Judge directs Hayward to refund $3200 charge for editing police footage

Last May, the city of Hayward charged a legal association about $3,200 for police body camera footage of the December 2014 Black Lives Matter protests in Berkeley.
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Last May, the city of Hayward charged a legal association about $3,200 for police body camera footage of the December 2014 Black Lives Matter protests in Berkeley.
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A court denied Segue Construction Inc. — the company responsible for constructing the balcony that collapsed in June and killed six — the right to participate in testing evidence during the criminal investigation into the collapse.
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An Alameda Superior County Court judge issued two rulings regarding contested ballot language for November ballot measures on Tuesday.
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At a Friday hearing, Berkeley City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin argued against an attorney representing the city over whether the ballot language describing a controversial initiative is biased and misleading.
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A judge ruled against Berkeley’s police union and an officer Tuesday after they requested a temporary restraining order that would suspend the mandate that officers attend hearings conducted by the city’s police oversight agency.
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The University of California must disclose data on investment returns for the university’s $10.65 billion endowment fund, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ordered in a tentative ruling Oct. 23.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — A judge approved an agreement reached between attorneys representing the University of California and its police union Tuesday, clearing the path for the release of a widely anticipated report about the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis. The report has been caught up in litigation
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After weeks of delay, the task force report investigating the Nov. 18 UC Davis pepper spray incident has been tentatively scheduled for public release Wednesday. The move comes after the Federated University Police Officers Association and UC reached an agreement to redact all names of the UC Davis police officers except
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An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday to allow the UC to release the portions of a widely anticipated report on the Nov. 18 UC Davis pepper spray incident that were still pending a court decision. In issuing the ruling, Judge Evelio Grillo rejected attempts by the Federated
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Following court battles between the UC and a union representing UC police, the head of a task force charged with investigating the Nov. 18 UC Davis pepper spray incident sent a letter to UC President Mark Yudof Tuesday stating that the task force’s report will most likely be released in
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