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ICE arrest of Ukrainian woman at SFO captured on video
Video showing a Ukrainian woman being arrested by immigration agents at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday is drawing attention and raising questions about how the arrest was carried out.
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Senior tenants in Oakland file sweeping lawsuit alleging unsafe conditions, elder abuse
Nearly 70 current and former tenants of the Oakland Station apartments – all seniors or people with disabilities, or both – filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the building’s owners and managers of negligence, elder abuse, harassment and other civil violations.
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Newsom signs new law boosting oversight of state's troubled Next Gen 911 project
Responding to the new laws, the California Office of Emergency Services said it’s pleased to work with lawmakers to ensure public money is spent responsibly.
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San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to $395 million settlement with sex abuse survivors
The San Francisco Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million and implement a series of child protection and transparency reforms to settle hundreds of lawsuits brought by survivors who say they were sexually abused by clergy and other church employees as children. The agreement, announced Monday by plaintiffs’ attorneys and the Archdiocese, would resolve roughly 530 claims filed after California…
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After failed 911 calls, man's death may be linked to California's flawed upgrade
When Rickey Spivey Towner had a heart attack in his Coachella Valley home last September, his stepdaughter Megan Conner found him unconscious and called 911. But there was a problem: The equipment used to answer 911 calls at the Desert Hot Springs Police Department malfunctioned and Conner couldn’t connect with a dispatcher for more than two minutes, according to dispatch…
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Oakland seniors raise alarm over conditions at affordable housing complex
The Oakland Station was supposed to be a quiet and affordable home to live out their golden years. Instead, dozens of Oakland seniors say they’re living with roaches, garbage and unsafe conditions.
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Here's why California's $456M 911 upgrade went sideways: sources, records indicate
Newly released internal records show insiders on California’s troubled $456 million Next Generation 911 project lost confidence in the system’s chief architect years before he left the state agency overseeing the overhaul.
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Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE after US strikes
Less than a week after the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes against Iran in late February, a South Bay couple from Iran seeking asylum said Department of Homeland Security agents showed up at their apartment, detained the husband and questioned his pregnant wife about their ties to Iran’s government.
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Taxis, methadone patients, millions of tax dollars at center of Medi-Cal fraud investigation
At least two public agencies in Silicon Valley are investigating alleged fraud involving California’s Medi-Cal program.
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2nd bill aims to strengthen oversight of CA's ‘Next Gen 911' system after failures
A second bill is making its way through Sacramento to strengthen oversight of California’s troubled 9-1-1 upgrade. Assembly member Rhodesia Ransom (Tracy-D) has introduced AB 1805 after a series of news reports by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit uncovered call problems, project delays and major cost overruns with the state’s ‘Next Generation 9-1-1’ project.
