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Home remodeling is transforming in America. People want homes that fit how they live now. Tech’s moving crazy fast these days. And most homeowners worry about the planet, too. All these transform homeowners' desires. General contractors in San Leandro, Palo Alto, and Alameda observe these new tendencies daily. They assist…

Young people in Alameda county, California, reflect on how gun violence has destabilized their lives – and urge local officials to find solutions

Handwritten notes show Alameda county DA’s office prosecutors using homophobic labels

Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX recently announced that the majority of creditors who lost money in its bankruptcy scandal will be repaid their missing funds. This has become possible now – 18 months after the business filed for bankruptcy – because FTX and sister company Alameda Research have raised cash by…

Alameda county district attorney’s office said it unearthed records suggesting prosecutors deliberately excluded Jewish and Black jurors from capital trials

Involuntary manslaughter charges in 2021 death of Mario Gonzalez announced by Alameda county district attorney Pamela Price

Officers restrained Mario Gonzalez in a prone position as he struggled to breathe and blamed his death on drug use

Sam Bankman-Fried is staring down 25 years behind bars after he was convicted on all charges at his fraud trial. His former girlfriend – and accomplice – Caroline Ellison played a key role in bringing him down. Martha McHardy reports

The once-hailed ‘boy wonder’ of the crypto industry rose to prominence after founding trading firm Alameda Research in 2017 at the age of 25. So what went wrong? Bevan Hurley looks back at Bankman-Fried’s remarkable rise – and even more dramatic fall as he begins his 25-year prison sentence