SF News Judge Releases Names of 17 Antioch Police Officers Accused in Racist Text Scandal Uncovered by FBI Probe Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe addressed the scandal Saturday, calling it "embarrassing" and saying it poses "a huge financial and legal liability" as racist texts jeopardize several cases.
SF News Antioch Man Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Pregnant Woman and Two Children Police responded to 911 calls of a stabbing and took the three victims to the local hospital for their injuries, where two are still in critical condition.
SF News Juvenile Fatally Shot in Antioch Park Saturday Morning A 16-year-old Antioch boy died from gunshot wounds after a daylight shooting on Saturday, the Antioch Police Department said, but no arrests have been made yet.
SF News Mistrial Declared In Antioch Murder Case After Defendant, Representing Himself, Shouts Profanities at Prosecutor and Judge A 27-year-old man from Oakland, representing himself in a case involving the murder of his ex-girlfriend, has spent a fair bit of time shouting profanities and slurs at the prosecutor and judge, and generally interrupting the proceedings. Now the judge has declared a mistrial.
SF News Pair of Suspects Charged With Arson In Antioch Case of Woman Found Burned, But No Murder Charges Yet The death of 25-year-old Mykaella Sharlman, whose family reported her missing the same day her burned remains were found on an Antioch trail last week, remains under investigation. But two men are in custody and have been charged in connection with her death.
SF Politics Antioch Mayor Punched Out at… Chamber of Commerce Luncheon? The mayor of Antioch Lamar Thorpe say he was punched and has eyewitnesses, at an incident that happened at, of all places, an Antioch Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
SF News Unidentified Woman Killed on Antioch Trail After Being Set on Fire Police in Antioch are seeking the public's help to identify a woman who was found dead on a walking trail early Monday after apparently being set on fire by another individual or multiple individuals.
SF News Eerie Handwritten Letter May Detail Where Alleged Killer Planned to Dispose of Oakley Woman Alexis Gabe’s Body A chilling new development in the case of missing 24-year-old Oakley woman Alexis Gabe, as police have found a handwritten letter from her suspected killer detailing where he planned to hide her body.
SF News In Ominous Sign for This Fire Season, Two Brush Fires Break Out Next to Homes In East Bay Subdivisions In One Day Firefighters in Contra Costa County were battling two vegetation fires Wednesday that broke out dangerously close to densely populated subdivisions, in Antioch and in Bay Point. And a third fire also broke out today in Livermore.
SF News Ex-Boyfriend of Alexis Gabe Killed By Police While They Were Attempting to Serve Arrest Warrant for Murder The ex-boyfriend at whose home Alexis Gabe was last seen alive in January was about to be arrested for her murder outside Seattle. But he allegedly charged at police with a knife and was shot dead.
SF News Four East Bay Arson Suspects Arrested For an Astonishing 33 Fires in a 48-Hour Period It’s unclear whether the four suspects and more than 30 fires set over two days are in any way related, and while no one was hurt, one report says that a suspect managed to escape custody.
SF News Oakley Woman Still Missing After Three Months, But Police Have Identified Person of Interest 24-year-old Oakley resident Alexis Gabe disappeared in late January, and after months without leads, Oakley police have released surveillance video of someone they think may be involved with the disappearance.
SF News Firefighters Save Man Stuck in Underground Pipe in Antioch For Two Days It took three and a half hours, fifty people, and risky maneuvers to save a man in his mid-30s from an underground pipe where he’d gotten stuck.
SF News Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe Charged With DUI, Apologizes for Actions in Video CHP stopped Lamar Thorpe, the mayor of Antioch, Friday night on suspicion of driving under the influence. Thorpe was later cited with a DUI and though he posted a video on Twitter Saturday apologizing for his actions, he's staying guarded on specific details, heeding "advice of counsel.”
SF News [Update] 50-Year-Old Man Found Dead From Explosive Device Near Antioch High School A bizarre incident unfolded Monday morning in Antioch, less than 48 hours after a double murder in the East Bay city.
Business & Tech Antioch Wants to Become the Bay Area's Next Big Marijuana Hub The East Bay city of Antioch is aiming to be the "cannabis capital of Northern California" with the approval of two major cannabis cultivation and distribution facilities.
SF News Antioch Man Saves Elderly Oakland Driver Who Drove Into Sacramento River This past Thursday, a 67-year-old Oakland driver crashed his white GMC SUV into the Sacramento River around 10 a.m. — but he was swiftly saved and carried ashore by a thirty-something who came across the scene.
SF News Another Alleged ‘Kneeling on the Neck’ Police Killing in Antioch Draws Wrongful Death Lawsuit A 30-year-old Navy veteran died after Antioch police allegedly used the ‘George Floyd hold’ on him while he was suffering a mental health incident, and the family is suing the Antioch PD.
SF News SF Car Theft Suspects Found With Assault Weapons After Getting Flat Tire During East Bay Pursuit Two suspects in an Audi that was reported stolen in San Francisco led police on a chase after an attempted traffic stop in Contra Costa County Friday night, and the chase concluded quickly after they got a flat tire.
SF News Antioch Police Union President Says Cops Are '100% Justified' In Assaulting Protesters Who Flip Them Off An Antioch policeman who heads the local police union recently made a public comment suggesting that officers facing down antagonistic protesters are "100 percent justified" in giving them "an open-hand slap in the face."
SF News East Bay Woman Mad About Son's Haircut Wanted For Ramming Barber With Her Car A 28-year-old Brentwood woman is suspected of violently ramming a barber in Antioch with her car after arguing with him over a bad haircut that he gave her son.
SF News Antioch Woman Who Led Class-Action Bias Suit Against Walmart Dies At 67 Betty Dukes, the woman who led a class-action civil rights lawsuit against Walmart that reached the Supreme Court in 2011, has died at age 67. As the Associated Press reports, Dukes passed
SF News Antioch Teen Killed By Errant BB Gun Shot A tragic first day of summer vacation Thursday in the East Bay suburb of Antioch, as Deer Valley High School freshman Marcos Garcia was shot and killed with a seemingly harmless pellet gun.
SF News 16-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot By Fremont Police Was Pregnant A teenager from Antioch who was a passenger in a vehicle that Fremont police identified as being connected with multiple armed robberies was shot and killed by police Tuesday near the Cal State
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bacteria Common In Undercooked Meat Identified As Culprit In Antioch Thanksgiving Food Poisonings The mass food poisoning incident at a free Thanksgiving dinner in Antioch that ended in the deaths of three people now has a clinical conclusion. As KRON 4 reports, Contra Costa County health
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