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Boomer’s family will hold a church service for the beloved Castlemont teacher at Acts Full Gospel Church on Friday.
"Had this happened in Mill Valley... Marvin Boomer would be alive," the family's spokesperson said at an emotional press ...
Attorneys accused Ursula Jones Dickson of trying to “erase the dirty history” of racist and antisemitic jury selection ...
Boomer was killed while walking with his partner on Wednesday, May 28 after a driver fleeing the California Highway Patrol ...
Once the state loan is paid off, the school district will have an extra $6 million annually to spend elsewhere.
With fire season upon us and the memory of the LA firestorms still fresh, they worry that the current staffing structure is ...
A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond and beyond. Editor’s note: Nosh covers ...
A new West Oakland shelter will offer clean needles and test strips to homeless residents. They see greater opportunities to ...
The shelters were scheduled to close in December. Sorry, March. Nevermind, June. Well, make that May. Whoops — June was ...
Marvin Boomer, who led the school’s Linked Learning program, was described by friends and colleagues as “loving and kind.” ...
Oakland’s budget problems are rooted in revenues not keeping pace with expenditures. Here’s a brief overview of the city’s ...
The fleeing suspect hit a fire hydrant which broke off and struck a pedestrian, crushing the man against a fence railing and ...