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ANTIOCH In an effort to meet requirements in a deal between the city and U.S. Department of Justice, two members of the Antioch Police Oversight Commission were added Tuesday to the oversight body. The Antioch City Council unanimously voted to reappoint Porshe Taylor, the commission's former chairperson, to a three-year term that expires in 2028. Her previous term ended in November 2025. The council also approved the appointment of Josiah Ben-Oni Graham to fill a partial-term vacancy that expires in November.

Recent campaign finance reports show Mahan has raised more than $2 million, though he has touted raising a total of $7 million so far on social media. Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and YCombinator CEO Garry Tan are among the Silicon Valley elite who maxed out their legally-allowed contributions - $78,400 each - into Mahan's governor campaign in January. David Baszucki, the billionaire CEO of the gaming platform Roblox, and his wife Jan gave a combined $156,800 to Mahan's campaign, records show.

Two ads among the many aired during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast didn't sell beer, cars, fast food or cell phone services; rather they were opening salvos of what could be one of the year's most expensive ballot measure duels. One spot denounced personal injury attorneys who promise justice for victims of accidents and assaults but take big chunks of settlements and judgments.

Nine people have died inside L.A. County jails so far this year, an alarming number for the Sheriff's Department as it continues to face a lawsuit from the state over the conditions in local lockups. Sheriff's Department officials said they are continuing to make changes, hoping to reduce the number of in-custody deaths and care for an inmate population that is increasingly struggling with medical and mental health issues.

Another day in California, another fatal "accident" taking the lives of innocent Californians whose only misfortune was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This latest incident of driver negligence occurred in Westwood, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 5. The crash is strikingly similar to the one in Burlingame last summer, where a 19-year-old motorist killed 4-year-old Ayden Fang and sent a 6-year-old girl standing beside him on the sidewalk outside a downtown restaurant to Stanford Hospital.

During their intervention, they observed the student concealing an item in the waistband area. The site safety staff identified the item as a firearm, safely removed it, and immediately secured it away from other students and staff. No students or staff were injured during this incident. Vallejo Police officers retrieved the loaded, unregistered firearm from the school staff and rendered it safe.

The shower activity is going to continue throughout the day, National Weather Service meteorologist Lamont Bain said. As it pertains to thunderstorm risk, there's probably a 10-to-15 percent chance. There is a lot of instability between the upper low pressure and the lower air. That upper low is going to spin out there and not move much, and that's why the rain showers are going to be scattered throughout the day and why the best chances for thunder are out over the ocean.

San Jose is home to one of three surviving Japantowns in the country. The other remaining Japanese communities are also in California cities: San Francisco and Los Angeles. Japanese immigrants came to San Jose in the late 1890s in search of farm work, originally settling in Chinatown before establishing their own cultural community in the region.

Agustin Calderon, 43, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and a gun enhancement in the Dec. 16, 2023 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Eric Azevedo, in Antioch. Calderon was formally sentenced in October and is housed at Pleasant Valley State Prison, records show. Prosecutors dropped a murder count as part of the plea deal, records show.

At approximately 12:45 p.m., that day, officers were notified of a student in possession of a firearm on the campus. Upon arrival, officers learned that the school's site safety staff had already intervened, separated the firearm from the student, and secured the student in a classroom. Officers detained the student without incident and conducted a safety search, confirming that no additional weapons were present.

The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. at Highway 1 and Terrance Avenue, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a new release. Medical personnel rushed the teen to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. An initial investigation indicated the teen was riding the motorcycle at a high rate of speed on the highway shoulder when he collided with the truck, the sheriff's office said.

They had met on the Jewish dating app J-Swipe in 2017, citing a lack of third spaces to meet people. After Dani misinterpreted a typo Ziv sent her, the two went on a date. We went on our first date because she had to prove me wrong, Ziv Wolkowicki said. They hadn't even visited Los Gatos before booking their wedding venue in the town in 2022. But after visiting a one or two times, the couple bought a house in town.

George Fazio and Ed Furgol had long, versatile careers. But they may be among the lesser-remembered winners of professional golf tournaments on the Monterey Peninsula. Fazio was also a renowned course designer who incorporated cloverleaves and butterfly shapes into bunkers. Furgol won the 1954 U.S. Open and played with a left arm 10 inches shorter than his right arm. RELATED:Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Travis Kelce, along with elite pro field expected for 79th tournament

Sen. Bernie Sanders will formally launch a campaign next week to place a one-time 5% tax on the assets of California's billionaires. Supporters argue it's essential to prevent millions of the state's most vulnerable residents from losing access to healthcare because of federal funding cut; opponents warn it will drive wealthy entrepreneurs to flee the state and stifle innovation. Gov. Gavin Newsom, despite Sanders' popularity in California, joins opponents warning the tax would damage the state's competitive edge.

I am new to the East Bay Times branch of Bay Area news. God bless it. You cover local news. You inform us of state news. You pull strong, relevant pieces from the Los Angeles Times and other papers. You still have comics. The op-ed by Mark Barabak should be read by all. I taught at California community colleges for 40 years and used good journalism as writing models, points of discussion and assignments.

A youth coach who led Santa Rosa High School cross country and track teams for nearly three decades is facing shocking allegations that he possessed more than 1,000 computer files of child sexual abuse material. Douglas Courtemarche, 78, is charged with one felony count of possessing child porn, according to a Jan. 16 criminal complaint filed by the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office. Courtemarche made his first court appearance on Jan. 22 and was granted pretrial release.

Seven vehicles were involved in two pileups that occurred in a five-minute period Monday on the Golden Gate Bridge, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crashes happened at about 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes, CHP Officer Arthur Tellez said. One crash involved four vehicles and the other three. No injuries were reported. The crashes are under investigation. Police suspect unsafe speeds were involved in both incidents. The crashes blocked traffic lanes for about 30 minutes.

The Long Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Jux founder Robert Williams: Fearless Depictions, a survey exhibition featuring 57 paintings spanning from 2001 to the present, along with two large-scale sculptures by the iconic Southern California artist. Robert Williams ' epic, cartoon-inspired history paintings draw deeply from American vernacular culture and its visual slang, using concrete, relatable, and often absurd imagery to deliver sharp social commentary.

Dozens of well-wishers turned the S.S. Red Oak Victory, a floating World War II museum in Richmond's historic Kaiser Shipyard, into a party on Jan. 31, celebrating the 100 years of life lived by Jeanne Gibson and Marian Sousa. They popped bottles of sparkling wine, swapped stories and heaped the kind of praise that Gibson remarked is usually reserved for funerals onto the women, even with Sousa missing from the festivities as she recovered from a back injury.

"I started hearing, 'pop, pop, pop up,'" Juratovac said. "I heard around four or five shots. All of a sudden, I saw a lot of commotion happening outside."

Police said that as officers were responding, casino security staff advised dispatchers that the man was physically resisting and they were attempting to handcuff him. When officers got to the casino, they found that security officers had already detained the man and had handcuffed him. Authorities have not said how many security officers were involved or why the man had been previously banned.

Owned and operated by AVX Networks, the project will extend high-capacity submarine fiber connectivity originating from Huntington Beach in Orange County, delivering reliable broadband access to approximately 3,700 to 4,400 year-round residents across roughly 1,200 housing units on Catalina Island, where a significant portion of the population identifies as Hispanic or Latino. The new infrastructure will enable expanded telework, telehealth, and educational access, helping residents overcome geographic isolation while supporting workforce mobility and long-term economic participation.

Local nonprofit For The People presents a free special screening of Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution, a gripping inside look at how incarcerated men risk everything to expose injustice-using footage captured behind prison walls. The screening will be followed by a conversation with justice leaders focused on solutions. Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.

A former LAPD officer was able to fly in and out of the country several times and live freely in Southern California for more than a year despite an active warrant for his arrest in the 2015 killing of a homeless man, according to his defense attorney and L.A. County prosecutors leading his pending murder case. A grand jury indicted Clifford Proctor, 60, in September 2024, after the district attorney's office reopened an investigation into the shooting death of Brendon Glenn.