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Advocates plead for safer streets at vigil for mother, daughter killed by taxi
Advocates again pleaded for safer streets during a somber vigil to honor a mother and daughter killed by a taxi driver earlier this month.Read More
Family demands answers for man’s death in Alameda police custody
Father and caretaker Mario Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody Monday morning and his family is demanding answers about the case from the Police Department. Events unfolded at about...Read More
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Mourners pay tribute to poet and legend
After more than a century of storied life, the legendary Lawrence Ferlinghetti died Monday at the age of 101 after a battle with interstitial lung disease, according to his...Read More
People to gather in vigil for Oscar Grant at BART Fruitvale station
A vigil is planned for Wednesday at the Fruitvale BART station to mark the 11th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III by a BART police officer....Read More
Local Rodney Reed supporters hold vigil, call for release
A vigil on behalf of Rodney Reed, a prisoner on death row in Texas who had been scheduled for execution on Wednesday, will be held from 5 to 6:30...Read More
Vigil outside Kaiser honors suicide victims denied mental health care
The message during a candlelight vigil held by Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians outside the health care giant’s downtown Oakland headquarters early Wednesday morning was quite clear: These patients...Read More
Drive-by shooting injures four at West Oakland vigil
Four people who were attending a vigil in West Oakland on Sunday night were wounded in a drive-by shooting.Read More
Activists rally for man killed by SFPD in Mission
Activists in San Francisco's Mission District Wednesday remembered the victim of an officer-involved shooting that occurred nearly two years ago as they simultaneously mourned the loss of another life...Read More
Richmond vigil to honor brutality victims
A prayer vigil and night walk will be held Friday evening in Richmond to call for an end of police brutality against minorities.Read More
Vigil Tuesday for Cal student slain in Bangladesh attacks
A vigil will be held Tuesday to honor the life of a University of California at Berkeley student and others slain in a terrorist attack in Bangladesh.Read More
Son suspected in retired teacher’s violent death
A woman who allegedly was killed by her son at her Fremont apartment last week was a retired teacher at American High School in Fremont.Read More
‘I heard gunshots, turned around and that was it’
More than 100 grieving people attended a candlelight vigil for artist Antonio Ramos Wednesday morning.Read More
Friday night vigil honors fallen San Jose police officer
A ceremony to honor San Jose police officer Michael Johnson is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Friday outside City Hall.Read More
Mission vigil honors police shooting victim
A small group of faith leaders, neighbors and friends held a vigil for Amilcar Perez-Lopez, shot and killed by police in the Mission last month.Read More
Man killed at shooting vigil identified
A man killed in a shooting on Friday night where a vigil for a 2009 murder victim was taking place has been identified.Read More
Fatal shooting breaks up Bay Point vigil
A man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting in Bay Point where a vigil for a 2009 murder victim was taking place on Friday night,...Read More