Catch Me Up: Daily news roundup for June 11, 2025

This Daily News Roundup for the 24 hours from 4:00 PM Tuesday 6/10 to 4:00 PM Wednesday 6/11 is based on news articles created by Bay City News reporters and editors. We prompted ChatGPT to analyze the articles produced by our staff and to choose 5 stories to highlight. Then we used ElevenLabs and other tools to help us convert the text into audio based on the voice of Leslie Katz, one of our Bay City News editors. This content was verified by a human editor.

Hello, and welcome to Bay City News for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. Here is a look at some of the top stories from across the region.

Oakland police are investigating a commercial burglary and a car fire that followed a peaceful protest in the city’s Fruitvale neighborhood on Tuesday evening. Officers responded to a collision at International Boulevard and 34th Avenue around eight-forty p.m. where people threw objects at their vehicle and set fire to a car. Around nine-thirty p.m., about 30 people broke into a Shiekh shoe store nearby, stealing merchandise. One person was arrested. The incidents occurred after a peaceful protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, who attended the protest earlier, thanked peaceful participants but condemned violent behavior and vandalism. The Oakland Police Officers Association, the union representing city officers, used the opportunity to call for more police, citing these events and multiple robberies at a 7-Eleven store. Union president Huy Nguyen stated that more officers are needed to protect the public. Police clarified that they do not cooperate with ICE on civil immigration law enforcement.

In other news, a popular California State Parks program that provides free state park access to low-income and underserved residents is on the chopping block. The California State Library Parks Pass program, launched in 2021 by Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, allows library card holders to borrow park passes for free entry to over 200 state parks. The California State Parks Foundation reports the program has loaned 38,000 passes through 1,100 public libraries. A 2023 survey found that 63 percent of participants cited cost as the main barrier to visiting parks, and nearly 70 percent had household incomes below sixty thousand dollars. The program is currently set to end on December 31st as the state Legislature works to reduce a twelve billion dollar budget deficit. Rachel Norton, the foundation’s executive director, urged residents to contact their legislators to restore funding, stating that cutting the program sends the wrong message about California’s commitment to equity in outdoor access.

Turning to Oakland, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against a coffee shop, alleging discrimination against Jewish customers. The suit claims that Fathi Abdulrahim Harara and Native Grounds LLC, owners of the Jerusalem Coffee House on Telegraph Avenue, violated the Civil Rights Act by refusing service to two men wearing Star of David baseball caps on separate occasions. Federal prosecutors allege one customer was told, “You’re the guy with the hat. You’re the Jew. You’re the Zionist. We don’t want you in our coffee shop. Get out.” Another Jewish customer, accompanied by his five-year-old son, was allegedly accused of supporting “genocide” and told to leave. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon stated that refusing service to Jewish customers is illegal and reprehensible. However, Glenn Katon, Harara’s lawyer, described the lawsuit as a political stunt by the Trump administration to intimidate those who oppose Israel’s actions, claiming the customer involved had a history of inciting conflict. The lawsuit seeks an order for the cafe to change its policies.

Meanwhile, the California Legislature is pushing back against Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed funding cuts for higher education next year, while largely maintaining TK-12 school spending. Lawmakers are aiming to restore a three percent cut to the University of California and California State University systems. Senator John Laird, chair of the education subcommittee, characterized Newsom’s higher education cuts as “draconian.” While the Legislature’s plan would defer some payments until July 2026, it would provide relief from the direct cuts. The proposal also adjusts deferrals for community colleges and aims to restore funding for the Middle Class Scholarship program, benefiting over three hundred thousand recipients. For TK-12 education, the Legislature is proposing a six hundred million dollar stipend for aspiring teachers to address the teacher shortage, a significant increase from the governor’s one hundred million dollar proposal. The Legislature has until June 15th to present their budget bill to the governor.

In San Jose, one person is dead and another injured after a solo-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning. San Jose police said the incident occurred around one-fifty a.m. in the 800 block of Tully Road, where a 2015 blue Toyota sedan left the road and struck a tree. Both women in the vehicle were hospitalized; one succumbed to her injuries. The other woman is expected to survive. The male driver was treated at the scene and then arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. This marks the twelfth fatal collision on San Jose city streets this year. Eastbound Tully Road between Galveston Avenue and Senter Road was closed for several hours during the investigation but has since fully reopened to traffic. Police have not yet released the identities of those involved.

Finally, a chaotic scene unfolded in Concord on Tuesday as protesters clashed with federal agents outside an immigration court, leading to four arrests. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers detained four asylum-seeking immigrants after their hearings at the Concord Gateway building. A crowd of about 100 people confronted agents, yelling and pushing as agents tried to get the detainees into an SUV. At least two women were shoved to the ground, and one protester slapped an officer. Heliodoro Moreno, an attorney with the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office, said ICE agents have been frequently appearing at the Concord court to conduct targeted arrests, and all four individuals arrested were seeking protection from returning to their home countries. U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier of Walnut Creek condemned the arrests as “cruel, unnecessary, and at times lacking due process.”

And those are some of the top stories we’re following. Thank you for joining us for Bay City News.