SF News Occupy Oakland and Occupy Cal to Merge in 'Carnivalesque' Union After Monday morning's Occupy Oakland raid dismantled the encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza, the noted East Bay protesters, now without a headquarters, will merge with Occupy UC Berkeley protesters today. According to The
SF News Oakland Braces for Occupy General Strike [UPDATED] The scene at 14th and Broadway, noted as the Occupy Oakland epicenter, has grown in numbers as the morning wears at today's general strike. With chants of "take the streets, take the streets"
SF News 3.6 Earthquake Hits Berkeley Following Thursday's small quake, another slight yet significant earthquake rattled the East Bay at 5:36 this morning, centered in Berkeley. This was the latest tremor to hit the Hayward fault in Berkeley
SF News Minor 3.2 Quake Rattles East Bay A small JELL-O Jiggler of a quake hit the East Bay this afternoon. It struck at 3:44 p.m. and measured 3.2. We didn't think much of it until CBS 5
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Oakland If your ride on the Orange & Black rollercoaster is making you ill, consider the bounty our friends to the east have on offer: the Oakland-centric film Moneyball premieres at The Paramount Theatre
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Popular Raw/Vegan Chain Accused of Socialist Tip-Pooling Scheme Cafe Gratitude, the popular local chain of raw/vegan restaurants with locations around the Bay Area and as far south as LA, has been slapped with a lawsuit from a former employer who
SF News Castro Valley Has So Many Gays Their Pride March Has Become a Rally Quiet little East Bay burg Castro Valley was scheduled to host their first ever Pride march tomorrow afternoon, but greater-than-anticipated interest in the event -- at least 300 (!) people have said they're coming
SF News East Bay Youth Group Help Police Sex-Shame Prostitute Customers The East Bay Asian Youth Center started a new program this week to stop sex workers from doing business in their neighborhood. According to KTVU, "Neighbors along International Boulevard in Oakland have long
SF News Heavily Armed East Bay Woman Claims She Killed 91-Year-Old Grandmother in Self-Defense We're not even sure where to begin with this story of elder homicide, domestic disputes and alleged child abuse in Dublin, CA. Rosa Hill, a 36-year-old mother who lost custody of her child
SF News Oakland Makes 'Top 10 Dangerous Cities' List A mind-bending five other cities are considered more violent than Oakland, according to 2010 FBI crime data. A 24/7 Wall Street review of said data revealed that, to the shock of no
SF News (UPDATED) Toddler Found Wandering Pleasanton Parking Lot Alone at 3 a.m. A wee one found wandering by himself in a Walmart parking lot early this morning has since been reunited with his family. "[T]he boy, between 2 and 3 years old, was found
SF News Photo: Tsunami Makes Its Way To Emeryville Berkeley photographer Steven Winter (Dr Speed) sent Berkeleyside this astounding image of the tsunami making its way to Emeryville. Excellent work. Click to enlarge. [Berkeleyside]
SF News Estimated 180 People Brawl In Emeryville Bar Fight A massive brawl involving 180 people broke out last night at Kitty’s in Emeryville that sprawled out into the streets. Supposedly Kitty’s is known as a place where fights break out—
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guy Fieri to Open East Bay Restaurant Noted Food Network star Guy Fieri (née Guy Ferry) plans on opening a fourth branch of Johnny Garlic's restaurant chain in the Bay Area. This one will crash land in Dublin in early
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Temescal NIMBYs Shun McDonald's Redo A few residents in all-that Oakland neighborhood Temescal have helped appeal a decision by the Oakland Planning Commission who approved the rebuilding of a McDonald's spore at 4514 Telegraph Avenue. According to Christopher
SF News Suburban Carjacking Adds to Rash of Antioch Crime Last night around 10:45 p.m. on a quaint-looking street just a block from an elementary school in suburban Antioch, a 40-year old man from Oakland was shot in the stomach when
SF News Oakland Police Shoot, Kill Unarmed Man The Oakland Police will have to answer to the public after fatally shooting an unarmed "popular store owner" on Monday. The man, identified as 37-year-old Derek Jones, was killed by officers after responding
SF News Unruly Protesters Arrested In Oakland After Mehserle Sentencing After Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, as many as 500 people gathered outside Oakland City Hall to sing songs and present speeches in protest. However, according to
SF News (UPDATED) Oakland Prepares After Mehserle Sentencing After today's (light?) two-year-sentencing of former BART cop Johannes Mehserle, Oakland is preparing itself for any possible melee. The scene outside Oakland City hall is growing in numbers, but, as of this afternoon,
SF News Fifth Woman Assaulted In Walnut Creek Apartment Complex The folks running the Park Regency apartment complex in Walnut Creek need to get their act together after a fifth woman was attacked on Saturday. "The victim, a 43-year-old resident of the complex,
SF News Two More Small Quakes Shake the East Bay Two small, 2-pointers rattled along the Hayward Fault in the San Ramon area last night, one just before 6 p.m. and the second just after 11 p.m, according to Bay City
SF News 3.3 Earthquake Hits East Bay At 9:35 a.m. this morning, a small 3.3 earthquake hit the Bay Area, just northwest of San Pablo, reports UCGS. The jolt, according to KRON 4, was felt in Berkeley,
SF News Firefighters Battle Flames, Tarantulas As firefighters tame flames in a 375-acre wildfire burning in Mount Diablo State Park near Curry Canyon, they are also dealing with tarantulas. (Oh dear!) The firefighters, it seems, "also had to deal
SF News Photos from 'Peaceful' Pro-Mehserle Rally Here are some shots from today's reportedly peaceful Pro-Mehserle rally in Walnut Creek.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Help Rename Little Mac, Win Lifetime Supply of Mac and Cheese East Bay cheese and pasta pushers Little Mac (founded by Allison Arevalo, Local Lemons blogger) might or might not get sued by high fructose corn syrup pushers McDonald's over the former's name, or
