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A Raymond Zack Documentary in the Works

By Erica Madison

“I hope we can add some dignity even posthumously, because he was robbed of this dignity,” said documentary film director Jaime Longhi during a telephone interview about an upcoming Raymond Zack film.

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Raymond Zack: An Inside Look at the Failures of Alameda Police and Fire Personnel

By Erica Madison

“He was kind, gentle and considerate, but never violent. I don’t understand why that was an issue,” Raymond Zack’s foster mother Dolores Berry told Alameda City Council on October 11, 2011.

Mrs. Berry and others who knew Zack attended a special City Council meeting investigating how and why Raymond Zach died [...]

Alameda Residents ask Attorney General to Investigate Zack Drowning

By Erica Madison

“The Grijalva report on the drowning of Raymond Zack is incomplete and full of inaccuracies, lacks scope and understanding of all the forces at play, and takes no corrective measures”, said Adam Gillitt during a press conference at city hall on October 11, 2011.

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Raymond Zack Family Files Claim Against City of Alameda, County of Alameda

Raymond Zack’s brother and sister have filed a claim against the City of Alameda and the County of Alameda over his death on Memorial Day this year, while public safety officers stood on the beach and watched. Such a claim is typically a precursor to a lawsuit.

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Alameda Releases Raymond Zack Investigation Report

The City of Alameda has released a report on it’s investigation by Ruben Grijalva into the death of Raymond Zack earlier this year. The report is online here.

Angry and Outraged at Non-actions of APD and AFD Regarding Raymond Zack

Dear Editor,

Do you have any new info regarding how the investigation into Raymond Zack’s death is going?

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Upcoming Special City Council Meetings Including the Raymond Zack Report

By Erica Madison

On September 6th, 2011 Alameda City Manager John Russo announced a few upcoming special city council meetings including the long awaited Ruben Grijalva report on the Raymond Zack drowning.

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City Press Release at Odds With Internal Documentation on August 8th Kite Surfer Rescue

Alameda Fire Department documents obtained by Action Alameda News suggest that the City of Alameda over-dramatized the severity of the incident and the department’s response last week to kite surfer who got tangled in his lines a few hundred yards out in the water off Crown Beach.

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Action Alameda News Acquires Recordings of Radio Dispatch for Second Raymond Zack Ambulance

Action Alameda News has acquired radio transmission recordings from the Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ACRECC) that document the request from the Alameda Fire Department for a second medic van to be dispatched to try to revive Raymond Zack on Memorial Day to provide a second AutoPulse automatic CPR device. One week after the [...]

Alameda Division Chief Failure as the Reason Firefighters didn’t Rescue Zack

Update: July 13th, 2011, 8:00 pm – Responding to a media request, Acting Deputy Chief of Operations Daren Olson declined to provide the name of the Division Chief cited in D’Orazi’s report to Council, citing personnel confidentiality, and saying only that the Division Chief is no longer employed by the City of Alameda.

By Erica [...]

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