Brian Krans
Reporter at Freelance
Freelance Editor and Producer at The Vallejo Sun
Reporter: @kqednews, @thevallejosun, @citysidelocal Adjunct journalism instructor, Contra Costa College. Alum: @ucbsoj. DMs are no longer open because of spam.
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kqed.org | Matthew Green |Nina Thorsen |Brian Krans
Jun 5Failed to save articlePlease try againThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board released this photo of the aftermath of the Chevron refinery fire in Richmond. The Chemical Safety Board, which investigates the causes of major chemical and refinery accidents, is slated to be unlimited under the Trump administration's budget plan.
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kqed.org | Brian Krans
May 29Failed to save articlePlease try againAlameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson speaks during a press conference conference at the René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Feb. 18, 2025. At a press conference Thursday marking her 100th day as DA, Ursula Jones Dickson offered an explanation for why she’s not pursuing the case.
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richmondside.org | Brian Krans
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday approved hiring a retired police chief to serve as interim investigator for the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC), the city’s independent body charged with publicly handling citizen complaints of police misconduct. Bill Whalen, who served as Chief of Police for the City of El Segundo in Southern California, succeeds CPRC investigator Jerry Threet, who resigned in September 2024.
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richmondside.org | Brian Krans |Jacob Simas
When Valero announced in April that its Benicia refinery could close, it became the second oil company in Contra Costa in the last five years to declare a major production slowdown, after Marathon abruptly ceased operations at its Martinez facility in 2020.
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richmondside.org | Brian Krans
Overview: Richmond’s City Council votes 3-4 against investigating its citizens police commission. Richmond’s city council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to investigate the commission that investigates allegations of police misconduct. In a 3-4 vote, the council shot down a weakened version of the proposal that would have kept the Community Police Review Commission operating during the independent third-party investigation.
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