The city of Fortuna has settled in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against two city police officers relating to the 2012 fatal shooting of 26-year-old Jacob Newmaker. The city has agreed to pay $900,000 to Newmaker’s parents, Jerry Newmaker and Susan Olesen, in exchange for the wrongful death and excessive force charges being dismissed, […]
Tenants want 4 residents added to the housing complex’s board of directors By Ken Epstein About 100 tenants of Sojourner Truth Manor, joined by community supporters and local political leaders, packed into the lobby of one of the buildings of the nonprofit senior citizens’ complex in North Oakland last Friday to meet with their landlords
Kaplan’s proposal to use funds for vital safety needs passes Board unanimously By Kimberly Jones, City of Oakland Media Office The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority (OACCA) voted unanimously to adopt Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s proposal to adopt a resolution assigning the budget surplus to the City of Oakland and Alameda County for $10 million. The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority
Witnesses reported that on Aug. 17 Lambert stabbed the elderly man eight times in the head and proceeded to strike him with a metal pipe while he lay on the ground. The defendant is accused of launching the unprovoked attack on Gonzalez as he walked along Whitman Street in Hayward.
“They’re not treating us seniors like we’re human beings; since this management company has been here, there is no communication whatsoever,” said Beverley Colston, who has lived at Sojourner Truth for eight years and serves as the chairperson of the tenant association.