SF News Repeat Offender Attacks AC Transit Driver With Hammer, Pulls Gun on Him It was not the first time this 45-year-old woman assaulted someone on AC Transit, but security video shows that on Sunday, she bashed a driver on the head with a hammer and tried to shoot him, but the gun malfunctioned.
SF News Oakland-Based Health Justice Lawyer Awarded MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Oakland-based attorney Priti Krishtel was announced today as one of 25 grantees of the MacArthur Foundation's esteemed annual 'genius' fellowships, for her work in the health justice space.
SF News Oakland Records 101st Homicide of Year; State AG Rob Bonta Comes to East Bay to Address Gun Violence Oakland’s 100th homicide of 2022 on Monday was the fatal shooting of a city violence prevention coordinator’s uncle. But then some 12 hours later, the city saw its 101st killing of the year.
SF News Manhunt for Oakland School Shooters Still Fruitless, Police Up Reward Ante to $30,000 More than two days after six people were shot at Oakland's Rudsdale Newcomer High School, among them two students, police are seemingly without leads and increasing the reward for information to $30,000.
SF News Search Continues for Oakland School Shooters; Two Victims Have Life-Threatening Injuries Wednesday's mass shooting on the campus of two Oakland high schools left six people injured, and two of them were reportedly students. Oakland police say the shooting was targeted and arose out of "group and gang conflict."
SF News Shooting at Oakland School Leaves at Least Six Critically Injured There was a school shooting Wednesday in the Eastmont Hills neighborhood of Oakland, the details of which are still coming in — but we know that at least six students or staff were injured.
SF News Manslaughter Charges Have Been Filed Against Alleged Sideshow Participant Who Caused June Death In East Oakland A 19-year-old whose reckless driving was implicated in the death of a 28-year-old Oakland man and injuries to his family members has been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter.
SF News Oakland Audit Blasts Inability to Account for What Happened With $70 Million In Homeless Funding The city of Oakland spent $69 million over four years housing unsheltered people, but has no idea if any of those nearly 9,000 people ever found permanent housing, according to a new report from the City Auditor.
SF News Three Homicides Mark Grisly Monday Night In Oakland In the 88th, 89th and 90th homicides of 2022 in Oakland, two men were shot and killed after leaving a mosque near Mosswood, and an hour later, another woman was fatally shot near the Highland Terrace neighborhood.
SF Politics Not One But Two Oakland Mayoral Candidates Have Been Arrested on Gun Charges There are ten candidates vying to be the Mayor of Oakland on the November ballot, and two of them have been arrested on gun charges for incidents that happened in 2021.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Hip Hop Festival Hiero Day Returns for 10th Annual Celebration Monday, But Really All Weekend Multi-platinum Oakland native Keyshia Cole headlines Monday’s 10th annual Hiero Day, with Mistah F.A.B. and of course Hieroglyphics in the mix too, but this year the festival has events all Labor Day weekend long.
SF News Activists Still Occupying Shuttered Oakland Elementary School, District Vows to Crack Down An East Oakland elementary school that was closed down in June has drawn a months-long sit-in protest and occupation, but the school district insists they've had enough of all this, claiming one occupier was carrying “what appears to be a firearm.”
SF News Violent Weekend With Multiple Shootings Leaves Five Dead In Oakland The summertime uptick in street violence in Oakland continued over the weekend with five people killed in three separate and unrelated incidents.
SF News Fatal, Broad Daylight Shooting in Oakland‘s Little Saigon Sunday Draws Outrage A 60-year-old Asian woman was shot and killed in a 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon robbery near Laney College, and Oakland councilmembers are decrying a spike in violence in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
SF News Mushroom- and Weed-Dispensing Church In Oakland Sues Over Police Raid, Confiscated Property A kooky church in Oakland that believes in the spiritual power of hallucinogens has now filed suit against the city and the Oakland Police Department over a raid two years ago in which police took cash, cannabis, and mushrooms.
SF News Oakland Man Causes Panic at Las Vegas Airport Amid Apparent Mental Health Episode A 33-year-old Oakland man who reportedly really wanted to go home and get the eff out of Vegas was arrested twice last weekend at Harry Reid International Airport for causing disturbances that police compared to terrorism.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Popular Oakland Food Truck Tacos El Último Baile to Set Up Shop In Former Nyum Bai Space This Fall A highly sought-after taco truck is becoming a brick-and-mortar over in Oakland, with Tacos El Último Baile set to take over the cozy Fruitvale restaurant space that was recently vacated by another popular establishment, Nyum Bai.
SF News Early Saturday Shootings Near Downtown Oakland Leave One Dead, Three Wounded, Nightlife Operators Shaken A pair of shootings came after a night of First Friday partying in Oakland's Uptown District, and one of the shootings, a drive-by on Broadway in the early morning hours of Saturday, left one person dead.
SF News SF Firefighter Allegedly Shot Oakland Man In Puppy-Breeding Dispute A 29-year-old San Francisco Fire Department member appeared in an Alameda County Court Tuesday morning on charges that he not only ripped off an Oakland puppy breeder, but fired several bullets at him too.
SF News Pandemic and Street Violence Still Taking Brutal Toll on Oakland’s Chinatown A full 10% of small businesses in Oakland’s Chinatown have closed permanently during the pandemic, and the lingering threat of street violence is hampering any sort of comeback.
SF News Fruitvale Avenue Ice Cream Shop Flavor Brigade Has Storefront Demolished In ATM Theft Security camera video catches the entire heist, as two suspects plow a car through the front window and all the way into the back of a Lower Dimond’s ice cream shop Flavor Brigade, just to make off with an ATM machine.
SF News Federal Judge Hands Another Reprieve to Oakland’s Wood Street Encampment Residents A three-day restraining order on the clearing of the West Oakland encampment has been extended for a month, as a judge rules that Caltrans must provide residents with relocation plans by August 26 before they can clear any more of the site.
SF News Oakland Police Seek Suspect Who Attempted to Kidnap Toddler From Bus Stop A bizarre attempted kidnapping unfolded at a bus stop in Oakland on Tuesday, and police are now seeking the public's help in locating the suspect, who also assaulted the child's mother.
SF News Federal Judge Halts Clearing of Oakland’s Wood Street Encampment, Though It Might Resume Friday It’s probably no comfort to the couple dozen people whose camps have already been removed, but a federal judge has halted Caltrans’ clearing of the Wood Street encampment, though that decision could be reversed as early as Friday.
SF News [Update] Oakland and Caltrans Begin Clearing Wood Street Encampment, or As Residents Would Say, Destroying Their Homes A persistent and often problematic encampment community in West Oakland is starting to be aggressively cleared this week, but the operation seems heavier on law enforcement and bulldozing than transitional housing services.
