Bay area crime articles
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Happy Birthday To Bay Area Rap Icon Too $hort!
Today, we say happy birthday to one of the original West Coasters, Too $hort, born on this date in 1966. As one of Hip Hop’s first self-made businessmen, $hort started off his career pumping his own X-rated mixtapes out of the trunk of his car. Releasing fifteen albums between 1987 and 2012, Too $hort has […] The post Happy Birthday To Bay Area Rap Icon Too $hort! first appeared on The Source.
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May Day protests for Gaza planned in these Bay Area locations
Amid a burgeoning nationwide student movement against the war in Gaza, pro-Palestinian groups are planning a series of demonstrations across the Bay Area on Wednesday. The day of action is inspired by the May Day protests of 1971, in which thousands were arrested in Washington D.C. for marching against the United States' participation in the Vietnam War. Protesters announced plans to disrupt operations at the Port of Oakland, four months after groups calling for a ceasefire in Gaza shut down...
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Family of four killed in SF Bay Area car crash
A family of four was killed in a solo-car crash in in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night, officials said. The driver may have hit a tree, the Pleasanton Police Department said in a news release. The mother, father and two children under age 15 were killed in the crash that occurred at about 9 p.m. on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive in the East Bay suburb, the police said. The cause of the crash remained under investigation on Thursday night, but police said it appears the driver...