Connor Letourneau

2 months ago | sanluisobispo.com | Connor Letourneau

A high-ranking Alameda County firefighter was among nearly two dozen people arrested as part of the Modesto Police Department's recent crackdown on child sex predators, authorities said. Kip Weber, 48, of Cameron Park was arrested on suspicion of attempting lewd acts with a child under 14, engaging in lewd communication with a minor, distributing harmful material to a minor, and possessing child pornography, police said.

2 months ago | sacbee.com | Connor Letourneau

In his eight years as owner of Laurel Ace Hardware in East Oakland, Troy Welch has seen how far some thieves will go to shoplift. There was the time someone threatened to shoot Welch's employees if they tried to stop him from walking out of the store with a stack of garden hoses. The time Welch had to start locking up laundry detergent because so much of it was being stolen. The time robbers ripped off Ace Hardware's front doors so they could grab more crowbars and bolt cutters.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Connor Letourneau

NowINDIO — Bruce Arena has little left to accomplish and absolutely nothing left to prove. He’s won more games with the men’s national team than any coach in U.S. Soccer history, won more games and more titles than any coach in MLS history and is the only manager to take the U.S. men to a fifth game in …

Feb 6, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Connor Letourneau

Oakland Fire Lt. Matt Amormino rode shotgun in his fire engine, past the burned-out vehicles and eucalyptus-studded East Bay hills that make Fire Station 21’s expansive coverage area a year-round wildfire risk. The terrain was reminiscent of parts of suburban Los Angeles, where a devastating combination last month of fast-moving fires, rain-starved vegetation and sprawling neighborhoods resulted in the deaths of at least 29 people and the incineration of more than 16,000 structures.

Jan 25, 2025 | modbee.com | Connor Letourneau

Sitting inside the modest office he shares with a colleague, nonprofit executive David Hunt stared at his weekly programming schedule and unleashed a deep sigh. "The more you lose money you'd been depending on," he said, "the more it makes you worry."Last month, to help Oakland close a nine-figure deficit, city officials gutted the grant program for the arts.