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Officer Sean Aranas confronts Jesse
October 24, 2019

After years of pressure, controversial Berkeley campus cop retires

Many of Berkeley’s homeless residents and civil rights advocates still question why the university appeared to stand by Officer Sean Aranas for so long despite years of complaints against him.

Berkeley Copwatch co-founder Andrea Pritchett
September 24, 2019

Can Berkeley fix its police oversight?

When Berkeley formed its Police Review Commission in 1973, it was a leader in citizen oversight of the police. A ballot measure supported by…

Sacramento police place a spit mask on a 12-year-old boy restrained on his stomach during an arrest on April 28, 2019. Still from Sacramento police body camera video.
August 12, 2019

Justified by myth, spit hoods can kill

Despite that they’ve been linked to in-custody deaths, police departments often don’t have a written policy governing when and how spit masks should be used. The justification for their use is at times fraught with misinformation and perpetuates stigma about the spread of infectious disease.

June 19, 2018

Did race play a role in a Willard school incident?

A March incident at Willard Middle School involving a white man attacking a Black student — and the Berkeley police’s handling of the incident — has concerned faculty and staff as well as witnesses of the incident.

Residents line up to speak at a meeting to discuss possible housing constructed at the North Berkeley BART station. Photo by Scott Morris.
March 21, 2018

Housing for North Berkeley BART?

BART and city leaders recently took the first steps toward a mixed-use housing development on the station’s parking lots, but there’s still a long road ahead.

January 11, 2018

Rape report data from Berkeley, Concord and Oakland police departments

In my latest story for Oakland Magazine, I report that three East Bay police departments — in Berkeley, Concord and Oakland — have some…

September 15, 2017

Right-Wing Speaking Event at UC Berkeley Draws Protest

There was intense security on the UC Berkeley campus for a protest at a speaking event by right-wing author and political commentator Ben Shapiro….

September 13, 2017

Tia Katrina Taruc Canlas holds domestic abusers accountable

Tia Katrina Taruc Canlas thought she had a strong case. Her client, Ellena Bondesson, was nine months pregnant when police found her in 2012,…

November 7, 2016

All Polling Locations in San Francisco and Alameda County

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  • Jessica Bailey, who is unhoused, poses at Wood St, where she currently lives, with a sign she brought to the protest outside of Mayor Libby Schaaf's home on Monday. Her sign criticizes Operation Dignity, the non-profit who has contracted with the city of Oakland to run the Tuff Shed site that Baily lived in for over three months. Photo by Zack Haber.Housing justice advocates, homeless people protest at Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home
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    April 7, 2020
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  • Officer Sean Aranas confronts Jesse After years of pressure, controversial Berkeley campus cop retires
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    September 24, 2019
  • U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during her first campaign rally outside Oakland City Hall on Jan. 27. Harris announced she is running for President of the United States on Jan. 21.Kamala Harris, for which people?
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