SF News 'Mutilation And Mayhem' In Oakland After Man Allegedly Kills Roommate With Pick-Axe Last Friday was quite a night for professional recycler Jeff Girard. According to Oakland police, he began his evening with “a lot of alcoholic beverages," and ended it trying—and failing—to dismember
SF News Oakland Police Headquarters Literally In The Crapper All day Tuesday, the Oakland Police Department's headquarters on Seventh Street in downtown Oakland were closed to the public due to severe flooding from an overflowing toilet on the third floor. An employee
SF News Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan Announces Retirement Routinely criticized Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan announced his retirement today. Effective immediately, his he is on medical leave. In a statement sent to OPD, Jordan writes: "To the members and civilian staff
SF News Quote Du Jour: Tupac And The Oakland Police Department Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. His murder remains steeped in questions and controversy. However, while the Oakland artist was alive, he tossed off the following
SF News In an Especially Deadly Year, Oakland Rehires 24 Laid Off Cops In the budget passed on June 30, the City of Oakland managed to find funding to rehire 24 of the 80 police officers it laid off last year. More officers have also been
SF News Did Police Use Excessive Force at Merhserle Verdict Protest? Some members of the National Lawyers Guild and a smattering of community activists claim the Oakland Police Department "used excessive force in responding to a large protest after the verdict in the trial
SF News 80 Oakland Police Officers to Lose Jobs at 5 p.m. In an effort to reduce a $31 million deficit, a whopping 80 officers from the Oakland Police Department will lose their jobs today. "Hopes appear to be fading but they are not gone
SF News Two Women Murdered in Oakland Hooker Hotel KCBS is reporting on the discovery of two women's bodies last night in a room at the Value Inn on West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, one of a strip of motels frequented by
SF News Images: Memorial of Slain OPD Officers Photographs of the makeshift memorial for Mark Dunakin, John Hege, Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai, the four officers gunned down by Lovelle Mixon on Saturday, March 21.
SF News Oakland: Early Morning Hit-And-Run Kills Woman So far there is no description of the car or person that killed the woman. Of course, if any of you were up at that hour, kicking it in Oakland and might have
