Steven Tavares

The East Bay’s alt weekly.

Alameda Mayor Marie Gilmore conceded today that she lost the mayor’s race to school board member Trish Spencer. With only few thousand provisional ballots yet to be counted in Alameda County, Spencer holds what appears to be an insurmountable 129-vote lead over Gilmore.  During a press conference near the steps leading to Alameda City Hall, […]

The East Bay’s alt weekly.

The East Bay’s alt weekly.

The East Bay’s alt weekly.

News you don’t want to miss for Aug. 24: 1. Lightning forecast for Sunday failed to materialize, giving firefighters a sigh of relief as the three large-scale Northern California fires continue to burn, the East Bay Times reports. $$ 2. Oakland Fire officials are investigating the cause of a house fire in the Oakland hills […]

News you don’t want to miss for July 15: 1. There were no confirmed reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Bay Area, KPIX reports. On Saturday, a federal judge placed a temporary restraining order prohibiting ICE from removing an undocumented immigrant without first giving them an opportunity to speak with […]

News you don’t want to miss for Feb. 19: 1, The judge in the Nia Wilson murder trial said he could throw out the defedant John Lee Cowell’s previous testimony if he does not return for cross-examination, the East Bay Times report. Cowell’s discombobulated testimony last week was upended by audio recordings that showed him […]

In a time when the U.S is facing a reckoning over its racist past, so too are cities like San Leandro, where an ugly history of housing red-lining once created a whites-only suburban enclave in the East Bay. In addition, months of activism following the death of 33-year-old Steven Taylor at a San Leandro Walmart, […]

The East Bay’s alt weekly.