TBS Today, May 29
A teacher at a private Berkeley high school for students with learning differences has been charged with more than 20 felonies stemming from a sex crime investigation that began last week, court records show.
The Scanner has the scoop.
Berkeley private school teacher charged with sex crimes
A principal who learned of “a series of explicit communications” between Jason Hoopes and an underage student reported it to police, BPD said.

5 gray whales found dead in the Bay Area in just a week
Experts are urging boaters of all sizes to be “whale aware” and slow down in the San Francisco Bay due to a “massive spike” in whale sightings.

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