Activists, including Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board commissioner Dominique Walker, were arrested and cited Tuesday after disrupting the Board of Supervisors meeting.
Alameda County
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Alameda County will distribute 500 tents to homeless people impacted by the storms
One hundred tents were allocated to North Alameda County, which includes Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville.
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Memorial honors the hundreds of unhoused people who died in Alameda County this year
A new effort to track every local homeless death has found that unhoused people are five times likelier than others to die.
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Man found dead at People’s Park
An Alameda County sheriff sergeant said the coroner’s office responded after getting a call Friday afternoon.
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How Yesenia Sanchez toppled incumbent Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern
Sanchez, a sheriff’s commander, won 52% of the vote, clinching the primary and sending Ahern into retirement.
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Who’s backing candidates for sheriff, district attorney, and other races?
With Alameda County’s June 7 primary election approaching, we followed the money.
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Meet the candidates running for Alameda County sheriff
Yesenia Sanchez and JoAnn Walker are challenging incumbent Gregory Ahern to oversee the county’s largest law enforcement agency.
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Meet the 4 candidates running for Alameda County district attorney
Pamela Price, Seth Steward, Terry Wiley and Jimmie Wilson want to succeed Nancy O’Malley as the county’s top prosecutor.
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Meet the Berkeley rep running unopposed on the Alameda County Board of Education
Joaquín Rivera has been on the ACOE board since 2010, and said this will be his last term.
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Meet the two candidates running for Alameda County superintendent
Incumbent L.K. Monroe and challenger Alysse Castro spoke about school funding, pandemic recovery, and the financial challenges facing local school districts.
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A quick guide to the Alameda County District Attorney election
Four candidates are running for DA in the June 7 primary to fill the seat of Nancy O’Malley, who is retiring. Here are the basics.
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For the first time in over 30 years, there’s a real race for Alameda County sheriff
Why Berkeley residents should care about the county’s top seat, and who’s running. And what does the county sheriff do, anyway?