Police say the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old California boy with cerebral palsy are suspects in what is now being called a homicide investigation.
Police say missing boy dead, foster parents suspects
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Oakland, California, passes landmark marijuana tax
Oakland’s bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote. About 80 percent of voters chose to impose the tax on Oakland’s medical marijuana facilities, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.
Fourth Oakland police officer dies after shootings
A fourth Oakland, California, police officer has died as a result of shootings that happened Saturday, a police spokesman said Sunday. John Hege, 41, was pronounced dead about noon Sunday at Highland Hospital, Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said. Hege was on life support Saturday, police said.