then recover the body of a man who appeared to drown in a creek in Fremont, the Sheriff's Office said. East Bay Regional Parks District employees reported a 911 call describing a man in the creek near Third and I streets in the Niles district of the city of Fremont at about 5 p.m. The caller reported seeing the man attempting to cross the creek, but then struggling in the water, going under and then not resurfacing. Alameda County Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene, along...
SWAT officer among Vallejo police with DUI convictions
A Vallejo police officer on probation for a DUI conviction less than two years ago remains on the force as a member of the department’s SWAT team, an Open Vallejo investigation has found. Ofc. Seamus Lanham, 28, was convicted of driving with a blood alcohol content three times the...
Faculty rally on May Day in solidarity with Palestine, student encampments
About 200 community members gathered on Upper Sproul Plaza to attend a noon rally organized by Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, or FSJP, as part of national May Day demonstrations. The rally was hosted by UC Berkeley’s Free Palestine Encampment, which is now in its second week of...
Audit: Absent leadership, poor communication led to Oakland missing out on $15 million grant
New information about how the City of Oakland missed out on grant money last year intended to help fight retail crime. The failure led to Oakland missing out on potentially millions of dollars in funding.
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