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"content": "\n\u003cp>Michael Perillo spent nearly two years insisting he was in jail for a murder he didn’t commit before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a> prosecutors dropped the charges and released him last week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, Perillo’s family and supporters say investigators charged and prosecuted him for the brutal 2024 death of Edson Perez on the streets of Oakland’s Chinatown based on faulty and insufficient evidence. In a press release the family says they are considering legal action. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s mother, Christy White, said the period of incarceration traumatized her 47-year-old son, who was unhoused and struggling with mental illness at the time of his arrest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I cannot tell you the relief that I had,” White said. “All the trauma that my son has gone through, and that he stuck with it, and I always knew he was innocent.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police arrested Perillo in September 2024, alleging that he was one of two people who chased Perez and then beat him to death with a bike and a mallet. Police told \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/09/11/oakland-man-charged-in-fatal-beating-where-bicycle-was-used-as-a-weapon/\">local news outlets\u003c/a> at the time that surveillance footage and eyewitnesses helped them identify Perillo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White shows a photo of her son Michael Perillo, at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. Perillo was released from jail last week, two years after he was charged with a murder in Oakland’s Chinatown. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s lawyer, Tamani Taylor, said the prosecution’s case rested largely on the testimony of one man, Earl Pratt. Pratt, who was a part of the same unhoused community as Perillo, identified him to police using stills from the surveillance video. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During a February preliminary hearing, Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Stevens noted Pratt was “all over the map,” as the witness went off on tangents and gave confusing answers on the stand, records show. Pratt also provided conflicting information when asked to identify photos from the crime. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To me, he made absolutely no sense at all, and he lacked all credibility,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor suggested that the same footage could have cleared Perillo: A man in completely different clothes from the attackers could be seen on a yellow bike, which Perillo was known to ride, minutes before and after the attack on nearby streets. Clothes found with Perillo at the time of his arrest also matched the outfit of the person on the yellow bike, Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Having joined the case in July after a previous lawyer declared a conflict of interest, Taylor said she pointed out these issues in a meeting with Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Edward Vieira-Ducey. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prosecutors in return offered Perillo a plea deal of felony assault and credit for time served, Taylor said, meaning his incarceration could end if he pleaded guilty to a less severe charge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It would only make sense for them to make that kind of offer if they had a clue that they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office repeated their offer numerous times, Taylor said, including on Aug. 31 — the day that both sides were in court to begin scheduling the trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor declined, and they dismissed the case the same day, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, district attorney’s offices are like a dog with a bone,” Taylor said. “Even if the bone is rotten and poisonous, they hang onto the bone because they don’t know anything else. … They’re still banking on getting something from an innocent person to wrap up a case.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was released from Santa Rita Jail that same night, two years and a day after Perez’s death. He went home with his parents to their home in Ione, in Amador County.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The first night he slept out on our patio; he just felt like he couldn’t be in a bedroom,” White said. “It made me really sad because he’s been traumatized. He wanted to be out and breathe fresh air.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White (left), Michael Perillo’s mother, and Brandon Owen (right), a friend of the family, pose for a portrait together at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White spoke to KQED on Perillo’s behalf, citing his mental illness challenges and recent hardships. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was assaulted numerous times while in jail. She recalled visiting him and seeing bruises and cuts around his face or blood coming out of his ear. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In June of 2025, he asked me to no longer come to visit him because I would sit there and cry the entire time because I saw what was happening to him physically,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Desperate for help, White reached out to Brandon Owen, a friend and Republican candidate for state Assembly with a law enforcement background as a game warden for the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As part of an independent investigation, Owen and two others traveled to Oakland in June 2026 to talk to people near the encampment where Perillo stayed. 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In a press release the family says they are considering legal action. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s mother, Christy White, said the period of incarceration traumatized her 47-year-old son, who was unhoused and struggling with mental illness at the time of his arrest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I cannot tell you the relief that I had,” White said. “All the trauma that my son has gone through, and that he stuck with it, and I always knew he was innocent.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police arrested Perillo in September 2024, alleging that he was one of two people who chased Perez and then beat him to death with a bike and a mallet. Police told \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/09/11/oakland-man-charged-in-fatal-beating-where-bicycle-was-used-as-a-weapon/\">local news outlets\u003c/a> at the time that surveillance footage and eyewitnesses helped them identify Perillo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White shows a photo of her son Michael Perillo, at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. Perillo was released from jail last week, two years after he was charged with a murder in Oakland’s Chinatown. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s lawyer, Tamani Taylor, said the prosecution’s case rested largely on the testimony of one man, Earl Pratt. Pratt, who was a part of the same unhoused community as Perillo, identified him to police using stills from the surveillance video. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During a February preliminary hearing, Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Stevens noted Pratt was “all over the map,” as the witness went off on tangents and gave confusing answers on the stand, records show. Pratt also provided conflicting information when asked to identify photos from the crime. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To me, he made absolutely no sense at all, and he lacked all credibility,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor suggested that the same footage could have cleared Perillo: A man in completely different clothes from the attackers could be seen on a yellow bike, which Perillo was known to ride, minutes before and after the attack on nearby streets. Clothes found with Perillo at the time of his arrest also matched the outfit of the person on the yellow bike, Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Having joined the case in July after a previous lawyer declared a conflict of interest, Taylor said she pointed out these issues in a meeting with Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Edward Vieira-Ducey. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prosecutors in return offered Perillo a plea deal of felony assault and credit for time served, Taylor said, meaning his incarceration could end if he pleaded guilty to a less severe charge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It would only make sense for them to make that kind of offer if they had a clue that they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office repeated their offer numerous times, Taylor said, including on Aug. 31 — the day that both sides were in court to begin scheduling the trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor declined, and they dismissed the case the same day, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, district attorney’s offices are like a dog with a bone,” Taylor said. “Even if the bone is rotten and poisonous, they hang onto the bone because they don’t know anything else. … They’re still banking on getting something from an innocent person to wrap up a case.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was released from Santa Rita Jail that same night, two years and a day after Perez’s death. He went home with his parents to their home in Ione, in Amador County.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The first night he slept out on our patio; he just felt like he couldn’t be in a bedroom,” White said. “It made me really sad because he’s been traumatized. He wanted to be out and breathe fresh air.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White (left), Michael Perillo’s mother, and Brandon Owen (right), a friend of the family, pose for a portrait together at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White spoke to KQED on Perillo’s behalf, citing his mental illness challenges and recent hardships. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was assaulted numerous times while in jail. She recalled visiting him and seeing bruises and cuts around his face or blood coming out of his ear. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In June of 2025, he asked me to no longer come to visit him because I would sit there and cry the entire time because I saw what was happening to him physically,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Desperate for help, White reached out to Brandon Owen, a friend and Republican candidate for state Assembly with a law enforcement background as a game warden for the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As part of an independent investigation, Owen and two others traveled to Oakland in June 2026 to talk to people near the encampment where Perillo stayed. Within three hours, they met and spoke with several residents, including Pratt, the key witness for the prosecution who had identified Perillo in the footage. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098299\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, California, on March 19, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a recorded interview reviewed by KQED, Owen showed Pratt pictures of people from security footage and asked him to identify them. Pratt complained that he couldn’t because of the quality of the images. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You can’t identify none of them,” Pratt says in the interview. “You can’t even see none of them.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One picture included Pratt himself, who was present on the night of the killing. When asked, Pratt denied that it was him in the photo. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I know this much: That man right there who was in court, right? Innocent,” Pratt said in the interview. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Owen said he and his fellow investigators brought the results of their search to the Oakland police officer who originally investigated Perez’s slaying. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Sgt. Kevin Godchaux was highly offended that we were present,” Owen said. “He was, in my opinion, disturbed that we were doing the investigation. … At one point he almost refused to take the information from us.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police did not respond to a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Police records shared in court show that police had another suspect in the killing: a man named Anthony Otenbriet, who was identified based on similarities between his motorcycle and one in security footage showing it being ridden by the person who attacked and chased Perez. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Otenbriet died in a motorcycle accident just five days after Perez died, according to police records. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether police have any other active suspects, or whether they plan to make any more arrests for the killing of Edson Perez. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both White and Taylor said they felt like Perillo was being prosecuted to bring closure to an otherwise unsolved murder. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think that they may have viewed him as an easy brownie point. ‘We’ll score, he’ll be convicted and go to prison,’” White said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her family’s experience has changed her “whole sense” of the criminal justice system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think any of us should be discarded,” she said. “And I was treated that way by the district attorney in the homicide unit in Oakland … They didn’t care. They made up their mind without all of the evidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(Oakland Department of Transportation)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> ”In a pretty short amount of time, those were very positive results,” said Josh Rowan, director of Oakland’s Department of Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s speed cameras began a two-month $0 warning period on Jan. 14, and began issuing citations on March 15. The cameras are the result of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab645\">2023 state law\u003c/a> that authorized Oakland and five other cities — including San Francisco, San Jose, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Glendale — to pilot the speed enforcement technology for a five-year period. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/speeding\">one-third\u003c/a> of all motor vehicle fatalities nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In March, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/one-year-speeding-down-79-speed-safety-camera-locations\">reported \u003c/a>an 80% drop in speeding at camera locations after one year of enforcement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the first four months of issuing citations, Oakland’s cameras have generated well more than double the amount that San Francisco did in its first four months, according to data on San Francisco’s citations \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/speeding-trend-cameras-22229083.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawTy7YFwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMVViZzREOE5qekg1U3JEMVJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeiRQLCkbO4VFuua0b2pxwx7R0xuuebuuhuQmjPUaUSEfjkyK8RuqpwMSd_p4_aem_zozoz2yB246vvz8dcFBuuA\">analyzed\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan said part of the reason for that is that many of Oakland’s streets are built in a way that encourages speeding.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ In Oakland we have a lot of local streets that are built to highway standards. They’re wide, straight and fast,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan’s theory is that Oakland is a “through” city: “that people use to get from point a to point b.” So his discovery that a majority of speeders have a registered address outside Oakland was an “aha” moment for him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My intuitive feeling has been that not all of our problems are us doing this to ourselves,” Rowan said. “Those not from Oakland, please don’t speed when you’re here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Speeders are the vast minority of all drivers in the city, according to Oakland’s progress report. Across all camera locations combined, violations were issued to approximately 1.5% of all vehicles that passed by each camera, meaning most drivers were traveling close to the speed limit, the report noted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan said speed cameras are proving to be a valuable tool in the short term, but the technology is also pushing the city to have conversations about redesigning Oakland’s streets to be safer in the long term. He mulled over the prospect of a long-term roundabout installation program to “really get into the type of safety projects that start making a real change over time.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under California law, automated speeding cameras issue $50 citations to anyone traveling 11 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, and the fine increases based on speed, with a maximum fine of $500 for a driver traveling more than 100 miles per hour over the speed limit. 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"content": "\u003cp>Several Oaklanders say that Behring Companies can position \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095308/developer-councilmember-say-proposed-oakland-data-center-isnt-what-you-might-think\">its proposed data center\u003c/a> as an outlier to the larger-scale facilities that’ve come under fire for high energy and water usage, but their feelings won’t change for the most part.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s largely because of distrust in the developer’s intentions and environmental impacts that centers have had on communities in other states. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Keep data centers out of Oakland,” said Bryan Ortega, 30, who has been an Oakland resident for years. “I don’t like data centers. I don’t agree with them.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The location of a proposed data center at 415 20th St. in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2026. Residents and workers cite the environmental concerns associated with the centers and distrust of developers as reasons for their opposition to the project. (Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Behring is in the early stages of what it calls an innovation hub on 20th Street that includes about 20,000 square feet dedicated to a data center. The project is a single piece in a four-building project that would provide housing, office space and parking. Its addition could help bring jobs to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075755/as-kaisers-presence-in-downtown-oakland-dwindles-so-does-foot-traffic\">the struggling downtown area\u003c/a>, according to the developer and Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ortega doesn’t buy it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intention is not good,” Ortega said. “I don’t think they’re opening data centers for any good reasons; it’s all capital gain.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ortega linked his opposition to other data centers popping up in the Bay Area that have drawn large pushback. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In some cases, like in Oakley, the plan has been stopped in its tracks. The developer of a project that included the possibility of a data center \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076074/oakley-drops-data-center-plans-approves-massive-industrial-project\">pulled that suggestion after residents rallied against it\u003c/a>. Soon after, Oakley council members \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-data-center-ban-22208938.php\">implemented the Bay Area’s first ban\u003c/a> on the centers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Party for Socialism and Liberation, which has been active in organizing against projects in Oakley and Pittsburg, is pushing for a similar ban in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group started a petition this week to call on the city council to ban all data centers in the city. Aditi Varshneya, an organizer with PSL who lives and works in Oakland, said the more than 3,500 signatures they’ve gathered show that residents don’t want a data center at all. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you ask most members of this community, they would want something that actually benefits our community in that space,” Varshneya said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Officials facing the possibility of a data center coming to their cities have usually opted to regulate the facilities instead of pursuing outright bans. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Several Oaklanders say that Behring Companies can position \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095308/developer-councilmember-say-proposed-oakland-data-center-isnt-what-you-might-think\">its proposed data center\u003c/a> as an outlier to the larger-scale facilities that’ve come under fire for high energy and water usage, but their feelings won’t change for the most part.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s largely because of distrust in the developer’s intentions and environmental impacts that centers have had on communities in other states. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Keep data centers out of Oakland,” said Bryan Ortega, 30, who has been an Oakland resident for years. “I don’t like data centers. I don’t agree with them.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The location of a proposed data center at 415 20th St. in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2026. Residents and workers cite the environmental concerns associated with the centers and distrust of developers as reasons for their opposition to the project. (Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Behring is in the early stages of what it calls an innovation hub on 20th Street that includes about 20,000 square feet dedicated to a data center. The project is a single piece in a four-building project that would provide housing, office space and parking. Its addition could help bring jobs to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075755/as-kaisers-presence-in-downtown-oakland-dwindles-so-does-foot-traffic\">the struggling downtown area\u003c/a>, according to the developer and Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ortega doesn’t buy it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intention is not good,” Ortega said. “I don’t think they’re opening data centers for any good reasons; it’s all capital gain.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ortega linked his opposition to other data centers popping up in the Bay Area that have drawn large pushback. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In some cases, like in Oakley, the plan has been stopped in its tracks. The developer of a project that included the possibility of a data center \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076074/oakley-drops-data-center-plans-approves-massive-industrial-project\">pulled that suggestion after residents rallied against it\u003c/a>. Soon after, Oakley council members \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-data-center-ban-22208938.php\">implemented the Bay Area’s first ban\u003c/a> on the centers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Party for Socialism and Liberation, which has been active in organizing against projects in Oakley and Pittsburg, is pushing for a similar ban in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group started a petition this week to call on the city council to ban all data centers in the city. Aditi Varshneya, an organizer with PSL who lives and works in Oakland, said the more than 3,500 signatures they’ve gathered show that residents don’t want a data center at all. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you ask most members of this community, they would want something that actually benefits our community in that space,” Varshneya said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Officials facing the possibility of a data center coming to their cities have usually opted to regulate the facilities instead of pursuing outright bans. Oakley’s ban is temporary, while Pittsburg and San Jose have instead suggested regulating proposed centers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fife, who represents downtown Oakland where the data center would be, said at a Friday press conference that she was working toward developing regulations on what responsible AI looks like. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colin Behring, CEO and founder of Behring Companies, addresses the media in front of 415 20th St. in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, as Councilmember Carroll Fife, to the right, listens in. (Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If part of the project in Oakland doesn’t happen, Behring Companies CEO Colin Behring said: “The whole picture falls apart.” Possibilities of high water and energy usage at the site, he said, are not a concern because newer technology for water cooling wouldn’t waste water and California produces plenty of energy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Areli Hernandez, an Oakland resident for about a decade, was alarmed to learn about the project. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“No, no,” Hernandez said about Behring’s reasoning behind the proposal not using large amounts of water or energy. “There should be something citizens of Oakland can sign to contest the data center.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most people who KQED spoke with in the city weren’t aware of the proposal. Instead, they mentioned data centers in other states or, less so, others in the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This issue of disclosure is a huge part of community concerns around data centers,” Varshneya said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Andrea Wash, who lives in Concord but works in Oakland, hadn’t heard of the proposal either. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In the suburban areas, it may be a better idea just because there’s more land, more area for development,” Wash, 38, said. “Here in Oakland, especially in this area, it is a bit more congested so I could see how that would pose a problem for a lot of the neighbors.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The council member said she’s working on an AI forum to ensure communities are aware of the impacts data centers could have on the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fife said Friday that the circulating petition and other similar ones often go out because some people are not clear on what is being proposed. That’s why she said more information is needed — for everyone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varshneya said PSL will continue to oppose the project while raising awareness about it in the community. On Friday at 7 p.m., the group will host an organizing meeting about the data center at the Oakland Liberation Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A proposed data center in downtown \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> is the latest artificial intelligence project to face backlash, but proponents say this one’s different. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Developer Behring Companies is planning to use a portion of an almost 83,000 square-foot 4-story building at 415 20th St. as a data center to complement a larger AI campus. About 20,000 square-foot would be used for the data center, according to Behring’s plans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The building \u003ca href=\"https://www.nersc.gov/news-and-events/news/berkeley-lab-dedicates-first-oakland-city-facility\">used to be a supercomputing complex\u003c/a> for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Behring Companies’ CEO Colin Behring says those operations are not different from what the project proposes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/OAK-Data-Center-Behring-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colin Behring, CEO and founder of Behring Companies, addresses the media in front of 415 20th St. in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, as Councilmember Carroll Fife, to the right, listens in. 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From \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076074/oakley-drops-data-center-plans-approves-massive-industrial-project\">Oakley \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093604/theyve-been-very-quiet-pittsburg-residents-seek-answers-as-data-center-sets-up-shop-in-city\">Pittsburg \u003c/a>in the East Bay to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914179/bay-area-communities-resist-data-center-boom\">Gilroy in Silicon Valley\u003c/a>, advocates have cited a range of environmental and aesthetic concerns with facilities planned in their communities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I wanted to be absolutely critically clear that this is not the large-scale mega-facility that people have expressed, and legitimately so, concerns,” Fife, who represents downtown Oakland where the project is proposed, said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The councilmember told reporters her goal is to revitalize the downtown area by bringing responsible development to the city, and that she’ll be communicating with Behring to keep an eye on the proposal and ensure the public is informed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opponents still aren’t so sure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Party for Socialism and Liberation has emerged as one of the project’s primary opponents, starting an online petition over concerns AI data centers “destroy jobs and the environment,” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As long as tech billionaires control AI, they’ll use the technology to raise profits by eliminating millions of jobs. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Unable to assist because of her own mobility issues, Kathy Vaquilar called 911 last summer when her husband fell in their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">Oakland apartment\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because there was no working elevator in their building, however, paramedics had to strap the 80-year-old Richard Johnson into something like a tarp to bring him down four flights of stairs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That elevator outage at La Peralta in downtown Oakland lasted 52 days, from June 28 to Aug. 18, 2025. In a complaint filed Aug. 11 against the building’s owners and operators, City Attorney Ryan Richardson notes that variations of Vaquilar and Johnson’s ordeal were experienced by many of the 93 residential units.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095132\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathy Vaquilar holds a photo of her deceased husband, Rich Johnson, at the La Peralta building where the couple lived, in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You have the situation where there are people with mobility issues that are on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of this building, and they didn’t have easy ways to take care of their basic needs, to go outside, to do their laundry, to take their trash out,” Richardson said. “And if there was an emergency, they were at the mercy of folks getting to them, as opposed to them being able to evacuate easily.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Filed in Alameda County Superior Court, the suit by the city attorney notes that La Peralta’s elevator problems were so pervasive that the Oakland Fire Department had to free tenants trapped in elevators 14 times between 2024 and 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the fire department called such frequency very uncommon. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Summer 2025 elevator outage was not an isolated incident at La Peralta; it is part of Defendants’ dangerous pattern of refusing to conduct regular maintenance of their elevators, causing repeated emergency rescue events,” the complaint states.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Richardson’s suit names as defendants 184 13th Street Associates, which owns La Peralta; the Mosser Companies, which runs it; and CEO Neveo Mosser. The Mosser Companies is one of Northern California’s largest housing providers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges that Neveo Mosser runs both of the named companies and used the corporate ownership structure to “insulate himself from the liabilities connected to his failure to provide habitable living conditions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mosser representatives did not return a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents said Mosser did not fix La Peralta’s broken passenger and freight elevators until it faced media attention and a city inquiry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The La Peralta building in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vaquilar, 68, noted in an interview that the elevator outage occurred while she was taking care of her gravely ill husband in what would be the last summer of his life. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was under a lot of stress, too,” Vaquilar said. “Because I had to work full-time and take care of him, as well. And I would come home at lunchtime and check on him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because of her own mobility issues, Vaquilar said every trip home meant an exhausting and sometimes painful climb up to her four flights of stairs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re carrying groceries or garbage or laundry, it’s just extra hard. I’d have to take breaks at each of the levels,” Vaquilar said, adding that she’d sometimes have to make multiple trips. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Johnson \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/elevator-not-working-5-weeks-oakland-apartment-building-tenants-turn-team/17444876/\">told ABC7\u003c/a> at the time that he felt trapped in his apartment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He died this past April.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think he would have gone out a lot more… and he needed to go out and get some sunshine,” Vaquilar said. “It definitely impacted his health.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Counting other habitability issues, the lawsuit alleges that Mosser failed to fix fire damage, structural damage and pest infestations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathy Vaquilar waits for the elevator at the La Peralta building, where she lives, in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Unable to assist because of her own mobility issues, Kathy Vaquilar called 911 last summer when her husband fell in their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">Oakland apartment\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because there was no working elevator in their building, however, paramedics had to strap the 80-year-old Richard Johnson into something like a tarp to bring him down four flights of stairs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That elevator outage at La Peralta in downtown Oakland lasted 52 days, from June 28 to Aug. 18, 2025. In a complaint filed Aug. 11 against the building’s owners and operators, City Attorney Ryan Richardson notes that variations of Vaquilar and Johnson’s ordeal were experienced by many of the 93 residential units.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095132\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathy Vaquilar holds a photo of her deceased husband, Rich Johnson, at the La Peralta building where the couple lived, in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You have the situation where there are people with mobility issues that are on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of this building, and they didn’t have easy ways to take care of their basic needs, to go outside, to do their laundry, to take their trash out,” Richardson said. “And if there was an emergency, they were at the mercy of folks getting to them, as opposed to them being able to evacuate easily.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Filed in Alameda County Superior Court, the suit by the city attorney notes that La Peralta’s elevator problems were so pervasive that the Oakland Fire Department had to free tenants trapped in elevators 14 times between 2024 and 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the fire department called such frequency very uncommon. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Summer 2025 elevator outage was not an isolated incident at La Peralta; it is part of Defendants’ dangerous pattern of refusing to conduct regular maintenance of their elevators, causing repeated emergency rescue events,” the complaint states.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Richardson’s suit names as defendants 184 13th Street Associates, which owns La Peralta; the Mosser Companies, which runs it; and CEO Neveo Mosser. The Mosser Companies is one of Northern California’s largest housing providers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges that Neveo Mosser runs both of the named companies and used the corporate ownership structure to “insulate himself from the liabilities connected to his failure to provide habitable living conditions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mosser representatives did not return a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents said Mosser did not fix La Peralta’s broken passenger and freight elevators until it faced media attention and a city inquiry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The La Peralta building in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vaquilar, 68, noted in an interview that the elevator outage occurred while she was taking care of her gravely ill husband in what would be the last summer of his life. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was under a lot of stress, too,” Vaquilar said. “Because I had to work full-time and take care of him, as well. And I would come home at lunchtime and check on him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because of her own mobility issues, Vaquilar said every trip home meant an exhausting and sometimes painful climb up to her four flights of stairs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re carrying groceries or garbage or laundry, it’s just extra hard. I’d have to take breaks at each of the levels,” Vaquilar said, adding that she’d sometimes have to make multiple trips. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Johnson \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/elevator-not-working-5-weeks-oakland-apartment-building-tenants-turn-team/17444876/\">told ABC7\u003c/a> at the time that he felt trapped in his apartment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He died this past April.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think he would have gone out a lot more… and he needed to go out and get some sunshine,” Vaquilar said. “It definitely impacted his health.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Counting other habitability issues, the lawsuit alleges that Mosser failed to fix fire damage, structural damage and pest infestations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-10-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathy Vaquilar waits for the elevator at the La Peralta building, where she lives, in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. The City of Oakland and tenants are suing La Peralta’s landlord, Mosser Living, over the unusable elevators. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland’s Elevator Maintenance Ordinance requires landlords to post a notice any time elevators are out of service and to estimate when they’ll be working again. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Repairs must be completed as soon as reasonably possible. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If elevators are out of service for more than 24 hours, landlords are required to pay to temporarily relocate any tenants who are severely impacted, including those with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Richardson said his office is seeking assurances that the elevators will be regularly maintained, that the other habitability issues will be addressed, and that Mosser will offer compensation for the tenants, including any who may have moved out because of the elevator problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We also want to make sure the tenants who were … fulfilling their side of the bargain and paying their rent this entire time, but didn’t receive a habitable, dignified place to live, that they get some restitution,” Richardson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vaquilar is among a group of La Peralta residents who are also pursuing their own lawsuit against Mosser. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095164\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-OAK-LANDLORD-SUIT-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panels that once displayed elevator-safety and maintenance credentials are now empty inside the elevator at the La Peralta building in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland Police released body camera footage from a fatal July 13 shooting of a man in the Fruitvale neighborhood on Wednesday, a month after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091598/after-third-opd-shooting-this-year-advocates-demand-body-cam-footage\">advocates demanded the department \u003c/a>make the video public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The release comes a month after OPD’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Police/Officer-Involved-Shooting-in-the-4000-block-of-International-Boulevard\">initial account\u003c/a> of the shooting, which said only that officers “located an armed individual” who “lunged at officers with a weapon.” The department did not describe the weapon publicly at the time, which activists criticized, calling for transparency around the use of force.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Police identified the man as José Ángel Castillo, 43. The department said that it is waiting on the Alameda County Coroner’s office to formally verify his identity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The footage shows what the department calls “homemade weapons”: two long poles with blades affixed to the ends, one in each of Castillo’s hands. The footage shows officers with their guns drawn following Castillo down an East Oakland street for roughly a minute, firing Tasers at him as he stood in a parking lot, then shooting him seconds later as he swung one of two bladed poles he was carrying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The videos do not capture every angle of the encounter, and CHP has not released footage from its officers, but OPD’s release offers more insight into the moments leading up to Castillo’s death. The videos can be publicly viewed \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandca.nextrequest.com/documents?folder_filter=26-0708_OIS\">here\u003c/a>, with a warning that they contain graphic content. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video footage\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The footage shows California Highway Patrol officers first encountering Castillo at a homeless encampment near 40th Avenue and International Boulevard after 2 p.m. He is holding a hammer and complies when officers tell him to drop it. Castillo then raises the two bladed poles toward the officers, one of whom points a gun at him. He then walks away from the encampment toward the street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Oakland officers arrive at East 12th Street and 41st Avenue, Castillo is still carrying both poles. Officers get out of their cars and order him to drop the weapons. He keeps walking. One officer can be heard telling him, “Just stop and talk to us.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo yells back, but most of what he says is difficult to make out.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12046794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department Vehicle in Oakland on July 1, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As Castillo walks up 41st Avenue toward International Boulevard, footage from a second officer’s camera and a nearby security camera shows two adults and a child walking past Castillo on the sidewalk. An officer waves them along. Roughly 20 seconds later, as Castillo continues walking toward International Boulevard on 41st Avenue, one of the officers says, “We are going to use force. Just stop.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo walks into a parking lot on 41st Avenue, connected to businesses on International Boulevard. Around five officers follow him at a walking pace. Tasers are deployed — an officer can be heard saying, “Hit him again,” before a second Taser is heard. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo swings one pole. Immediately, multiple gunshots follow, and he falls forward. One more shot is heard. In the footage, no officer appears to be within arm’s reach of him when he swings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A wider angle from the parking lot shows nine officers in view. Text on one video states that two officers fired their weapons. After a resuscitation attempt, Castillo died on scene.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officers who fired were placed on paid administrative leave. The department is conducting criminal and internal affairs investigations. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is also conducting an independent investigation, and the city’s civilian Community Police Review Agency has been notified. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>OPD told KQED the investigation remains ongoing and that no additional information is being provided at this time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The shooting is the third by Oakland officers this year and the second that was fatal, following an April 27 shooting in the 1800 block of 89th Avenue that left one dead, and a May 8 shooting near Ninth Avenue that wounded a man police said dragged one officer and pinned another against a parked car. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It also lands seven weeks before U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick is scheduled to decide whether to end more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085228/oakland-police-judge-clears-path-for-possible-end-to-federal-oversight\">two decades of federal oversight\u003c/a> of the department. 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One officer can be heard telling him, “Just stop and talk to us.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo yells back, but most of what he says is difficult to make out.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12046794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department Vehicle in Oakland on July 1, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As Castillo walks up 41st Avenue toward International Boulevard, footage from a second officer’s camera and a nearby security camera shows two adults and a child walking past Castillo on the sidewalk. An officer waves them along. Roughly 20 seconds later, as Castillo continues walking toward International Boulevard on 41st Avenue, one of the officers says, “We are going to use force. Just stop.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo walks into a parking lot on 41st Avenue, connected to businesses on International Boulevard. Around five officers follow him at a walking pace. Tasers are deployed — an officer can be heard saying, “Hit him again,” before a second Taser is heard. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Castillo swings one pole. Immediately, multiple gunshots follow, and he falls forward. One more shot is heard. In the footage, no officer appears to be within arm’s reach of him when he swings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A wider angle from the parking lot shows nine officers in view. Text on one video states that two officers fired their weapons. After a resuscitation attempt, Castillo died on scene.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officers who fired were placed on paid administrative leave. The department is conducting criminal and internal affairs investigations. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is also conducting an independent investigation, and the city’s civilian Community Police Review Agency has been notified. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>OPD told KQED the investigation remains ongoing and that no additional information is being provided at this time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The shooting is the third by Oakland officers this year and the second that was fatal, following an April 27 shooting in the 1800 block of 89th Avenue that left one dead, and a May 8 shooting near Ninth Avenue that wounded a man police said dragged one officer and pinned another against a parked car. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It also lands seven weeks before U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick is scheduled to decide whether to end more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085228/oakland-police-judge-clears-path-for-possible-end-to-federal-oversight\">two decades of federal oversight\u003c/a> of the department. Federal monitor Robert Warshaw found in a May 22 report that OPD had met all 51 court-ordered reforms for the first time, and Orrick has said he will close the case at a Sept. 29 hearing as long as the department stays in compliance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community response\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cat Brooks, co-founder and executive director of the Anti Police-Terror Project, questioned the role of CHP on the scene and said the man visible in the footage appeared to be in crisis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He needed help,” Brooks said. “He needed somebody that knows how to talk to people that are in elevated states of mental health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12017328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Oakland Police Department on Nov. 12, 2016. 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"content": "\u003cp>Alameda County supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to begin sending \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/reparations\">cash payments\u003c/a> to the last surviving homeowners forced out of Russell City, the unincorporated community dismantled by the county and the city of Hayward six decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The vote approved a memorandum of understanding with Hayward that sets up shared governance of a $1.3 million \u003ca href=\"https://reparations.alamedacountyca.gov/reparations-for-wrongfully-evicted-russell-city-residents-nbc-bay-area/\">redress fund\u003c/a>, seeded by all five supervisors, the city and the Alameda County Office of Education, to make amends to residents who had property seized during the 1960s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supervisors also authorized the county to issue a first round of payments of up to $25,000 per household. Russell City \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922175/remembering-russell-city-a-thriving-east-bay-town-razed-by-racist-government\">once stood on the Hayward shoreline\u003c/a>, south of the modern Hayward Regional Shoreline Park. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the 1960s, county authorities declared Russell City blighted and used eminent domain to acquire close to 700 parcels, displacing roughly 1,400 residents and converting the land into an industrial park annexed by Hayward in 1964. Today, nothing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051329/displaced-russell-city-residents-set-to-receive-cash-reparations\">the historic Black and Latino community\u003c/a> survives, except the name of the Calpine Russell City Energy Center, a natural gas power plant.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/IMG_2829-scaled-e1638419681640.jpg\" alt='A board reads, \"Russell City: The city may be gone, but the memories live on.\"' class=\"wp-image-11897865\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A board honoring the families that lived in Russell City is displayed during the annual Russell City reunion picnic at Kennedy Park in Hayward on Sept. 3, 2017. (Courtesy of Aisha Knowles)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Fifth Amendment allows the government to seize private property for public use and requires it to pay “just compensation” in return. Research by the city of Hayward found some Russell City homeowners received around $2,000 for their homes, and some as little as $250.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Founded in 1853, Russell City was named for a Gold Rush-era schoolteacher, Joel Russell. The neighborhood filled in as World War II drew workers to nearby factories. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a time when racial covenants and redlining shut Black and Latino families out elsewhere, unincorporated Russell City became one of the few places in the East Bay where they could buy property and build. Families kept sheep, chickens, pigs and rabbits, and tended gardens big enough to feed neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone wp-block-embed-megaphone\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4087576125&light=true\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Decades later, Hayward and Alameda County issued formal \u003ca href=\"https://www.hayward-ca.gov/discover/news/nov21/hayward-city-council-issues-formal-apology-citys-role-racial-discrimination-0\">apologies\u003c/a> to community members in 2021 and 2023, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Márquez, who represents Hayward, Newark, Union City and parts of Fremont, and who supported the reparations plan, said the vote moves the county toward action.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“No payment can fully repair the harm caused by the destruction of Russell City,” she said. “But these first redress payments represent an important step toward acknowledging that harm, honoring the resilience of former residents and advancing justice for their families.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Márquez’s voice broke as she explained why the first round goes only to the oldest survivors. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When families come together, we don’t ask elders to get in line,” she said. “They are served first.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Elisa-Marquez-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Elisa-Marquez-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Elisa-Marquez-Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Elisa-Marquez-Getty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Márquez speaks during a press conference in Hayward, California, on March 2, 2026. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://alamedacountyca.gov/board/bos_calendar/documents/RussellCMOU\">The first phase\u003c/a> of reparations is deliberately narrow. To qualify, an applicant must have both lived in and personally owned a home in Russell City between Jan. 1, 1961, and Dec. 31, 1964, and had that property taken by eminent domain during those years. Money is allocated by household rather than by person, and split evenly among qualifying residents of the same home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Márquez said the county is “not anticipating a large number this first round” because applicants must still be living and must have owned their home. Once those payments go out, she said, the working group will release criteria for a second phase that includes descendants, though that will require another board vote.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Several speakers pressed the board on how the money will be divided. Priscilla Figueroa, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hayward-ca.gov/your-government/staff/priscilla-figueroa\">Hayward resident\u003c/a> whose late husband’s family lived in Russell City, noted that $1.3 million divided by $25,000 covers only 52 households, and questioned how the county would determine who receives the full amount. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Deborah Harris, who grew up in Russell City with her parents, asked how the county will handle households where the original landowner has died, adding that “probably all of the original landowners are deceased at this point.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hayward Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountyca.gov/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_08_04_26/GENERAL%20ADMINISTRATION/Set%20Matter%20Calendar/Supervisor%20M%c3%a1rquez_409832.pdf\">Angela Andrews\u003c/a>, who spoke at the meeting on Hayward’s behalf, said the city’s 2021 apology was not enough on its own. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“An apology is nothing without action,” she said. She urged philanthropic partners, the real estate industry and the business community to contribute to the fund, saying they benefited from the displacement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley committed another $250,000, and Márquez said she would match it, which would bring the fund to $1.8 million. Both stressed the pledges are not binding yet and will have to return to the board, likely in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aisha Knowles, a Russell City descendant who chaired Hayward’s steering committee — and who produced a documentary on the community’s displacement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theapologyfilm.com/\">\u003cem>The Apology\u003c/em>\u003c/a> — asked the county to aim higher, arguing the fund should eventually match what Russell City land sold for. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She told supervisors her grandfather never recovered from the loss.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My grandfather did not live to be 50,” she said. “I am a year older than he was able to live and enjoy his life after Russell City.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She urged the board not to stop at phase one. “For those who are needing something to interrupt the trauma that they’ve held onto for the past 70 to 80 years, I encourage you to continue this work, and I thank you for staying in the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Priscilla Figueroa, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.hayward-ca.gov/your-government/staff/priscilla-figueroa\">Hayward resident\u003c/a> whose late husband’s family lived in Russell City, noted that $1.3 million divided by $25,000 covers only 52 households, and questioned how the county would determine who receives the full amount. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Deborah Harris, who grew up in Russell City with her parents, asked how the county will handle households where the original landowner has died, adding that “probably all of the original landowners are deceased at this point.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hayward Councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountyca.gov/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_08_04_26/GENERAL%20ADMINISTRATION/Set%20Matter%20Calendar/Supervisor%20M%c3%a1rquez_409832.pdf\">Angela Andrews\u003c/a>, who spoke at the meeting on Hayward’s behalf, said the city’s 2021 apology was not enough on its own. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“An apology is nothing without action,” she said. She urged philanthropic partners, the real estate industry and the business community to contribute to the fund, saying they benefited from the displacement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley committed another $250,000, and Márquez said she would match it, which would bring the fund to $1.8 million. Both stressed the pledges are not binding yet and will have to return to the board, likely in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aisha Knowles, a Russell City descendant who chaired Hayward’s steering committee — and who produced a documentary on the community’s displacement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theapologyfilm.com/\">\u003cem>The Apology\u003c/em>\u003c/a> — asked the county to aim higher, arguing the fund should eventually match what Russell City land sold for. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She told supervisors her grandfather never recovered from the loss.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My grandfather did not live to be 50,” she said. “I am a year older than he was able to live and enjoy his life after Russell City.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She urged the board not to stop at phase one. “For those who are needing something to interrupt the trauma that they’ve held onto for the past 70 to 80 years, I encourage you to continue this work, and I thank you for staying in the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>An initiative to establish the nation’s highest minimum wage in parts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a> will not make it onto the November ballot, after the county’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to further study its economic impact.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure, which would gradually raise the minimum wage in unincorporated areas and county buildings to $30 an hour, will now miss a deadline to go before voters on Nov. 3, even though proponents collected more than the 49,000 required voter signatures. Voters could still decide the proposal in March 2028 or sooner, if a special election is called. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the initiative by the Living Wage for All coalition, large employers with 100 or more employees and annual revenues exceeding $1 billion and janitorial firms would have until July 2030 to make the full jump. Smaller employers would have additional years to adjust.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Supervisor Nate Miley, whose district includes parts of Oakland and the unincorporated communities of Ashland and Castro Valley, called the board’s decision “the prudent thing to do.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to do anything that’s going to impact the quality of life in unincorporated areas without a study … so we can get all questions answered,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11989385\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/018_KQED_OaklandReparationsListeningSession_05282022_qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nate Miley of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors speaks during a California Reparations Listening Session at the California Ballroom in Oakland on May 28, 2022. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A full-time worker without dependents must make at least $32.31 to support themselves in Alameda County, according to the MIT Living Wage Calculator. The highest minimum wage countywide is the city of Emeryville’s $20.34 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low-income workers said they increasingly struggled to afford the basics in one of the country’s most expensive regions. But many local restaurant owners, retailers and other small business representatives urged supervisors to better understand the potential impacts of the proposed measure before sending it to voters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would respectfully ask that this board do its fiduciary responsibility to the voters, the workers, and the business owners of Alameda in seeking a full and well-regarded economic study as to the repercussions,” Scott Rodrick, a second-generation business owner, said during the 90-minute public comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supervisors Miley, David Haubert and Lena Tam directed county staff to bring back a report within a month examining the measure’s effects, including on jobs, consumer prices, and the county’s own finances. Supervisors Elisa Márquez and Nikki Fortunato Bas said they shared their colleagues’ concerns, but voted to approve placing the coalition’s petition on this year’s ballot — noting that they did not want to interfere with the will of voters.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The coalition followed our democratic processes, which is why the registrar is bringing this item forward to us,” Fortunato Bas said. “We should honor the will of those voters and place this on the ballot in November.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the lengthy and at times contentious meeting, Board President Haubert sparred with worker advocates in pink “Alameda County $30 living wage for all” T-shirts. He threatened to clear the room and at one point, called for a brief recess. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Micole Edwards, a single parent of three, was one in a long line of people telling supervisors that workers urgently need higher wages to continue living in the county.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Poverty simply says we don’t have enough,” Edwards said. “I have one child. Her father is dead due to poverty. I have another child. Her dad is incarcerated, facing 10 to life because of poverty.”\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“I really beg you, please push this forward now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Living Wage for All also submitted signatures for a similar measure in Oakland that has yet to be certified. The nationwide alliance pointed to a study by Movement Economics that suggested more than 182,000 workers in Alameda County — about one in five — would get a raise, while the number of jobs would grow, although the findings were questioned by small business owners at the meeting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Workers do not need another study to tell them that their wages are too low to afford groceries and rent,” the Alameda County Living Wage for All Steering Committee said in a statement. “Yesterday’s procedural vote will not prevent a living wage for all from reaching the ballot in Alameda County. It simply means voters will pass these critical reforms in the next election.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In recent years, California has tried to boost pay for struggling working people. 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"content": "\u003cp>Berkeley is one step closer to having protected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bike-lanes\">bicycle lanes\u003c/a> on Hopkins Street — an issue that has divided the city for years and has forced a reckoning on how the city approaches its ambitious climate goals.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After hours of public comment that dragged the meeting past midnight, City Council voted 7-2 to back a repavement plan for Hopkins that includes one-way bike lanes on each side of the busy street, which connects San Pablo Avenue to the Berkeley hills. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, whose district includes one part of Hopkins, championed the plan. At Tuesday’s meeting, she insisted that adding bike lanes will help calm car traffic in a street that has seen several dangerous accidents in the past decade. In 2017, 69-year-old Seon O’Neill was \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2017/05/01/longtime-activist-69-dies-north-berkeley-crash-police-say-driver-failed-yield\">hit and killed\u003c/a> at Hopkins and Monterey Avenue by a driver who did not stop. Since then, the city has recorded four severe injuries among pedestrians and cyclists along Hopkins.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The proposed safety treatments are not arbitrary,” Kesarwani said. “They are directly informed by where people have been killed and severely injured on this street.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All along Hopkins, there are potholes and cracked pavement. City officials have sought to repave Hopkins since 2018, but the process has stalled for years as neighborhood groups have pushed back against plans that include protected bike lanes. One of these groups, Friends of Hopkins, mobilized hundreds of residents to Tuesday’s meeting. Many argued that adding bike lanes on both sides of the street would create more problems than actually increase safety.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT20-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093031\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT20-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT20-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT20-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bicyclist rides past a salon displaying a sign protesting the Hopkins bike lane project on Hopkins Street on July 28, 2026, in Berkeley. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Donna DeDiemar, one of the leaders of the group, has lived near Hopkins for 50 years and told KQED that city officials prioritized the demands of cyclists over the needs of current residents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We knew we had facts and data on our side, and we simply could not overcome ideology,” she said. “How do you overcome people who have made a decision because it’s trendy to want that?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others who spoke up at Tuesday’s meeting said that the cyclists moving through the lane could potentially crash into cars backing out of their driveway, while others expressed concern that the concrete barriers protecting cyclists could interfere with garbage pickup. But the biggest worry for many was the possibility of over a hundred on-street parking spots disappearing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Hopkins is more than just another commercial corridor. 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It’s about what kind of a city we want to be and what we’re willing to do to live up to our professed priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" data-id=\"12093028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT11-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093028\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT11-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT11-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-BERKELEYSTREETFIGHT11-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs supporting bike lane construction are displayed outside of a home on Hopkins Street on July 28, 2026 in Berkeley. 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And the city’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/Berkeley%20Bicycle%20Plan%202026.pdf\">Bicycle Plan\u003c/a> included Hopkins in the list of streets that need improvements to bicycle safety.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Meeting our climate goals requires more than just transitioning to cleaner vehicles,” said Jacob Dadmun, a member of the local Sierra Club. “It requires creating communities where walking, bicycling, rolling and public transit are safe, convenient and attractive choices for everyday trips.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no plan yet for construction to begin — for now, city staff must seek community input as they begin designing a complete proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Robert Green’s eyewitness account was central to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Pierre Rushing’s\u003c/a> conviction for first-degree murder 15 years ago. But on Tuesday, Green testified in an Oakland courtroom that Rushing, now serving 50 years to life, was not the shooter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The moment came at the start of a four-day evidentiary hearing in Alameda County Superior Court reexamining the Oakland resident’s 2011 conviction for the murder of Dawyone Taylor.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rushing, now 37, has maintained his innocence since he was convicted at 22. His attorneys are asking the court to vacate the conviction, citing Green’s recantation and hundreds of pages of police reports they say prosecutors failed to turn over for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rushing entered the courtroom in a yellow jumpsuit with his fist raised, smiling at a gallery nearly full of supporters — roughly two dozen people, some of whom said they had themselves been wrongfully convicted and others who had never met him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At trial, prosecutors argued Rushing killed Taylor, 25, in Oakland in 2011 over the belief that Taylor had stolen his iPod. The case rested heavily on Green, who testified he saw Rushing get out of a car and fire a shot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-PierreRushing-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092907\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-PierreRushing-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-PierreRushing-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-PierreRushing-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The René C. Davidson Courthouse, part of the Alameda County Superior Court system, in Oakland on July 28, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Green’s account this week was different. Under questioning, he said Rushing was not the person he saw, and he had told police it was Rushing because officers indicated they already believed Rushing was involved. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During cross-examination, Green — who acknowledged he was using drugs around the time of the killing — admitted he had committed perjury at the original trial.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rushing’s attorneys pointed instead to a man they identified in court as Charles Dunn, known in the case by the nickname “C,” and alleged that he shot Taylor. The defense also called an investigator, identified in court as Mr. Fine, who was hired to locate Green and interview him in jail, and who helped persuade him to testify. Green is currently serving time in an unrelated case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jordan Grotzinger, Rushing’s lead attorney, has said the district attorney’s office produced 464 pages of police reports in 2024 that were never given to Rushing’s original defense.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2026/6/good-in-practice-episode-27\">podcast\u003c/a> from Grotzinger’s law firm, the attorney said the reports described Andre Morris, a man present the night of the killing, committing robberies shortly before and after Taylor’s death alongside “C,” and that details in them — the shooter holding a gun in his left hand, driving a gray or white pickup — matched what Green first told police in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rushing’s team argues the late disclosure violated the Brady rule, which requires prosecutors to share evidence favorable to the defense. The Alameda County District Attorney’s office said it would not comment on the ongoing case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside the courthouse, the hearing drew supporters who framed Rushing’s case as another example of convictions built on a single, shaky eyewitness testimony. Among them was Jamal Trulove, an organizer who was convicted of a 2007 San Francisco murder before an appeals court overturned the conviction and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11630235\">he was acquitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A federal jury later found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660586/jury-finds-san-francisco-police-officers-framed-a-man-for-murder\">police had fabricated evidence\u003c/a> and coerced the eyewitness against Trulove. The city later paid him \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11734209/san-francisco-to-pay-13-1-million-to-man-framed-by-police-for-murder\">a $13.1 million settlement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was convicted off of what one person said,” Trulove said. “Having one eyewitness to prove a fact in a murder case is a low burden to convict somebody for the rest of their life.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Watching Green recant, he said, brought back his own experience. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To really be in that courtroom and remember the feeling that I had of knowing that I was convicted for something I didn’t do,” he said. “Finally hearing the person that said that he did commit this crime, admit that he didn’t commit the crime. It was very emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Demora Henderson, who said he also had been wrongfully convicted in 2006 of murder in San Francisco, traveled to support Rushing after seeing his case on \u003cem>CNN\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m coming here to show solidarity and show the system that a lot of people [are] wrongfully incarcerated,” he said. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“All we do is have faith and hope in the process of us trying to regain our freedom and liberties back,” Henderson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lori Rothschild Ansaldi, a criminal justice reform advocate, said she has followed Rushing’s case since 2018 and teared up listening to Green. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to hear it when the truth finally comes out,” she said. “It’s profoundly sad when they get it wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The hearing is the first of four days, scheduled to run through the end of the week, and it is not clear when the judge will rule.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if the court finds in Rushing’s favor, a ruling to vacate a conviction does not automatically mean release; it can lead to a new trial or to the charges being dropped.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Finally, it feels like the tides are turning,” Trulove said. “The hope is that after these four days, the judge will … deem the 464 pages of evidence that the D.A.’s office didn’t turn over as a Brady violation and his case will be ultimately thrown out and vacated. 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Green is currently serving time in an unrelated case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jordan Grotzinger, Rushing’s lead attorney, has said the district attorney’s office produced 464 pages of police reports in 2024 that were never given to Rushing’s original defense.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2026/6/good-in-practice-episode-27\">podcast\u003c/a> from Grotzinger’s law firm, the attorney said the reports described Andre Morris, a man present the night of the killing, committing robberies shortly before and after Taylor’s death alongside “C,” and that details in them — the shooter holding a gun in his left hand, driving a gray or white pickup — matched what Green first told police in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rushing’s team argues the late disclosure violated the Brady rule, which requires prosecutors to share evidence favorable to the defense. The Alameda County District Attorney’s office said it would not comment on the ongoing case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside the courthouse, the hearing drew supporters who framed Rushing’s case as another example of convictions built on a single, shaky eyewitness testimony. Among them was Jamal Trulove, an organizer who was convicted of a 2007 San Francisco murder before an appeals court overturned the conviction and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11630235\">he was acquitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A federal jury later found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660586/jury-finds-san-francisco-police-officers-framed-a-man-for-murder\">police had fabricated evidence\u003c/a> and coerced the eyewitness against Trulove. The city later paid him \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11734209/san-francisco-to-pay-13-1-million-to-man-framed-by-police-for-murder\">a $13.1 million settlement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was convicted off of what one person said,” Trulove said. “Having one eyewitness to prove a fact in a murder case is a low burden to convict somebody for the rest of their life.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Watching Green recant, he said, brought back his own experience. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To really be in that courtroom and remember the feeling that I had of knowing that I was convicted for something I didn’t do,” he said. “Finally hearing the person that said that he did commit this crime, admit that he didn’t commit the crime. It was very emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Demora Henderson, who said he also had been wrongfully convicted in 2006 of murder in San Francisco, traveled to support Rushing after seeing his case on \u003cem>CNN\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m coming here to show solidarity and show the system that a lot of people [are] wrongfully incarcerated,” he said. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“All we do is have faith and hope in the process of us trying to regain our freedom and liberties back,” Henderson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lori Rothschild Ansaldi, a criminal justice reform advocate, said she has followed Rushing’s case since 2018 and teared up listening to Green. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to hear it when the truth finally comes out,” she said. “It’s profoundly sad when they get it wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The hearing is the first of four days, scheduled to run through the end of the week, and it is not clear when the judge will rule.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if the court finds in Rushing’s favor, a ruling to vacate a conviction does not automatically mean release; it can lead to a new trial or to the charges being dropped.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Finally, it feels like the tides are turning,” Trulove said. “The hope is that after these four days, the judge will … deem the 464 pages of evidence that the D.A.’s office didn’t turn over as a Brady violation and his case will be ultimately thrown out and vacated. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s possibly the hottest party of the weekend in \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>. But the cleanest? Don’t count on it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dozens of residents lined up their vehicles this morning for the revival of the “Bulky Block Party,” where Oaklanders can discard their large household items for free as the city battles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081003/illegal-dumping-is-a-big-problem-in-oakland-a-new-report-has-ideas-to-clean-up-the-mess\">a costly illegal dumping problem\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was a party in the loosest sense possible — music blaring from a speaker as drivers pulled in — that the city says gives residents a chance to get rid of items that might otherwise end up on neighborhood streets. The event was last held in 2024 as a monthly disposal, but this is the first of a series of “parties” that will happen quarterly through April 2027. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vehicles loaded with trash wait in line to enter the Bulky Block Party, run by Oakland Public Works, where residents can dispose of their bulk items for free at 7101 Edgewater Drive in Oakland on July 25, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mayor Barbara Lee was there. She told KQED the event was part of a number of strategies the city is enacting to manage its illegal dumping problem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I keep saying I want Oakland to be the cleanest, safest and greenest city in the country, and that’s about eradicating this,” Lee said. “This is outrageous what we see here in Oakland.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Alameda County Grand Jury \u003ca href=\"https://grandjury.acgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-2026-Alameda-County-Grand-Jury-Final-Report.pdf\">report \u003c/a>released this June criticized the city for the longstanding problem, finding that Oakland failed to inform residents about free bulky item disposal and that enforcement of illegal dumping had been “wholly inadequate.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00210_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092658\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00210_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00210_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00210_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Barbara Lee poses for a portrait at a Bulky Block Party, run by Oakland Public Works, at 7101 Edgewater Drive in Oakland on July 25, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cleaning up the trash \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081003/illegal-dumping-is-a-big-problem-in-oakland-a-new-report-has-ideas-to-clean-up-the-mess\">cost the city\u003c/a> about $14 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to a separate report from the city’s auditor in April. It found that a lot of the trash was from residents themselves, though outsiders do dump in the city as well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That same month, the city \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/oakland-doubling-fines-5000-deploying-drones-cracks-down-illegal-dumping-official-now-calling-crisis/18896091/\">doubled \u003c/a>its fines and approved the first step of a pilot program to use drones powered by artificial intelligence to track illegal dumping. Fines for third-time violators jumped to $5,000 and $1,500 for first-time violations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Those fines operate on an equity system that Lee said people can opt for community service instead of paying. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12081167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bags of trash on the ground on 48th Avenue and East 12th Street near an illegal dumping ground in Oakland on April 23, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The grand jury made several recommendations, including that the city require businesses to subscribe to a waste collection service, enact improved education campaigns to promote bulky item services and designate a single person to manage all illegal dumping efforts\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some residents say that economics are part of the reason for illegal dumping. Residential trash removal costs in Oakland are some of the highest in the Bay Area for household garbage bins, the Grand Jury noted. Monthly rates for a 32-gallon container for a single-family curbside collection cost $62.83, $110.31 for a 62-gallon container and $165.42 for 96-gallons. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Julia Velasco, an Oakland resident who rented a U-Haul to carry her garbage to the site, said the event was a good start. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of people that are taking advantage of this,” Velasco said. “I think there’s other factors that kind of make it difficult. Sometimes, maybe it’s not people from Oakland, maybe it’s just other people passing by and dumping stuff.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092657\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Velasco poses for a portrait in a U-Haul while she waits in line to enter the Bulky Block Party, run by Oakland Public Works, where residents can dispose of their bulk items for free at 7101 Edgewater Drive in Oakland on July 25, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s possibly the hottest party of the weekend in \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>. But the cleanest? Don’t count on it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dozens of residents lined up their vehicles this morning for the revival of the “Bulky Block Party,” where Oaklanders can discard their large household items for free as the city battles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081003/illegal-dumping-is-a-big-problem-in-oakland-a-new-report-has-ideas-to-clean-up-the-mess\">a costly illegal dumping problem\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was a party in the loosest sense possible — music blaring from a speaker as drivers pulled in — that the city says gives residents a chance to get rid of items that might otherwise end up on neighborhood streets. The event was last held in 2024 as a monthly disposal, but this is the first of a series of “parties” that will happen quarterly through April 2027. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00056_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vehicles loaded with trash wait in line to enter the Bulky Block Party, run by Oakland Public Works, where residents can dispose of their bulk items for free at 7101 Edgewater Drive in Oakland on July 25, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mayor Barbara Lee was there. She told KQED the event was part of a number of strategies the city is enacting to manage its illegal dumping problem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I keep saying I want Oakland to be the cleanest, safest and greenest city in the country, and that’s about eradicating this,” Lee said. “This is outrageous what we see here in Oakland.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cleaning up the trash \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081003/illegal-dumping-is-a-big-problem-in-oakland-a-new-report-has-ideas-to-clean-up-the-mess\">cost the city\u003c/a> about $14 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to a separate report from the city’s auditor in April. It found that a lot of the trash was from residents themselves, though outsiders do dump in the city as well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That same month, the city \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/oakland-doubling-fines-5000-deploying-drones-cracks-down-illegal-dumping-official-now-calling-crisis/18896091/\">doubled \u003c/a>its fines and approved the first step of a pilot program to use drones powered by artificial intelligence to track illegal dumping. Fines for third-time violators jumped to $5,000 and $1,500 for first-time violations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Those fines operate on an equity system that Lee said people can opt for community service instead of paying. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12081167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260423-OAKLANDILLEGALDUMP00086_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bags of trash on the ground on 48th Avenue and East 12th Street near an illegal dumping ground in Oakland on April 23, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The grand jury made several recommendations, including that the city require businesses to subscribe to a waste collection service, enact improved education campaigns to promote bulky item services and designate a single person to manage all illegal dumping efforts\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some residents say that economics are part of the reason for illegal dumping. Residential trash removal costs in Oakland are some of the highest in the Bay Area for household garbage bins, the Grand Jury noted. 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Sometimes, maybe it’s not people from Oakland, maybe it’s just other people passing by and dumping stuff.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092657\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260725-trashblockparty-00426_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Velasco poses for a portrait in a U-Haul while she waits in line to enter the Bulky Block Party, run by Oakland Public Works, where residents can dispose of their bulk items for free at 7101 Edgewater Drive in Oakland on July 25, 2026. 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