Several people were shot at Oikos University, a Christian school, this morning at around 10:40 a.m. According to reports, authorities received frantic calls about "people running out of the building and screaming." Police and SWAT team members are on the scene, and paramedics were seen taking people out on stretchers. more ›

The cause of Iraqi refugees, thousands of whom aided the U.S. military during the Iraq War in exchange for visas, was much in the news in the last 24 hours. There was this NPR story about Iraqi interpreters who are stuck in Iraq, waiting for the American bureaucracy to give them their due, meanwhile hiding out in their homes because militants would like to see them dead for having cooperated with Americans. Then the Chron publishes a story about Iraqi refugees who got visas and were provided places to live by the government, only to find that those places — mostly in East Oakland — were more hellish and dangerous than Iraq. more ›

Just to give you an idea of the tenor of things in East Oakland this summer: An Oakland man and his family were shot at just after midnight last night while trying to deliver a fish dinner to a homeless man with whom they'd formed a relationship. The 29-year-old father was shot in the head and his wife was grazed by a bullet on her shoulder, while their two daughters, ages 3 and 7, were unharmed. Setting aside the questionable judgment of roaming International Boulevard after midnight with two small children in tow, this remains a terrible tragedy, and the victim in this case is in grave condition in an Oakland hospital. more ›

On Halloween night in always-peaceful East Oakland, a fight broke out at a local Denny's. We're not sure what's going on here, exactly, but it sure looks exciting! The psycho dressed as Candy Corn, we can only hope, has since been arrested and placed under a doctor's care. more ›

Juan Guerra, 24, was shot and killed in front of his East Oakland on Wednesday. According to SFGate, "Guerra was standing outside his home on the 9700 block of Walnut Street when someone approached and shot him for an unknown reason." No arrests have been made. more ›

Not to be a total bummer this Monday Tuesday morning, but let's get this quick wrap-up over with.

• Two teens are being held in conjunction with the shooting death of a 13-year-old in East Oakland.
• A motorcyclist crashed and died after giving chase to the CHP in San Jose at 2 a.m. last night.
• Don't know if you heard about this terrible drunk driving crash over the weekend which killed a mother, her brother, and left two twin toddlers in critical condition.
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Oh, Indybay.org, you know we like you. Why? Because you're so hot-headed and loopy; the flipside to zombietime, if you will. But this takes the soy-based vegan carrot cake. more ›

New information is coming out about Lovelle Mixon, the man accused of shooting four Oakland police officers during a routine traffic stop Saturday afternoon. The Oakland parolee, according to SF Chronicle, "was a wanted man and deliberately skipped out on a meeting as part of a feud he was having with his parole agent." more ›

A routine traffic stop in East Oakland on Saturday afternoon resulted in the violent shooting deaths of four police officers. According to reports, "a 26-year-old gunman shot two motorcycle officers after being pulled over at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, killing one and wounding the other." The gunman then quickly escaped the scene, hiding at a nearby apartment. After the police hunted down the assailant and broke into the apartment, "he shot two more officers with an assault rifle, killing them both, before he was shot dead by the police." more ›

• First eco-friendly homeless shelter opens its doors. Glamour, glitz, green. [Oakland Tribune]
• The Mayor uses Muni funds to pay his posse. [SFGate, N Judah Chronicles]
• Speaking of which, buy your "The N Is Near" t-shirt now. No, now. [N-Judah Chronicles]

San Francisco started the year with a bang. Literally. more ›

Your Black Muslim Bakery -- the prominent and notorious Oakland setting featured in many a Chauncey Bailey story -- will probably be sold today to Vital Life Services, a nondenominational "nonprofit serving people living with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses," founded in 1987. The high bidder NCK LLC, a limited liability corporation, plans on buying the space, then turning it over to VLS. (Aw.) The property was also sought after by several other interested... more ›

-- Emmy-winner Al Gore might also win the Nobel Peace Prize. Weren't Bono and Princess Diana supposed to win that at some point, too? (You know, before she...vroom.) [Wired News] more ›

Federal drug agents raided an East Oakland home growing a lot of mary jane, $3.5 million worth of it, it seems. more ›

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The Hell's Angels are throwing themselves a three day celebration in Oakland this weekend in honor of it being their 50th anniversary and it's going to be fabulous. There'll be a Tupperware party and a Sandra Bullock film festival plus such classes as "Fixing Your Hog," "How to Rekindle Romance with Your Old Lady While on the Road" and "The Semiotics of Tattoos." more ›

Trevor Traina's horoscope: Both of you should have an emotional yard sale (but not this week). more ›

A former San Carlos mayor is filing an appeal of his conviction for defrauding the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department out of $13,000, by using public funds to pay for a political consultant who failed to win a campaign back in 2003. more ›

Saturday: we're hitting the YBCA (700 Howard Street at Third) for the SFist Krissy-recommended Kronos Quartet and experimental musicians, Matmos and Walter Kitundu collaboration. Sure, we love the Kronos Quartet and Matmos, but we're also eager to see the extraordinarily threatening Kitundu in action. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., buy tickets here. more ›

Meat may indeed be murder (or perhaps suicide), as the erstwhile Sausage King of San Leandro, who was convicted of murdering three meat inspectors last year, was found dead in his San Quentin jail cell early this morning. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. And the annual race to the final murder count begins, as SF hits murder number 96 in the early am hours of Boxing Day, with a shooting outside the Velvet Lounge on Broadway. Oakland is fast on our heels with murder 93, with two shootings over the weekend in East Oakland. ...and hey, number one on the threatdown -- bears! Vinters in Napa have started asking for permits to shoot the bears that munch away on this year's cabernet grape harvests. The Aetna Springs Vineyard shot four bears after the owner began to fear for the safety of his workers (and after his fences and vines were damaged) -- but the woman who owns the golf course down the street from Aetna Springs calls it "wine for blood, life versus profit," saying that it's wrong to move into a wildlife area and then kill off the wildlife. Other neighbors think the bears are "neat." more ›

Whoa, the Weekly's kind of thin this week! What is this, Mischa Barton's paper? Embracing recursivity, the Infiltrator infiltrates an impersonator convention. PUNI makes a Newsom dyslexia joke! Gasp, but also giggle! (We hope he doesn't get sanctioned by the Board of Supes again for it.) Cover article: a Christian film studio. Social Grace tells a person that no, you cannot ask your rich friend to buy you a house. An article about those guys who run that pirate indie radio station (Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9 FM). A woman writes in to Savage Love to complain about discrimination by the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic because of her possible "medical fetish." (Dan blames the victim.) more ›

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