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In response to rising crime rates, Governor Newsom is sending over one hundred California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland.
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Five years ago, a group of activist went on a hunger strike after a series of fatal police shootings. They were called the Frisco Five and their goal was to force out the city's police chief.
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Your CallOn this edition of Your Call: Now that marijuana is legal in California, who will benefit? And how will racially biased drug laws change? Oakland’s equity…
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Your CallThe United States is more segregated than it was in the 1980s. Black and Latinx students are more likely to attend so-called majority-minority schools…
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Incidents of police misconduct here in the Bay Area and nationwide have fueled widespread public concern. That’s what inspired filmmaker Pete Nicks to…
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Your CallIn the new documentary The Force, an Oakland police officer tells new recruits, “I don’t want bad cops. Period. I don’t need them.” In the film, director…
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In the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, the San Francisco Police Department may be preventing injection drug users from getting clean needles. That could…
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Police reform is a polarizing issue.The Black Lives Matter movement wants an end to police brutality. Blue Lives Matter supporters say the rise in…
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Your CallHow is US Attorney General Jeff Sessions reshaping the Department of Justice and national policies? In a matter of months, Sessions has made his mark. He…
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The murder rate across Bay Area cities has risen in the last two years, reflecting national trends. But, when a homicide happens in the city of Richmond,…
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When William Scott was sworn in to lead San Francisco’s police department in January, he became a rare chief for the city —one hired from outside the…
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The City of San Jose, CA's Office of the Independent Police Auditor -- A Watchdog Department, Independent of the Police Department, for the Public's…