Jane Tyska

Oakland

Photojournalist @eastbaytimes @oaktribnews Musician, rodeo champ, sailor, traveler, drone pilot. Brush with a Pulitzer or two. There when news breaks.

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Brentwood updates camping ordinance to manage homelessness

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

BRENTWOOD — As cities across the Bay Area continue to find ways to lessen the impacts of homelessness, the Brentwood City Council unanimously approved amendments Tuesday to local ordinances to better manage encampments on city-owned properties. Brentwood's municipal code had already contained a brief prohibition on camping.
Bay Area acts unite in the name of restoring Oakland blues ‘Walk of Fame’

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

Blues musicians are gathering together to support efforts to restore "The Music They Played on 7th Street Oakland" Walk of Fame to its former glory. The West Coast Caravan of All Stars, Oakland Blues Divas, JC Smith, Alvon Johnson, Mississippi Chuck Wallace and Fillmore Slim are among the many blues talents set to perform at the Walk of Fame benefit concert on April 21 at Yoshi’s in Oakland.
Oakland school board ousts superintendent

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

The Oakland Unified School District board voted Wednesday 4-1 in closed session to cut ties with the district’s superintendent of nearly 10 years, breaking her contract two years early and shocking community members. “The district should be lucky to have someone from here that both cares and is qualified,” said Oakland resident Daniel Swafford on Facebook.
Two men take deals in 2020 Oakland homicide

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

OAKLAND — Two men have accepted plea deals and prison terms in connection with a 2020 fatal shooting that went unsolved for years. Ahmad Wyatt, 46, pleaded no contest to manslaughter with the expectation of an 11-year prison term, court records show. His co-defendant, Andre Heard, 43, pleaded no contest to assault for a three-year prison term. Wyatt is scheduled to be sentenced in August, while Heard is expected to be sentenced in April, court records show.
Hayward: Man gets 15 years for killing and burying victim in shallow grave

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

OAKLAND, CA - MAY13: The Alameda County Superior Courthouse is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS HAYWARD — The defendant in a grisly fatal shooting and body burial has agreed to serve 15 years and eight months in prison through a plea deal, court records show. Andres Sanchez, 40, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and gun possession in exchange for the agreed-upon sentence.
Juvenile minke whale beached off Emeryville Tuesday

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

Alameda County firefighters spray water on a beached juvenile minke whale to keep it comfortable in Emeryville, Calif., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS EMERYVILLE — A juvenile whale spotted swimming in the San Francisco Bay on several occasions in early April was beached on an offshore mudflat Tuesday, according to the Marine Mammal Center.
Oakland men take plea deals in fatal 2019 shooting for 6 and 11 years

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

OAKLAND, CA - MAY13: The Alameda County Superior Courthouse is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS OAKLAND — Two men have pleaded no contest to violent felonies to settle a murder case they have been fighting while in custody since 2019, court records show.
Ex-East Bay armored car guard agreed to serve life for murdering colleague

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

OAKLAND, CA - MAY13: The Alameda County Superior Courthouse is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS OAKLAND — A former East Bay armored car guard accepted a murder conviction and a life sentence for killing a former colleague during a botched robbery, court records show. Akbar Bey, 30, is now in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, serving a sentence of 19 years to life.
Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired over private notes referring to Black people as ‘tokens’

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

A drone view of City Hall, left, and Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS OAKLAND — The former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, who had stayed in her role to help guide the turnover between the city’s mayoral administrations, has been fired over a reference to Black people that she wrote down last year during a meeting about how Thao would fight the recall.
Top Kaiser security chief fired amid Oakland cop database privacy probe

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jane Tyska

A sunset view of the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Offices in the Ordway Building in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Jane Tyska TNS OAKLAND - Kaiser Permanente has fired a top corporate security official, along with a number of his underlings, amid allegations that an Oakland police officer shared information from a highly confidential criminal database with the health care giant.