SF News Oakland Man Sentenced To Five Years For Setting Construction Site Fire An arson case at an under-construction apartment complex on the Oakland-Emeryville border — one of 10 that was set in similar circumstances around Oakland in the last seven years — has ended in a five-year sentence.
SF News Man and Woman Fatally Shot In Oakland En Route To Music Festival A 20-year-old Dublin man and a 20-year-old Daly City woman were fatally shot in their car in Oakland Saturday morning, and the car subsequently crashed into a house.
SF News Oakland-Based Snapchat Gun Dealer Gets Eight Years In Federal Prison A man who was trafficking in weapons that he purchased in Nevada, where he lived part of the time, and sold via Snapchat in the East Bay, has received an eight-year prison term.
Arts & Entertainment Season 2 of Oakland-Based Web Series 'The North Pole' Spotlights Immigration The North Pole — the low-budget web series centered around three best friends, all born-and-raised in Oakland — is officially back for season two. And this time around, the focus is all on immigration.
SF News Feds Bust Oakland Gun Trafficker Who Was Using Snapchat To Sell Illegal Weapons A 22-year-old Nevada resident who grew up in Oakland was recently busted in an undercover sting after selling 35 illegal handguns to a federal officer — and he was marketing the weapons entirely on Snapchat.
SF News Oakland Landlords Lose Case Over Paying Tenants $6,500 To Leave The first legal challenge to Oakland’s new tenant relocation payment law has been denied, but an appeal could undo San Francisco’s version of the measure.
SF News Yet Another Under-Construction Residential Building Burns In Oakland Oakland and Emeryville have seen a number of residential buildings go up in flames, mid-construction, in recent years. And while a suspect has been in custody since November who's believed to be tied to at least one arson, another fire struck a residential project Thursday night in North Oakland.
SF News Second 'BBQ'ing While Black' Event Draws Even Bigger Crowd At Lake Merritt Marking a year since the infamous "BBQ Becky" incident, in which an officious white lady called the cops on two black men who were barbecuing beside Lake Merritt in April 2018, hundreds turned out for the second "BBQ'ing While Black" event on Sunday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 4505's Long-Delayed Oakland Expansion Opens Soon; Brenda's Due In Temescal By Late Summer Two San Francisco institutions with southern flair are opening new locations across the Bay, the first being 4505 Burgers & BBQ which is finally opening in the former Glenn's Hot Dogs space in Oakland's Laurel District.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland First Fridays Returns After Three Rained-Out Months The first First Fridays event since January goes down tonight in Oakland's KONO neighborhood, and it's sure to draw a crowd.
SF News MacArthur Maze Overhaul Now Off the Table as Oakland Gives Caltrans an Earful Oakland and Emeryville have put the kibbosh on a three-year, $180 million rebuild of the MacArthur Maze, at least for now.
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Oakland Skater Turns Electric Board Into Miniature Bus One creative and industrious skateboarder in Oakland was spotted Monday tooling around in traffic aboard his own, personal, remote-controlled, vintage school bus.
SF News Three-Alarm Fire Guts Warehouse In East Oakland A fire that began on the street in East Oakland around 8:15 a.m. Monday grew to three alarms and spread to the American Emperor construction supply warehouse, sending up a huge plume of smoke over the city.
SF News Yet Another High-Rise Proposed For Downtown Oakland An Oakland developer has just submitted plans for a new 22-story highrise at Harrison and 14th Street that would combine 127 residential units and office space on the lower floors.
SF News Four People Shot At Oakland Sports Bar Four people were shot and wounded Saturday night at the Halftime Sports Bar in downtown Oakland. One suspect has been apprehended.
SF News Longshoremen In Oakland Sue Port Companies Over Alleged Racist Incidents Four longshoremen in Oakland are taking their accusations of racism to court, reports CBS. They're alleging that the Pacific Maritime Association and SSA Marine are doing nothing to address numerous alleged instances of
SF News New 'Zig Zagging' Tower Proposed For Oakland Chinatown Would Be City's Tallest Tower Oakland's skyline could soon be changing as developers have filed a proposal for a unique new building that would tower over businesses and residences in Oakland's Chinatown. According to a report from the
SF News Bartender At Popular Oakland Restaurant Allegedly Beats Homeless Man To Death With Bat A bartender an an upscale Oakland restaurant is behind bars today, after witnesses say they watched him beat a homeless man to death outside his place of business. The alleged homicide happened outside
SF News In Random Attack, Man Allegedly Stabs Girl In Face As She Walks To School A 14-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital Tuesday, after a man stabbed her in the face as she walked to school. The East Bay Times reports that the attack occurred at 8:
SF News Three People In Uber Car Injured In Shooting On I-880 In Oakland An Uber driver and two passengers were hospitalized with injuries early Sunday following what authorities are calling a "targeted" shooting on the I-880 freeway in Oakland. As the East Bay Times reports, the
SF News Charges Dismissed For All But One East Bay Officer Connected To Sexual Exploitation Of Celeste Guap In the latest update in the sexual misconduct and exploitation case that roiled the Oakland Police Department and affected several other law enforcement departments over the last year and a half, an Alameda
SF News Oakland City Council Debates Declaring Another Homeless Shelter Crisis Following news that San Francisco is working to implement a new plan to help combat homelessness, Oakland is now debating whether to declare their own shelter crisis. Oakland North reports that the city
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland To Get New All-Day Deli-Bakery Thing Inspired By Venice Beach's Gjusta, Via Charlie Hallowell One of Oakland's most successful chef-restaurateurs, Charlie Hallowell (Pizzaiolo, Boot & Shoe Service, Penrose) is taking over the former Grand Fare space, which is in the same Grand Avenue building that he co-owns
SF News Person Dies In Oakland Police Custody Following Taser Incident A person died while in police custody, Oakland Police have announced, saying that the loss of life happened following the use of a Taser. If that sounds confoundingly vague, you're not wrong: Oakland
SF News Ghost Ship Suspects Plead Not Guilty To 36 Charges Of Involuntary Manslaughter The case against de facto Ghost Ship leaders Max Harris and Derick Almena moved forward on Wednesday as the two defendants each pleaded not guilty to 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter in Alameda
