Black Lives Matter

Repeated BLM sign vandalism highlights tension between communities of color

Police are investigating vandalism of a Palo Alto Black Lives Matter yard sign as a hate crime. The is the…

2 years ago

Walnut Creek City Council challengers shine light on police reform, social justice issues

Several Walnut Creek City Council candidate challengers in the Nov. 3 election were either motivated to run because of policing…

4 years ago

City won’t seek curfew violation charges against San Jose protesters

The city of San Jose will not pursue charges against those arrested for breaking a citywide curfew imposed May 31…

4 years ago

Probation union takes on systemic racism in San Jose rally

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez walked on stage but before she could speak, a group of young children shouted…

4 years ago

Church leaders condemn arson at The Way Church as act of racial terror

A day after a Black church in Berkeley put up a Black Lives Matter sign, someone tried to burn the…

4 years ago

Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting…

4 years ago

‘Agitators’ vandalize court house, police station after hundreds peacefully protest in Oakland for Black lives

Oakland police confirmed late Saturday evening that part of the group of protesters who marched through downtown Oakland hours before…

4 years ago

Palo Alto, Oakland rallies planned in solidarity with Portland protesters

Two rallies to support protesters in Portland, Oregon are planned Saturday in the Bay Area, one in Palo Alto near…

4 years ago

DA charges Martinez man with two firearm felonies for incident at mural

A 30-year-old Martinez man has been formally charged with two felonies in connection with allegedly waving a loaded firearm during…

4 years ago

Despite worries, Martinez BLM protest draws 1,000 in peaceful solidarity

"I think a lot of people are starting to wake up and even though this is a quiet little town,…

4 years ago

DA charges pair with hate crimes, vandalism for defacing Martinez BLM mural

Two Martinez residents face hate crime and vandalism charges as suspects in Saturday's defacing of a "Black Lives Matter" mural…

4 years ago

San Jose leaders ‘outraged’ after anonymous article outs racist police officers

City leaders along with San Jose's police chief and police union vowed to investigate Friday after retired and active officers…

4 years ago

Trump answers cries for justice with threats of fascism

Change, inevitable and constant, flows like a lazy river until the currents of history accelerate into rapids of sudden crises.

4 years ago

Marchers arrested after Carquinez Bridge protest extends into traffic lanes

Three people were arrested Friday after protesters in a Juneteenth Black Lives Matter "March Across the Carquinez Bridge" that originated…

4 years ago

Zakat Foundation shows ‘humane empathy and mercy’ with 35,000-pound food distribution

The Zakat Foundation of America will deliver roughly 35,000 pounds of fresh produce to a mosque in East Oakland this…

4 years ago

Juneteenth rallies mark 155 years of emancipation at height of Black Lives Matter movement

Several Juneteenth events in the works Friday around the region include a morning rally and march by labor unions at…

4 years ago

Car caravan ‘civic action’ shuts down westbound Bay Bridge

Protesters in vehicles stopped westbound traffic on the Bay Bridge Sunday. https://twitter.com/AmyTheFoote/status/1272326257355583488 According to witness accounts, police are walking along…

4 years ago

Voices of Black Lives Matter span communities, generations

Dozens of Bay Area protests decrying the police killing of George Floyd have been entirely peaceful.

4 years ago

Crowd gathers again in protest at Fremont Police Department

About 300 protesters are demonstrating peacefully in Fremont Thursday evening, a police spokeswoman said. Carrying signs, chanting and drumming, the…

4 years ago

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