Details are few, but the westbound portion of I-580 was completely shut down by the CHP at 2:45 this afternoon as police are searching for a suspect in an attempted robbery and shooting. A witness tells the Tribune that around 2 p.m. a car pulled up alongside a woman walking on the 4000 block of MacArthur Boulevard, demanded her purse and then shot her twice in the legs. As far as we understand, the freeway remains closed between High Street and 35th Avenue. There's no estimated time for the reopening of the freeway, and traffic is being redirected onto Macarthur Boulevard. More as this develops... [Tribune] more ›

Byron Williams, that Tuolumne County right-wing lunatic who spent a lot of time watching Glenn Beck and decided to head to SF to shoot up the ACLU, pleaded not guilty in Alameda County court yesterday to charges of premeditated attempted murder of a peace officer. more ›

Oakland resident Tuolumne County man Byron Williams, 45, arrested for a shootout with CHP on Saturday, "was reportedly heading to San Francisco to target individuals at liberal nonprofit the Tides Foundation and the ACLU," reports KTVU. more ›

A parolee hellbent on killing San Francisco, or something, began a shootout with CHP officers Saturday night in Oakland that shut down I-580 through most of Sunday. The freeway was shut down in both directions near the Grand Avenue exit in Oakland just after midnight Saturday night, causing massive traffic delays for a whole lot of people. (Scroll down for some amateur video footage of the scene on the freeway just after the shootout -- above, some video shot by someone near Oakland Ave and Harrison, featuring audio of the shootout.) The westbound lanes of the freeway remained closed for most of Sunday, with only the two left-hand lanes reopening at 7 p.m. more ›

The California State Assembly introduced la bit of legislation, one that would "designate a portion of Interstate Highway 580 in unincorporated Alameda County as the Sgt. Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway in honor of the Oakland police officer who was slain in March, " according to reports. Conceived by Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, a strip of Highway 580 between East Castro Valley Boulevard and Strobridge Avenue. "By naming this section of Highway 580 after Sergeant Sakai, we have the opportunity to pay tribute to his courage, and forever be inspired by the heartfelt dedication and strong values he demonstrated throughout his life," said Hayashi. Sakai and three of his brethren, as most of you recall, were violently gunned down by Lovelle Mixon in March. After raping at least two women the day before and going on a murder spree, Mixon was, thankfully, in turn shot to death by OPD officers. more ›