The preliminary hearing for three men accused of killing five-year-old Eliyanah Crisostomo is over. They have been held over for trial, but time is ticking as the family waits for the new Alameda County District Attorney to be sworn in. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors decided on who would be the county's next district attorney during a meeting Tuesday.
While voters will not have a direct say in the selection of the new district attorney, a community forum provided an opportunity for residents to learn more about the candidates vying for the role. Oakland school district officials have been given a wake-up call by county officials about a looming budget crisis that could spell disaster if it isn't addressed soon. Oakland Unified School District schools could run out of cash by November if the district's Board of Education doesn't act to close massive budget deficits projected for this school year and next, according to county officials.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors publicly interviewed district attorney candidates on Tuesday and will select an interim DA who will serve until The Alameda County Board of Supervisors marked the end of an era Tuesday when it voted unanimously to move forward with the sale of its ownership share of the Oakland Coliseum to a private developer, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group.
Three people have been charged with allegedly operating a large-scale fraud scheme involving Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, also know as EBT, in Alameda County, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will have a list of 15 applicants to choose from when they take up the task of picking who should run the District Attorney's Office. A crash involving a big-rig on eastbound Interstate Highway through the Altamont Pass in Alameda County Thursday afternoon blocked multiple lanes for hours.
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office on Friday announced the sole police officer still facing a charge in the death of Mario Gonzalez while he was being taken into custody in in Alameda has had the case dismissed.
