Dinyal New lost two sons to gun violence within a period of three weeks in East Oakland. A year after the double tragedy the wounds are still fresh, but the trail has gone cold. On Tuesday, New and Tameka Rothschild stood with Oakland police at a street corner near the San Leandro border, imploring the public for tips in a shooting that killed their 19-year-old sons, childhood friends Lamar Broussard and Derryck Harris, in January 2014. Full story

Two men were shot and killed in West Oakland on Tuesday evening, police said. Police went to 10th Street between Willow and Campbell streets at 5:25 p.m., Officer Reginald Brown said. Full story

A thick carpet of green spreading across Delta harbors and channels has confined boats to their slips, delayed cargo deliveries, imperiled migrating birds, even stirred fears for the safety of those who use the waterways. At the root of the problem: Again, it's California's historic drought. Full story (Also see an analysis of drought weather from the California Weather Blog and KQED's checkup on reservoir conditions.)

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is, for now, the leading candidate to succeed Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate. Environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer, by dint of his money, is her strongest potential challenger. But one other Democrat – despite plenty of personal and political baggage – has the potential to upend the dynamics of the race. Full story

We heard a lot of proposals in President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. But will all the pageantry, policy analyses and political commentary lead to any actual legislation? Republicans control both the Senate and House of Representatives, after all. Full story (Also: What President Obama proposed, via NPR.)

Two grisly sightings of the head and skin of a dead wild boar dumped near a pair of vegetarian restaurants in Berkeley are raising questions about how the remains came to be there and what, if any, message was intended. Full story

In an e-mail to supporters on Tuesday, the family of Silk Road suspect Ross Ulbricht wrote that until last week, they did not know that their son had admitted to creating the famed illicit underground drug website. “There were amazing developments in Ross’ trial this past week!” the family wrote. Full story

Netflix is the latest company to offer up The Interview on demand. The online video service announced Tuesday that it will offer The Interview, which it dubbed "the controversial comedy," to its subscribers in the United States and Canada for no additional charge starting on Jan. 24. Google Play, Xbox and Apple TV previously offered the movie for purchase after the movie was pulled from many theaters following threats from hackers. Full story

In early 2013, the volunteers at the Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP), a historical group dedicated to preserving the history of San Francisco’s western neighborhoods, were offered the chance to take stewardship of a massive photo collection containing thousands of images of San Francisco’s past. Full story