Nancy O’Malley

A collection notice with Alameda County District Attorney letterhead. (CBS)

Bay Area DA’s Offices Outsource To Collect Big From Bad Check Writers

Bouncing a check has never been a good thing to do, and in a strange twist of irony where people are writing few and fewer of them—the penalty for writing a bad one might be harsher than it was before.

2012/11/12

Alameda County May Reduce Charges To Avoid Mandatory Deportations

A new policy in Alameda County is instructing prosecutors to consider filing lesser criminal charges for some legal immigrants in an effort to avoid mandatory deportation.

2012/11/01

Prosecutors Gather In Oakland To Combat Child Sex Trafficking

Hundreds of west coast law enforcement prosecutors and service providers are gathering in Oakland this week to compare notes on how to best combat human trafficking.

2012/06/13

Alameda Co. DA Promotes Alternative To Questionable Loan Modification Offers

Underwater homeowners frantic to hold onto their homes have become a tempting target for scam artists offering loan modification help at a hefty price.

KCBS–2011/08/09

Berkeley Reconsiders Plan To License, Tax Marijuana Farms

Berkeley city officials are rethinking a voter-approved plan to license and tax six urban medical marijuana farms.

CBS San Francisco–2011/01/10

DA Says Oakland’s Pot-Growing Plan May Hit Legal Snag

The city of Oakland’s plan to license four medical marijuana production and processing plants might be snuffed out before it starts.

CBS San Francisco–2010/12/17

Bay Area Officers Step Up Efforts To End Human Trafficking

The regional H.E.A.T. Watch program will target pimps and provide a safe haven for the young victims.

KCBS–2010/11/10

Disappointment Over Mehserle Verdict Resounds

OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)- Protestors and Oscar Grant’s family and friends aren’t the only ones who think the jury’s involuntary manslaughter conviction was the wrong one. Oakland officials are critical of the verdict too.

2010/07/09

Mehserle Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

LOS ANGELES (KCBS) A Los Angeles jury on Thursday afternoon found former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter with enhancement of a gun, which will carry a sentence of between five and […]

2010/07/08

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