Brian Krans

Richmond

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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Articles

Bay Area Lawmaker Demands Answers After ICE Arrests at Immigration Courts

1 week ago | kqed.org | Samantha Lim |Brian Krans

Jun 16Failed to save articlePlease try againThe site of a new immigration court at 1855 Concord Gateway in Concord on Feb. 6, 2024. In a letter, Mark DeSaulnier demanded that ICE provide answers about its activity in Concord. On Monday, he attended an immigration hearing in the East Bay city. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)An ICE spokesperson said in a statement that the people being detained are under active judges’ orders for removal from the country due to noncompliance with the legal process.
Bay Area Civil Rights Attorney Calls for Teen Sprinter’s Win to Be Reinstated

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Brian Krans

Jun 6 Failed to save article Please try again North Salinas High School sophomore Clara Adams was stripped of her track-and-field title from the California Interscholastic Federation after officials called her victory celebration "unsportsmanlike.” (EyeEm Mobile GmbH via Getty Images) Oakland-based civil rights attorney Adante Pointer held a press conference in Salinas Friday alongside Adams, her coach and father, David Adams, Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue, members of the local NAACP chapter...
Bay Area Lawmaker Takes on Trump Over Federal Chemical Safety Agency, Again

3 weeks ago | 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.
Alameda County DA Defends Dismissal of Case Tied to Toxic Fire in West Oakland

4 weeks ago | 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.
Richmond's interim police misconduct investigator faces backlog of 26 cases

1 month ago | 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 cityâ€™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, succeedsÂ CPRC investigator Jerry Threet, who resigned in September 2024.
Contra Costa refinery closures bring labor unions and green activists together

1 month ago | 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.
Richmond won’t investigate alleged police commission bias

1 month ago | 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.
Former Antioch Cop Is Guilty of Planning to Distribute Steroids and Destroying Evidence

1 month ago | kqed.org | Brian Krans |Sara Hossaini

Apr 30Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Federal Courthouse in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2023. A federal jury in Oakland convicted former Antioch officer Devon Wenger of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and then deleting evidence off his phone while the FBI was at his door.
Former Antioch Cop Testifies About Selling Illegal Steroids to Fellow Law Enforcement

2 months ago | kqed.org | Brian Krans |Sara Hossaini

Apr 28Failed to save articlePlease try againIn the first day of the Oakland federal trial of Devon Wenger on charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids, his former co-defendant took the stand to testify against him. (Terry Chea/AP Photo)In the first day of a former Antioch police officer’s federal trial on charges of conspiring to illegally distribute anabolic steroids, his former co-defendant testified about selling the drugs to law enforcement in the East Bay and beyond.
Former Antioch Cop Faces Drug Charges in Second Conspiracy Trial

2 months ago | kqed.org | Brian Krans

Apr 28Failed to save articlePlease try againNicole Castronovo, defense attorney for former Antioch police officer Devon Christopher Wenger, gives her opening statement in the federal trial against Wegner and another former Antioch officer at the U.S. District Courthouse in Oakland on March 3, 2025. Wenger faces his second jury in an Oakland federal courtroom in as many months, this time on conspiracy to distribute steroids to fellow officers.