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Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired after referring to black people as ‘tokens’ in resurfaced note: reports
A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...
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CHP recovers more than 3,000 stolen cars, arrests nearly 2,000 suspects in Oakland
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced statistics from a year-long operation of increased California Highway Patrol efforts ...
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Block eliminates hundreds of jobs based in downtown Oakland
OAKLAND — Block, formerly known as Square ... job market ahead of Trump’s tariffs announcement Unions’ share of California construction jobs at record low Chevron slashes several hundred ...
Woman uses stolen identities in $330,000 unemployment scheme in California, feds say
A woman was sentenced in an unemployment fraud case in California, prosecutors said. /iStockphoto A California woman accused ...
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Truckers tell Ninth Circuit that California law unfairly bans independent contractor drivers
The state argues that trucking companies are just trying to get out of having to classify their workers at employees.
Five meerkat pups born at Oakland Zoo in California
There are five new meerkat pups at the Oakland Zoo in California. According to the zoo, mom Sandy gave birth last month but ...
California lawmakers want reform for women in prison facing ‘double punishment’
Female legislators proposed a slate of bills aimed at prison reform, including offering survivors of sexual violence ...