Jurors heard secret recordings Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. Prosecutors believe the recordings help prove that David and Andy Duong, the father-and-son co-defendants, were part of a bribery and corruption scheme involving Thao and…
An FBI agent is expected to return to the stand Friday in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The defense is expected to begin its cross-examination of FBI Special Agent Kathrine Barclay in federal court in Oakland.
An ethics tip is at the center of testimony Thursday as the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao continues in Oakland. Thao, her longtime partner Andre Jones and businessmen David and Andy Duong are accused of conspiracy,…
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government's effort is relying on data that is…
A construction company and three project supervisors were charged in the death of an employee who was crushed when a trench collapsed in San Francisco in 2023, the district attorney's office said Monday. Romero worked for D'Arcy & Harty Construction Inc. and…
An elderly couple accused in the killing of their son-in-law in Dublin last month pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait. Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang, both 77, allegedly shot their son-in-law,…
Testimony in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is scheduled to resume Monday morning. Thao is on trial on allegations she offered future contracts with a waste recycling company in exchange that the men behind that company…
An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials said Tuesday was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company's technology. The employee, identified as a 35-year-old Saudi…
A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected a plan from the Diocese of Oakland that would resolve nearly 350 sexual abuse claims and chart a path out of Chapter 11. Plaintiffs’ attorneys celebrated the decision after nearly every survivor with a pending claim…
Police said they are investigating a report of what appears to be a hand grenade that was discovered in the water at Cooley Landing. East Palo Alto police said the person who found the item removed it from the water…
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