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Oakland city administrator resigns over inappropriate messages: mayor

  • May 17

Widow loses nearly $1M in crypto scheme, ChatGPT alerts her to scam

  • Dec 5, 2025

Bay Area widower loses $1M to 'wrong number' crypto romance scam

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Trump pick Paul Ingrassia withdraws from hearing

  • Oct 22, 2025

SFMTA warns of parking ticket scam texts

  • Feb 26, 2025

'Smishing': US Postal Service issues warning about text message scam

  • Dec 17, 2024

Sculpture in UK sparks outrage for looking like 'poop' emoji

  • Nov 27, 2024

What to know about potential texting scams targeting CA voters

  • Aug 5, 2024

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Oakland city administrator resigns over inappropriate messages: mayor

  • May 17
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Widow loses nearly $1M in crypto scheme, ChatGPT alerts her to scam

  • Dec 5, 2025
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Bay Area widower lured to fake romance, loses $1 million in 'wrong number' crypto scam

  • Oct 29, 2025
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SFMTA warns of parking ticket scam texts

  • Feb 26, 2025
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SFMTA warns of parking ticket scam texts

  • Feb 26, 2025
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Sculpture in UK sparks outrage for looking like 'poop' emoji

  • Nov 27, 2024
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What to know about potential texting scams targeting CA voters

  • Aug 5, 2024
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Antioch police officer reinstated after cleared in text investigation

  • Apr 18, 2024

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Antioch police officer reinstated after investigation clears him from racist texting scandal

ABC7 News has learned that an investigation was conducted, which cleared Hoffman to return. That could include a demotion in rank. But details of the investigation haven't been made public.

  • Apr 18, 2024

Senior-level APD officers signed off on now deemed 'excessive' use of force, report says

Newly obtained police reports document use of force incidents by Antioch Police, in which senior-level officers signed off on what a federal indictment later deemed to be "excessive."

  • Nov 10, 2023
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Attorneys of 2022 SJ police shooting victim call for hate crime charges amid racist text messages

The offensive texts were sent in the wake the shooting of a Black man last spring by an SJPD officer. Now, the same Black man at the center of the texting controversy spoke out with his attorneys on Sunday.

  • Nov 6, 2023

Civil rights investigation launched into Antioch PD for alleged racist texts, excessive force

AG Rob Bonta says they will look into claims of excessive force by Antioch officers with an impact on communities of color. The alleged racist texts between officers will also be part of the investigation.

  • May 10, 2023

Berkeley police union president on leave amid misconduct allegations over discriminatory texts

In a statement, the City of Berkeley called the allegations disturbing, and said it was hiring an external investigator to verify the validity of the complaints.

  • Nov 16, 2022