Joel Umanzor

Hanging out with the new meme king of East Oakland, ‘where life is worthless’

Culture

East Oakland resident Gregorio Ramon has shot to local East Bay fame as his catchphrase, “Oakland, California … donde la vida no vale nada,” has blown up on social media.

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Noah Baustin

Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

San Francisco police used force on homeless people more than 1,300 times in 5 years

News

An Army veteran who stole food was among the homeless people SFPD used force against in more than 1,300 newly identified cases.

News Reporter

Ezra Wallach

Deputies released a psychotic man. Two hours later he killed someone

The killing of Michael Molland raises questions about how police are increasingly declining psychiatric detentions, despite potentially grave consequences.

Deputy News Editor

Stephanie K. Baer

A killing at Palisades: How a visa worker was slain by cops at Tahoe’s biggest resort

A Jamaican worker spent two seasons at one of California’s premier mountains, until a mental health crisis led to tragedy.

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Did car-free Market Street kill San Francisco’s most important boulevard?

Politics

Big plans to turn Market Street into an iconic 21st century boulevard have imploded. Can San Francisco’s most important street be saved?

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Hanging out with the new meme king of East Oakland, ‘where life is worthless’

San Francisco police used force on homeless people more than 1,300 times in 5 years

Deputies released a psychotic man. Two hours later he killed someone

A killing at Palisades: How a visa worker was slain by cops at Tahoe’s biggest resort

Did car-free Market Street kill San Francisco’s most important boulevard?