
Christine Schiavo
Local News Editor at INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROGRAM
UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program local news editor/lecturer. Favorites: Charles Dickens, Bruce Springsteen, the Phillies and 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
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2 months ago |
richmondconfidential.org | Christine Schiavo |Daniella Jimenez |Renee Bartlett-Webber |Wen Shao
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Wednesday that his office is investigating the fatal shooting Tuesday by Richmond police at a railroad right-of-way off of Carlson Boulevard. It is not clear how many officers were involved in the shooting, which left one person, who was not armed, dead. Police have not released that person’s identity.
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2 months ago |
oaklandnorth.net | Jack Hildebrand |Christine Schiavo
Cava Menzies could feel the warm sun pouring into her bedroom as she sat in silence, eyes closed, legs crossed, engaged in meditation. Menzies, a founding faculty member and music teacher at the Oakland School for the Arts, often draws creative inspiration during morning meditation in her downtown Oakland apartment. But this meditation session in February 2022 brought a revelation.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
oaklandnorth.net | Christine Schiavo |Xavey Bzdek
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has been charged by the federal government of using her office to enrich herself, her boyfriend and Oakland contractors David and Andy Duong. The eight-count indictment, which was handed down by an Oakland grand jury on Jan.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
richmondconfidential.org | Andres J. Larios |Christine Schiavo |Skylla Mumana
The AC Transit board of directors voted 6–1 on Wednesday to reject a censure of Director Sarah Syed in favor of committing to more leadership, governance and communication training for the board, and additional coaching for Syed. Syed cast the sole no vote, saying the board’s decision to single her out was unjustified. Syed sent an email on May 23, 2023, to staff working on the Realign project, asking for a draft analysis of the plan, which assesses every route in light of a decline in ridership.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
richmondconfidential.org | Christine Schiavo |Skylla Mumana
Richmond City Council is poised to get a big salary bump this year, under an ordinance introduced Tuesday that would increase the salaries of council members and the mayor by 80%. Only a couple residents questioned the salary boost, which the council spent half an hour defending, with each presenting an argument to justify the motion. “These jobs actually are 24/7 jobs,” said Mayor Eduardo Martinez, whose salary would go from $3,875 a month to $6,875 a month.
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