Cat Ferguson
East Bay Times
Oakland, CA, United States
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ICE used Oakland Airport to deport and transfer tens of thousands of immigration detainees
Oakland International Airport served as the staging ground for nearly 1,000 flights chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2010 and 2018, carrying 43,000 detainees on their w… → Read More
ICE used Oakland Airport to deport and transfer tens of thousands of immigration detainees
Oakland International Airport served as the staging ground for nearly 1,000 flights chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2010 and 2018, carrying 43,000 detainees on their w… → Read More
ICE used Oakland Airport to deport and transfer tens of thousands of immigration detainees
Oakland International Airport served as the staging ground for nearly 1,000 flights chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2010 and 2018, carrying 43,000 detainees on their w… → Read More
Destructive swamp rats threaten California’s waterways. State’s response? Money, dogs, birth control – Chico Enterprise-Record
Dogs also will be trained to find — but not engage with — the giant rodents, which have been known to seriously injure dogs who get too close. → Read More
California pledges millions to battle enormous, destructive swamp rats
Dogs and sterile "Judas" nutria will soon join the war against invasive rodents in the Delta, thanks to a $10 million cash infusion from the state. → Read More
California pledges millions to battle enormous, destructive swamp rats
The non-native mammals especially like to dig up tender roots, causing plants to die and turning marshes and wetlands into open water. But the most immediate risk posed by a nutria invasion is the … → Read More
Coming to an East Bay corner near you: Novelist donates books to street paper sellers
Debut novelist Rick Paulas launched sales of his book, Eastern Span, in an unusual way – donating hundreds of free copies to Street Spirit, the paper sold by homeless and vulnerably-housed people i… → Read More
Coming to an East Bay corner near you: Novelist donates books to street paper sellers
Debut novelist Rick Paulas launched sales of his book, Eastern Span, in an unusual way – donating hundreds of free copies to Street Spirit, the paper sold by homeless and vulnerably-housed people i… → Read More
Malicious apps infect 25 million Android devices with “Agent Smith” malware
The apps, most of them games, were harmless when first downloaded and escaped detection by security teams vetting app store products. After installation, the hackers would ‘activate’ th… → Read More
Malicious apps infect 25 million Android devices with “Agent Smith” malware
The apps, most of them games, were harmless when first downloaded and escaped detection by security teams vetting app store products. After installation, the hackers would ‘activate’ th… → Read More
Courts grapple with Amazon’s responsibility for dangerous products
In the first significant decision of its kind, a Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that Amazon can be held liable for selling the defective product the same way a brick-and-mortar store would be… → Read More
Five California doctors now under investigation over student vaccine exemptions
Two more doctors are being investigated by the California Medical Board over allegations they signed unnecessary vaccine exemptions for students, according to court records filed by the board. The … → Read More
Five California doctors now under investigation over student vaccine exemptions
The investigations are being conducted during the worst measles outbreak in decades, and amid a bitter fight over student vaccine requirements. → Read More
Five California doctors now under investigation over student vaccine exemptions
The investigations are being conducted during the worst measles outbreak in decades, and amid a bitter fight over student vaccine requirements. → Read More
Not just Santa Anita: At Golden Gate Fields and other tracks, horses are dying and racing is in crisis
Though the recent focus has been on Santa Anita, other tracks in California and around the country also have had high numbers of horse deaths. → Read More
California bill cracking down on vaccine exemptions advances in Legislature
Many experts, including bill co-sponsor Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a medical doctor, argue that a handful of doctors began writing illegitimate medical exemptions in the wake of a 2015 bill ba… → Read More
Vaccine exemption bill moves forward after raucous Assembly committee hearing
Senate Bill 276 aims to bring medical vaccine exemptions under oversight of the state public health department. Many experts, including bill co-sponsor Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a medical doc… → Read More
Canine flu outbreak hits Oakland
Dogs at the Oakland animal shelter have been quarantined after an outbreak of dog flu, according to a local vet hospital. Oakland Animal Services confirmed that dogs have been diagnosed with the hi… → Read More
Canine flu outbreak hits Oakland
Dogs at the Oakland animal shelter have been quarantined after an outbreak of dog flu, according to a local vet hospital. Oakland Animal Services confirmed that dogs have been diagnosed with the hi… → Read More
California’s vaccine battle: Here are the doctors behind Bay Area students’ medical exemptions
A Bay Area News Group survey of eight local school districts found five doctors wrote more than half of the 180 medical exemptions for student vaccinations, and three of the doctors were under inve… → Read More