Teresa Drenick

At its March 31 meeting, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors reactivated the Disaster Relief Fund in response to the increasing needs of the county's residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.

McInnis was also charged with a second count of kidnapping for the purposes of sexual assault in connection to a later incident, but the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision on the charge.

During the event, the organizers educated the community about elder justice issues, advocated for seniors in long-term care facilities at their booth, and relaunched ACSSA's public service announcement film “Don’t Worry Mom” as part of their campaign.

On Tuesday, District Attorney of Alameda County Nancy O’Malley declined to charge a driver who ran over a person lying on the sidewalk during a protest near People's Park on Jan. 22, as first reported by Berkeleyside.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that mandates a statewide audit of all untested sexual assault evidence kits, commonly referred to as “rape kits.” Yet on the same day, he vetoed another bill that passed unanimously through the state Senate and Assembly, and would have mandated that rape kits be processed within 120 days.

Chapman was arrested in Oakland on suspicion of assaulting a man during a bar fight in Texas last year, as first reported by East Bay Express.

Dubbed the “Berkeley 5” by local activist group By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, Taylor Fuller, Scott Hedrick, Nathan Perry, Jeff Armstrong and Dustin Sawtelle are being brought to trial on charges of attacking Trump supporter Daniel Quillinan on March 4, 2017.

About 30 years ago, Berkeley City Council voted to make marijuana convictions a low priority for local law enforcement — the Berkeley Police Department, however, has issued more than 140 citations for marijuana law violations since 2013.

More than a year after the deadly "Ghost Ship" warehouse fire, defendants Derick Almena and Max Harris — each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter — plead not guilty at a hearing Tuesday morning.