Mid-Market / Bank Robbery: A woman attempted to rob the Chase bank at 8th and Market yesterday evening just before 6 p.m., handing a note to a teller demanding money. Having succeeded in her scheme and getting some cash from the teller, the woman, one Deann Olivia Lopez, 48, of Antioch, walked to the bank's lobby and blithely sat down. Police arrived and arrested her. No word on why she decided not to flee. [BCN/Appeal]

Multiple Neighbordhoods / Muggings: Female victims, between the ages of 15 and 22, were targeted in multiple robberies across town. Four separate incidents were reported to police, and appear unconnected. [Examiner]

Oakland / Apartment Fire: Firefighters extinguished an apartment fire this morning on the 1400 block of Jackson Street, near Lake Merritt in Oakland. The one-alarm blaze was under control by 11 a.m. [CBS]