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As the nation marks the somber occasion of one year since George Floyd’s murder, we asked three Bay Area leaders to reflect on the movement that followed, what’s changed and the long road ahead.
Victim s mother in fatal Oakland broad daylight shooting speaks
Victim s mother in Oakland broad daylight fatal shooting speaks
The mother of a 22-year-old man gunned down in a downtown Oakland daytime shooting tells KTVU her son was driving from his San Francisco home to visit a friend when the violence erupted.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The mother of Oakland s latest murder victim says he was full of life and the father of a 2-year-old girl. He has three brothers and a sister, he was loved, he will be missed, said Rhonda Hampton, of San Francisco, weeping as the Alameda County Coroner wheeled her son away.
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$68 million price tag to fight CZU Lightning Complex fire [Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif.]
Mar. 16 SANTA CRUZ August’s CZU Lightning Complex fire the largest blaze in Santa Cruz County history, according to CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Cal Fire Unit employees cost more than $68 million to fight.
“This was a historic event and I hope we never have to have another fire any bigger than what we already had,” said CZU Unit Chief Ian Larkin. “We exhausted every available resource that we had available to us.”
On Monday evening, CZU Unit staff hosted an online webinar, reflecting on the wildfire and lessons learned. The resounding message from Cal Fire was that firefighter staffing numbers were not sufficient to fight to the CZU Complex fire.