Crime and Public Safety
A federal indictment unsealed Friday, Jan. 17, alleges that Oakland’s former Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime romantic partner ...
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, 3 others facing federal bribery charges: FBI
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three others have been indicted by a federal jury following a corruption investigation, the FBI and US Attorney's Office announced Friday. The federal charges ...
Recalled Oakland mayor indicted on federal corruption charges
Sheng Thao, the former recalled mayor of Oakland, California, faces corruption charges related to her boyfriend and two ...
Bribery charges against Oakland recycling kingpins put Bay Area contracts in spotlight
Three decades after David Duong won his first recycling collection contract in Oakland, the trash tycoon appeared in federal court, charged along with his son with giving former Mayor Sheng Thao and ...
‘Let them rest in peace': 200 bronze vases stolen from Lafayette cemetery
A Lafayette cemetery has fallen victim to thieves coming and stealing bronze vases from gravesites. Oakland Memorial Park's ...
DOJ report found Phoenix PD supervisor violated rights. He claims he hasn’t read it
The Phoenix police lieutenant who ran the city’s controversial protest response team claimed that he has never read the ...
1 in custody as Riverside police investigate homicide
Riverside police are investigating a homicide after responding to a shooting Friday afternoon on Opperman Avenue. Officers were called to a house in the 4700 block just before 3 p.m., said Riverside ...