Eight years after the deadly Ghost Ship exposed significant lapses in Oakland’s fire prevention efforts, the city recently cut the ranks of its fire inspectors by more than a third, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
A State 911 Advisory Board member said he was blindsided by serious public safety concerns regarding California’s Next Generation 911 project recently exposed in an NBC Bay Area investigation, noting the board has largely been kept in the dark about the extent of those issues by the state and its contractors.
Bishop O’Dowd High, a private Catholic school in Oakland, fired an English teacher for “insubordination” after she refused to stop wearing a pin bearing the Palestinian flag and the words “Free Palestine.”
NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura shares some recent wins from the NBC Bay Area Responds team.
California’s massive overhaul of its aging, landline-based emergency call system is years behind schedule and has been plagued by safety issues, sources and documents report.
When your data is on the dark web, there are consequences.
Frustrated fans continue to report that their Ticketmaster tickets are being transferred from their accounts without authorization. Now however, it appears new changes may be in place to stop the stealing.
PG&E has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for failing to promptly alert nearly 150,000 customers that they were going to be hit by public safety shutoffs in 2021, according to terms of a settlement deal approved by regulators Thursday.
A high-rise window broke Wednesday, sending chunks of glass down into a car parked on the street below in downtown Oakland, authorities say.
SCCOE’s interim superintendent says he has seen enough evidence to initiate a new internal investigation, involvement by outside auditors and a call to San Jose police reporting what he described as possible illegal activity.
Add Bobby von Merta to the long list of Bay Area viewers who are complaining to the NBC Bay Area Responds team about losing their property insurance coverage.
