East Bay Times

No D’s or F’s? Equity grading at East Bay school district riles parents, teachers

The new policy will go into effect for all 6th through 12th-grade classes in Dublin next year. Some parents and teachers worry the changes will encourage students to slack off and leave them unprepared for college.

Dublin High School freshmen Hrihaan Bhutani, left, and Bhuvan Krishnamohan, right, walk through a campus classroom on Thursday, April 11, 20124, in Dublin, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Her announcement marks a reversal from the conclusions of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price's predecessor, Nancy O'Malley, who previously declined to file charges against the officers.

DA files involuntary manslaughter charges against 3 East Bay cops in death of Mario Gonzalez

The protests unfolded amid a larger debate over crime and punishment in the Golden State. A series of laws and initiatives over the last 15 years were aimed at depopulating overcrowded California prisons.

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Should protesters pay the price? Demonstrations that snarled Golden Gate Bridge, I-880 spur questions about tougher penalties

Former Raiders running back Napoleon Kaufman, who led O'Dowd to a state title in 2016, has been named Dublin's football coach.

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Why new Dublin football coach Napoleon Kaufman says this job is perfect for him

Klay Thompson is a pending free agent entering the Warriors' offseason, and the team will have to decide how to improve from a 10th-place finish.

Kerr sees ‘tremendous value’ in Curry, Thompson, Green being Warriors for life

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Crime and Public Safety

Judge releases former San Jose youth pastor while child sex abuse case is pending

Brett Bymaster, the director of a well-known nonprofit, is charged with sexually abusing a girl during his previous career as a youth pastor, starting when she was just 8 years old.

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Landon Jacobs named Branham’s teacher of the year by his peers hours after supporters reveal they have intensified their fight for dismissed AD

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Northern California native Mandisa, Grammy award-winning ‘American Idol’ alum, dead at 47

Soulful gospel artist Mandisa, a Grammy-winning singer who got her start as a contestant on “American Idol” in 2006, has died, according to a statement on her verified social media. She was 47.