By and | Bay Area News GroupOAKLAND — Two months before 36 people died in the Ghost Ship fire, an Oakland Fire Department employee entered the warehouse and observed exposed electrical wiring, recommending tenants fix the hazard, according to an amended lawsuit filed Wednesday by attorneys representing victim families.The 179-page amended lawsuit adds the city of Oakland, Alameda County and state of California to a growing list of defendents, and alleges the agencies failed in their duties to shut down the crowded fire trap and its illegal parties.There are a few new details including in...…By and | Bay Area News GroupOAKLAND — Two months before 36 people died in the Ghost Ship fire, an Oakland Fire Department employee entered the warehouse and observed exposed electrical wiring, recommending tenants fix the hazard, according to an amended lawsuit filed Wednesday by attorneys representing victim families.The 179-page amended lawsuit adds the city of Oakland, Alameda County and state of California to a growing list of defendents, and alleges the agencies failed in their duties to shut down the crowded fire trap and its illegal parties.There are a few new details including in...WW…

By , , | and | | Bay Area News GroupChinedu Okobi was a Black man walking in a city where people of his race make up less than 1 percent of the population. And when he began acting oddly on an October afternoon in 2018, wandering into traffic on El Camino Real in Millbrae, sheriff’s deputies quickly arrived.Okobi, who wasn’t armed, tried to walk away when an officer questioned him. Minutes later, the father and Morehouse College graduate who had battled with mental illness was dead, stunned seven times with a Taser by a San Mateo County deputy until his heart gave out. At one point, he is...…By , , | and | | Bay Area News GroupChinedu Okobi was a Black man walking in a city where people of his race make up less than 1 percent of the population. And when he began acting oddly on an October afternoon in 2018, wandering into traffic on El Camino Real in Millbrae, sheriff’s deputies quickly arrived.Okobi, who wasn’t armed, tried to walk away when an officer questioned him. Minutes later, the father and Morehouse College graduate who had battled with mental illness was dead, stunned seven times with a Taser by a San Mateo County deputy until his heart gave out. At one point, he is...WW…

By and | | Bay Area News GroupThe hiring of an Antioch police officer last year following his resignation as a cop in San Francisco has angered residents because it happened before that officer could be disciplined for actions that led to the fatal shooting of a homeless man more than four years ago.Approximately 200 people protested Michael Mellone’s hiring in what authorities said was a peaceful march from Antioch High to the police station on Tuesday night. It came amid heightened concerns about police violence and racism following the killing of George Floyd last month in...…By and | | Bay Area News GroupThe hiring of an Antioch police officer last year following his resignation as a cop in San Francisco has angered residents because it happened before that officer could be disciplined for actions that led to the fatal shooting of a homeless man more than four years ago.Approximately 200 people protested Michael Mellone’s hiring in what authorities said was a peaceful march from Antioch High to the police station on Tuesday night. It came amid heightened concerns about police violence and racism following the killing of George Floyd last month in...WW…