SF News Keller Fire 90% Contained, All Oakland Hills Residents Return Home The scary Keller Fire which broke out Friday afternoon was a cause for traumatic memories for some longtime Oakland hills residents of the firestorm of 1991, the 33rd anniversary of which was on Saturday.
SF News [Updated] Four-Alarm Wildfire In Oakland Hills Damages Two Homes A vegetation fire in Oakland quickly grew to 13 acres Friday afternoon, amid a Bay Area-wide Red Flag warning, and has damaged multiple homes in the Caballo Hills neighborhood and prompted 500 residents to evacuate.
SF News Oakland Police Arrest Trio In Connection With Carjacking Spree, Including Attempt Caught on Video While a spate of robberies and carjackings by multiple crews still may not be over, Oakland police say they've arrested three individuals who they believe were working together on a spree of carjackings, including an attempted one earlier this week that was caught on dashcam video.
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 Reckless 19-Year-Old Driver Who Targeted Three Pedestrians In Oakland Hills Road Rage Incident Gets Probation A teen driver who used his vehicle as a weapon and repeatedly threatened to run over three people in a frightening incident in the Oakland hills last summer, has taken a plea deal and an attempted murder charge has been dropped.
SF News Berkeley Hills Residents Being Told to Evacuate Whenever Fire Danger Rises The city of Berkeley and the Berkeley Fire Department are taking a new and aggressive step in addressing fire season, and residents of the Berkeley hills — and by extension, the Oakland hills — are being told they should preemptively evacuate under certain circumstances.
SF News Fire Breaks Out in Oakland Hills, Destroys Two Homes In Vicinity of 1991 Fire A fire broke out Tuesday morning in the Oakland hills, on the final day of an extended Red Flag Warning amid record-dry conditions, and it engulfed two homes and spread to nearby vegetation.
SF News East Bay Is 'Overdue' For Wildfire Of Its Own, Say Experts As fire crews continue to battle several wildfires in Northern California, the East Bay begins to make plans for a potential firestorm that, according to one UC Berkeley assistant professor, is very overdue.
SF News Brush Fire In Oakland Hills Prompts Evacuation Grass fire in #Oakland hills threatening homes. Headed to scene. Live coverage here 👇🏼 #abc7now https://t.co/2XVoWz8p0f— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) September 26, 2017 On this very hot day, residents of one section
SF News Oakland Cyclist Wins $3.25 Million Pothole Payday The city of Oakland (and its insurance carrier) has agreed to payout $3.25 million to a woman who was seriously injured after she slammed into a pothole while riding her bike on
SF News Confirmed: Cyclist Chased and Robbed at Gunpoint in Oakland Hills SFist was unable to confirm, on Friday, that a tale of a cyclist chased by a van and robbed at gunpoint in the otherwise quaint and tony Oakland hills was in fact true
SF News Oakland Hills Brushfire Breaks Out Near 580 [Updates] A smokey brushfire broke out in the Oakland Hills around 1:45 p.m. this afternoon. The fire was apparently started by fallen power lines on an access road by the freeway. The
SF News Oakland Hills Man Shot While Walking Dog; Two Others Shot in Unrelated Incident A man returning home from walking his dog on the 7000 block of Elverton Drive in the Oakland hills was shot last night around 10:30 p.m. while trying to enter his
SF News Older Women Targeted In Oakland Safeway Robberies Police are warning the Oakland Hills neighborhood about a rash of frightening robberies starting at the Redwood Road Safeway. It seems "at least half a dozen shoppers have been targeted leaving a grocery
SF News Autopsy Results, Victim's Name Released in Oakland Woman's Death The woman whose nude body was found Friday at the entrance to a bike path off Skyline Blvd. in the Oakland Hills has been identified as Jill Marie Abbott, age 40, of Richmond.
SF News Local Fire And Brimstone (If By Brimstone We Mean Generalized Trouble) Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14
SF News Day Around The Bay --They're raising water rates in the city. Guess who doesn't care about that? --The Macarthur Maze is set to reopen tomorrow. --15 goats (used to reduce fire risk) were shot in the Oakland
SF News Your Commute: Tying Up Traffic There's a report that a MUNI bus managed to snarl all the traffic on 580 after getting in an accident with a big rig? Sure, we can believe a MUNI bus tied up
