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BERKELEY―A planned appearance on Wednesday, February 1, by Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor for the conservative website Breitbart, was canceled when ongoing protests on UC Berkeley’s campus turned violent. The protesters walked Berkeley's streets after police broke up the crowd that had gathered at the campus. Participants of the protests broke into several banks and businesses including a Chase bank and...

SAN LEANDRO―A 26-year-old man ran his girlfriend over with a car during a domestic violence dispute in San Leandro on Wednesday, February 1. The victim, whose name has not been disclosed to the public died from injuries sustained. The suspect, Kevin Velasco, was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence charges, and suspicion of murder said San Leandro Police...

WALNUT CREEK—A BB gun was fired at a vehicle on Interstate 680 in Contra Costa County on Thursday, February 2, the California Highway Patrol said.   The shooting occurred around 11:50 a.m. in the area of Highway 680 and Treat Boulevard. According to CHP officers, a BB gun was shot from a dark grey Dodge Charger with dark tinted windows and a...

BENICIA―A homeless man who was found in possession of a replica gun, in addition to drugs was arrested by authorities in Benicia on Wednesday, February 1, after a city employee reported the individual to authorities. The homeless man was sleeping in a parked boat on East Fifth Street located near the wastewater treatment plant . The employee noted that the man may...

UNITED STATES―Filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart who went missing during a dive off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, January 31 was found dead on Friday, February 3. Stewart, 37, vanished while diving near Islamorada in the Florida Keys, a chain of islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. He was retrieving an anchor when his dive partner collapsed...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Winter Spare The Air Alert which went into effect on Monday, January 30.  A winter spare the air alert is usually issued to bay area residents between the months of November to February. Cold winter temperatures combined with the stagnant particulate matter, traps smoke close to the ground. Particulate matter, like...

REDWOOD CITY—An East Palo Alto native pleaded not guilty to the murder of his girlfriend's 2 year-old daughter on Thursday, January 26. Adair Jeru Enriquez Zevallos, 25, was arrested after police responded to a report of a child, Leia Kiele Panduro, experiencing distress and having trouble breathing at an apartment located at 320 E. O'Keefe on November 27, 2016. Medical officials transported...

SAN FRANCISCO—Governor Jerry Brown will undergo further radiation treatment for prostate cancer in San Francisco, his office announced on Saturday, January 28. Brown, 78, will be treated by Dr. Eric Small, an oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. “Fortunately this is not extensive disease, can be readily treated with a short course of radiotherapy, and there are not...

SAN FRANCISCO—A day after President Donald Trump signed executive orders denying federal grants to "sanctuary cities,' San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee released statements reassuring the people of San Francisco to not 'live in fear.' The federal cuts can cost the city up to $1 billion, if implemented. San Francisco acquires its' 'sanctuary city' status owing to its assistance to its immigrant residents providing equal opportunity and...

CALIFORNIA—This season’s rainfall has pushed nearly half of California outside of drought conditions, according to a recent report. The United States Drought Monitor reported that California is about 49 percent drought-free, the highest percentage since April 2013. Just one year ago only five percent of the state was drought-free. “We’re finally seeing enough precipitation falling to make a significant dent. These...