1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (396+ words) Two Oakland police officers were indicted last month for allegedly conspiring with a federal aviation official to fraudulently obtain pilot certifications. Brandon Mart and David Mac, both Oakland Police Department Air Support Unit helicopter pilots, allegedly conspired with a Federal…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (128+ words) Text messages claiming that recipients owe money for unpaid tickets are fake, the California Highway Patrol says. "Several people have reported getting suspicious texts from unknown numbers," the highway patrol's San Jose office said Tuesday on social media. The messages…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (269+ words) A former school principal in the East Bay was charged with multiple felonies alleging embezzlement and other financial crimes, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Former East Bay principal charged with alleged embezzlement, wage theft, tax evasion A…...

8+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (209+ words) Authorities said Monday they've returned the majority of a Pleasant Hill woman's life savings that were stolen in a cryptocurrency investment scheme nearly four years ago. In March 2022, the 70-year-old victim lost $350,000 in the scam, after an online suspect convinced…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) A close up shot of a pair of handcuffs on a table. A Contra Costa health care CEO who is being charged with alleged fraud was arrested in San Francisco while trying to board a flight to Africa, the U.S. Department…...