June 14, 2014 Crime & Public Safety·News & Commentary One year later, Aya Nakano’s Mother vows to continue pursuit of justice for her son Aya Nakano would have turned 24 on June 13th. A recent University of Oregon graduate with a bright future, it’s not hard to picture Read More
December 4, 2013 News & Commentary·Politics Asher steps in as Mayor. West announces she will not seek re-election in 2014 In what was one of the more eventful (and well attended) city council meetings in recent memory, Councilmember Jac Asher was sworn in as Read More
October 3, 2013 Crime & Public Safety·News & Commentary Aya Nakano’s parents hold out hope in a city seemingly incapable of catching criminals Wouldn’t it be great if the real world functioned like the television show Law & Order? Passionate Detectives jettisoning around town, questioning, grilling, cleverly extracting Read More
June 21, 2013 Crime & Public Safety·News & Commentary Memorial held for Aya Nakano, Reward fund Created to find his Killer Aya Nakano was laid to rest on Tuesday, the victim of a senseless murder following a fender-bender at a stop light along Stanford in North Oakland. Read More
June 13, 2013 Crime & Public Safety·News & Commentary Investigators seeking help in Emeryville man’s tragic murder An Emeryville man was shot to death in North Oakland late Wednesday, the night before his 23rd birthday, after getting into a confrontation with Read More