SF News A 'Caravan' of Thieves Hit Multiple Oakland Businesses Thursday, In Chinatown and Elsewhere Oakland's plague of business robberies continued this week with a brazen caravan traveling in multiple vehicles — or possibly multiple crews — that hit at least 20 businesses in multiple commercial districts early Thursday.
SF News 23-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot In Bed at Oakland Long-Term Care Facility A man was killed early Saturday morning, possibly while sleeping, in a gang-style hit at a long-term care facility in Oakland's Adams Point neighborhood, and two gunmen are being sought by police.
SF News Violent Weekend In Oakland Leaves Five Dead, Police Address the Public Three people were fatally shot in Oakland in separate incidents in the same three-hour period on Friday, and that burst of violence was followed by multiple other incidents throughout the weekend that left two more people dead and five others wounded.
city of oakland Three People Died Within Three Hours in Separate Shooting Incidents in Oakland Friday Evening The Oakland Police Department called it "a bloody Friday night" and is still investigating all three shootings, but no more details have been released.
SF News 100-Year-Old Man Killed In Oakland Hit-and-Run Identified, Mini Cooper Driver Still at Large The elderly man killed in a Sunday morning hit-and-run while out for his daily walk near Oakland's Lake Merritt has been identified, and his daughter says he was very health conscious and loved his walks.
SF News [Update] Oakland Bakery Owner Dies After Attempted Robbery Gone Wrong Popular Oakland baker Jennifer Angel, the 48-year-old owner of Angel Cakes in the historic Gingerbread House, is in critical condition after a Monday incident in which she apparently tried to chase down thieves who stole something from her.
SF News Monday Shootout In Oakland Took Place During Music Video Shoot, Appears Gang Related Because it occurred in such close succession with two mass shootings in California, a shooting incident in Oakland Monday night has been called a third "mass shooting," but the evidence points to something different involving more than one shooter and possible gang conflict.
SF News Remains of Two-Year-Old Boy Who Police Say Was Killed In Oakland Found In Napa Oakland police are investigating the possible murder of a toddler two days before Christmas, whose body was later found buried in a shallow grave in Napa County.
SF News Torture Charges Filed In Gambling Den Beating Incident In Oakland Prosecutors say that a patron at an illegal gambling den in Oakland was stripped naked and brutally beaten for six minutes in a January 2022 incident caught on video, and the three men believed responsible now face torture charges.
SF News Man's Partially Clothed Body Pulled From Bay Near Port of Oakland, Investigation Begins An investigation into a suspicious death has begun after a man's body was pulled out of the water near the Port of Oakland on Monday morning.
SF News Two Arrested In Slaying of Oakland Dentist; One Is Victim's Longtime Boyfriend Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the August murder of Lili Xu in Oakland's Little Saigon neighborhood, and one of the suspects is Xu's longtime boyfriend who was with her at the time of the killing.
SF News Oakland Police Warn of Surge In Thefts of Power Tools at Gunpoint There’s a new wrinkle in the rampant theft of power tools, as OPD says suspects in one specific Oakland area are striking while the owner is home, and taking the tools at gunpoint.
SF News Two Teen Brothers Killed In House Party Shooting at Oakland Vacation Rental Two teenage brothers, both Berkeley High School students, were killed in a shooting Saturday night at a birthday party in Oakland that turned violent.
SF News Starbucks Near Oakland Airport an Apparent Hot Spot for Smash-and-Grab Thieves Right Now Don't stop for coffee on your way to or from Oakland Airport with a car full of luggage, because opportunistic thieves may just smash in and grab it all.
SF News Shooting at Oakland Sports Bar Kills One; Same Bar Saw a Shooting In 2019 One person was fatally shot and at least three others were injured in a shooting at an Oakland sports bar Thursday night, not long after the Warriors clinched the NBA Championship.
SF News Thieves Use SUV to Ram Metal Door of Oakland Dispensary, Clean the Place Out of Product A group of pot burglars targeted a dispensary inside the old Parkway Theater space in Oakland, and the way they got inside involved using a Lexus SUV to slam a roll-up door.
SF News Oakland City Council Approves Additional Police Academies to Staff Up Amid Spike In Violence The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted to authorize two additional police academies over the next two years in order to help fill vacancies and address attrition in the police department.
SF News Somebody Set the Christmas Tree In Oakland's Jack London Square on Fire The Christmas tree in Jack London Square was torched early Monday, but may have been saved from being a total loss — though it's not clear if it will be able to be restrung with lights and used for a tree-lighting ceremony on Saturday.
SF News Arrest Made In High-Rise Double-Homicide In Oakland The killing of two people in an Oakland high-rise on Wednesday night may have been a "domestic incident," and Oakland police say they now have one suspect in custody.
SF News Oakland Cop Killer Rapist Too Lovelle Mixon, the Oakland cop killer who fatally shot four Oakland police officers and was, thankfully, brutally killed himself, also raped two women the day before he died, according to DNA evidence released
