Ray Chavez

Oakland

2017 Pulitzer Prize winner with the @EastBayTimes staff. 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist with Chico Enterprise-Record staff and Bay Area News Group. Hablo Español

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Articles

Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Can he do that?

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Ray Chavez

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963. "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" he wrote in a post on Truth Social. "When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Where We Live: Ancient trees still survive in the bustling Bay Area

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Karl Mondon |Ray Chavez |Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo

Arbor Day volunteers planted new trees across the country Friday - much as they've done for the past 150 years - but Californians celebrated the day six weeks ago, choosing March 7 to dig tree holes, a better fit for our planting season.
Ancient trees still survive in the bustling Bay Area

2 weeks ago | eastbaytimes.com | Karl Mondon |Ray Chavez |Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo
Where We Live: Ancient trees still survive in the bustling Bay Area

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Karl Mondon |Ray Chavez |Jose Carlos Fajardo |José Fajardo

Arbor Day volunteers planted new trees across the country Friday — much as they’ve done for the past 150 years — but Californians celebrated the day six weeks ago, choosing March 7 to dig tree holes, a better fit for our planting season.
Oakland police to cut off public from live radio feeds, hiding communications from airwaves

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Ray Chavez

OAKLAND, Calif. - For decades, the public has had the ability to tune into radio channels where Oakland police and other Bay Area law enforcement agencies discuss emergency calls and coordinate responses. The police scanner feeds are a prime source of transparency around cop activity, but in the coming months the Oakland Police Department will retreat into its own private, encrypted channels - out of sight from the public.
Photos: This year’s Eggstravaganza egg hunts in the Bay Area!

3 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Ray Chavez |Nhat Meyer

Hundreds of kids lined up to search for Easter eggs for the 45th annual Easter Eggstravaganza at the Campbell Community Center, while families lined the streets in downtown Campbell for the Bunnies & Bonnets Parade. Meanwhile, in Danville, children raced to collect treasure-filled eggs at the Danville Community Center for their Eggstravaganza egg hunt. Along with the egg hunt, the family-friendly event offered face painting, arts and crafts, pictures with the Spring Bunny, and more.
Photos: This year’s Eggstravaganza egg hunts in the Bay Area!

3 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Ray Chavez |Nhat Meyer

Hundreds of kids lined up to search for Easter eggs for the 45th annual Easter Eggstravaganza at the Campbell Community Center, while families lined the streets in downtown Campbell for the Bunnies & Bonnets Parade. Meanwhile, in Danville, children raced to collect treasure-filled eggs at the Danville Community Center for their Eggstravaganza egg hunt. Along with the egg hunt, the family-friendly event offered face painting, arts and crafts, pictures with the Spring Bunny, and more.
Oakland voters say tight mayoral race came down to experience versus upstart energy

4 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Ray Chavez

As a months-long and sometimes contentious Oakland mayoral campaign ended Tuesday, voters in the special election chose between two familiar faces: former Rep. Barbara Lee, who spent 26 years in Congress representing Oakland and a broad swath of Alameda County, and Oakland-born Loren Taylor, who spent four years on the City Council, in a race that pushed campaign spending past $1.5 million. For voters polled Tuesday, the race came down to experience versus fresh energy.
Bay Area wine shops face uncertainty amid tariff threats

1 month ago | sanluisobispo.com | Ray Chavez

The California wine industry is looking for answers as tariff threats add to the woes already facing the industry. On March 13, the Trump administration threatened to impose a 200% tariff on all alcoholic beverages from the European Union. Then, on April 9, a 20% import tax on items from the European Union took effect, then was reversed and paused for 90 days.
Richmond councilmembers speak out on Riggers Loft dispute

1 month ago | sanluisobispo.com | Ray Chavez

RICHMOND - After a legal decision appeared to put an end to the dispute between Richmond and Riggers Loft Wine Company, councilmembers are publicly speaking out and the wine tasting room's owners are continuing to fight back. For more than a year, Riggers Loft owners Kevin and Barbara Brown and their landlord, the city managed Richmond Surplus Property Authority, have been locked in a legal dispute.