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Lisa Fernandez
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Ink-stained wretch turned a digital journo at @ktvu
Mom. Spin teacher. Married to @robertgammon
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An eight-minute video of a former FCI Dublin correctional officer's wife cooking naked in the kitchen is being contested during Darrell "Dirty Dick" Smith's criminal trial where he is charged with 14 counts of sexual abuse. www.ktvu.com/news/darrell...
Video of FCI Dublin officer's wife cooking naked in kitchen to be contested
An eight-minute video of a former FCI Dublin correctional officer's wife cooking naked in the kitchen is being contested during the officer's federal criminal trial where he is charged with 14 counts ...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The legal unit of Cal-OSHA is recommending that a San Leandro metal recycler be criminally charged after an employee was crushed by a forklift earlier this year – the third employee to die on the job in the last eight years. www.ktvu.com/news/cal-osh...
Cal-OSHA recommends criminal charges for San Leandro company where 3 employees died
The legal unit of Cal-OSHA – the state agency vested with workplace safety in California - is recommending that a San Leandro metal recycler be criminally charged after an employee was crushed by a fo...
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July 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The fate of a Peruvian woman seeking asylum offers a window into how the Trump administration is using new tactics to dismiss cases – and deport people -- essentially stripping immigrants of any previous protections traditionally afforded by court hearings. www.ktvu.com/news/fate-pe...
Fate of Peruvian woman in Hayward offers window into new Trump administration deportation tactics
The fate of a Peruvian woman seeking asylum offers a window into how the Trump administration is using new tactics to dismiss cases – and deport people -- essentially stripping immigrants of any previ...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here are my takeaways from the NSA federal oversight hearing of the Oakland police department. 1. Chief blames ransomware for being out of compliance 2. Mayor Barbara Lee vows to end oversight (she remembers when the Riders case was filed 3. Other stuff www.ktvu.com/news/oakland...
Oakland police chief blames 2023 ransomware attack for delay in IA cases
OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell said the 2023 ransomware cybersecurity attack that crippled some of Oakland's information technology systems set IA investigations into police misconduct complaints back about...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Cal-OSHA, the state agency that oversees safety in the workplace, has fined a San Leandro metal recycler $95,000 following the death of a mechanic – one of three employee deaths in the last eight years, KTVU has learned. www.ktvu.com/news/cal-osh...
Cal-OSHA fines San Leandro metal recycler after death of mechanic
Cal-OSHA, the state agency that oversees safety in the workplace, has fined a San Leandro metal recycler $95,000 following the death of a mechanic – one of three employee deaths in the last eight year...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2 FCI Dublin officers expected to plead guilty to sex crime charges www.ktvu.com/news/2-fci-d...
2 FCI Dublin officers expected to plead guilty to sex crime charges
Two former FCI Dublin correctional officers who were charged with sex crimes are set to be arraigned – and most likely to plead guilty – in August, court records show.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sex assault, retaliation complaints still persist across U.S. prisons, special master finds in 1st report stemming from FCI Dublin consent decree www.ktvu.com/news/special...
Sex assault, retaliation complaints still persist across U.S. prisons, special master finds in 1st report
The special master's first report on how women who were once incarcerated at the now-closed FCI Dublin all-women's prison was released on Tuesday, which states that nothing much has changed despite th...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The DOJ charged two former correctional officers at FCI Dublin with sex crimes, bringing the number to 10, the highest number of BOP employees charged with these crimes of any prison in the country. www.ktvu.com/news/doj-cha...
DOJ charges 2 more FCI Dublin officers with sex crimes bringing total to 10
The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that two former correctional officers at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., have been charged with sex crimes, bringing the number ...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The CHP will pay $10M a jury found officers violated Ari Gold's rights by shooting him 44 times and paralyzing him, even though he was high on meth, armed with a gun and later convicted of assaulting police, stealing a car, hit-and-run and DUI. www.ktvu.com/news/chp-pay...
CHP to pay $10M for paralyzing Salinas man high on meth, armed with gun
The California Highway Patrol agreed to pay $10 million to a mother after a jury found two of its officers violated her son's constitutional rights by shooting him nearly 45 times and paralyzing him, ...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
About two dozen prison correctional officers who used to work at FCI Dublin are getting evicted from their mobile home park, and if they don't move out by Labor Day, their homes will be demolished. www.ktvu.com/news/prison-...
Prison officers to be evicted from mobile homes near shuttered FCI Dublin
About two dozen prison correctional officers who used to work at the now-shuttered women's prison in Dublin are getting evicted from their mobile home park, and if they don't move out by Labor Day, th...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Civil rights leaders, Democrats, Republicans want CIF to reinstate gold medal to track star after fire extinguisher celebration www.ktvu.com/news/clara-a...
Civil rights leaders want CIF to reinstate gold medal to track star after fire extinguisher celebration
Attorneys and NAACP leaders are calling for a high school track athlete's gold medal to be reinstated after the California Interscholastic Federation stripped it from her because she celebrated by usi...
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June 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wellpath has paid the children of an Oakland man left for dead at Santa Rita Jail $2.5 million, in addition to Alameda County paying those same children an unprecedented $7 million. www.ktvu.com/news/wellpat...
Wellpath pays $2.5 to family of Oakland man left for dead at Sant Rita Jail
Private healthcare provider Wellpath has paid the children of an Oakland man left for dead at Santa Rita Jail $2.5 million, in addition to Alameda County paying those same children an unprecedented $7...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Three years after it launched, MACRO is telling city leaders it has been making positive strides – despite questions from critics over some of its data - and its director said it needs roughly $4-million a year to survive. www.ktvu.com/news/oakland...
Oakland's MACRO touts improvements despite criticism; needs 4$M a year to survive
Three years after it launched, the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland, otherwise known as MACRO, is telling city leaders it has been making positive strides – despite questions from cri...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A consulting group found Wellpath does not meet the national standard of care and community groups want Alameda County to find a new medical care provider at Santa Rita Jail. www.ktvu.com/news/wellpat...
Wellpath healthcare provider at Santa Rita Jail under fire
Wellpath, the private healthcare provider for Santa Rita Jail and most of the jails in California, came under fire for its medical treatment of incarcerated people, and it turns out that the sheriff h...
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May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Oakland police can be held responsible when bystanders are injured, or killed, during reckless pursuits. It's a major victory for family of Lolomanaia "Lolo" Soakai, who was killed in a freak accident in June 2022. www.ktvu.com/news/9th-cir...
9th Circuit: Oakland police can be held responsible for injuring bystanders in reckless pursuits
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that Oakland police can be held responsible when bystanders are injured, or killed, during reckless pursuits.
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May 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wow. Interesting opinion piece by these former OUSD school board members: Anne Campbell Washington, Shanthi Gonzales, Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Greg Hodge, Jorge Lerma, Jody London, Nina Senn and Robert Spencer via @eastbaytimes www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...
Opinion: Eight former Oakland school board members say students are casualties in teacher-union political power grab
Eight former school trustees say current board majority’s incompetence could plunge district back into state receivership.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
15 women will graduate from Santa Rita Jail today from a hair-braiding program that aims to give them job skills and a path to manage their emotions and past trauma. www.ktvu.com/news/santa-r...
Incarcerated women learn to braid hair at Santa Rita Jail
Fifteen incarcerated women graduated on Friday with a certificate in hair-braiding at a first-of-its kind program at Santa Rita Jail.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
All the afterschool, early morning and summer programs in the Oakland Unified School District could be cut by up to 80% when school starts next year. www.ktvu.com/news/ousd-af...
OUSD afterschool programs could be cut by up to 80%
All the afterschool, early morning and summer programs in the Oakland Unified School District could be cut by up to 80% when school starts next year.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
K'aun Green is headed to university on a full football scholarship after SJPD officer shot him 4x in a case of mistaken identity. San Jose is refusing to settle his lawsuit, citing qualified immunity. www.ktvu.com/news/footbal...
May 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oakland crews were out this week paving over potholes along the city's most dangerous bike routes, as a result of a KTVU investigation detailing how costly it can be for bicyclists when they fly over cracks and dips on the road. www.ktvu.com/news/oakland...
May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
California @AsmLizOrtega said she was "appalled and disgusted" about learning from KTVU that 3 workers were killed at San Leandro's Alco Iron & Metal in the last 8 years. www.ktvu.com/news/lawmake...
May 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
3 workers in 8 years have been killed at one San Leandro company and fined with 64 safety violations as far back as 1991 – possibly the worst safety record of any similar company in the last 10 years in California, a review of state records shows. www.ktvu.com/news/alco-3-...
April 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A new trial for a former FCI Dublin prison correctional officer Darrell Wayne "Dirty Dick" Smith is slated to begin this summer, earlier than planned. www.ktvu.com/news/new-tri...
New trial for FCI Dublin prison officer 'Dirty Dick' Smith to begin earlier than planned
A new trial for a former FCI Dublin prison correctional officer is slated to begin this summer, earlier than planned.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM