SF News $110,000 Reward Now Offered For Capture Of East Bay Arsonist Without yet concluding that the massive Oakland construction fire on Friday morning was the result of arson, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is now offering a reward of $110,
SF News Is The Same Bicycling Arsonist Responsible For Four East Bay Construction Fires? Three fires in the last year, all at partially completed residential construction sites in Oakland and Emeryville, have all been ruled as acts of arson, and a fourth, which occurred in the early
SF News Oakland Fire Was So Hot It Was Detected In Space The massive blaze at a seven-story construction site in Oakland Friday morning was so hot that it was picked up by a satellite in space. The National Weather Service tweeted the news, noting
SF News Day Around The Bay: Postal Worker Shot In East Oakland A female US Postal Service worker was shot while on the job Friday in East Oakland, and was hospitalized in stable condition. A USPS spokesman said it appeared the shooting was unrelated to
SF News Exclusive Photos: The Progression Of The Friday Morning Fire In Oakland Oakland-based photographer Jonathan Goody captured these images this morning just as the sun was rising on that massive construction fire near Lake Merritt. The seven-story Alta Waverly complex, which spans several blocks and
SF News [Update] Huge Construction Fire Near Oakland's Lake Merritt Causes Mass Evacuation A large mixed-use complex under construction near the Whole Foods and Lake Merritt in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood caught fire early Friday morning, reaching four alarms and leading to the evacuations of hundreds of
SF News Newly Discovered Photo Suggests Amelia Earhart Survived Plane Crash In Marshall Islands A recently discovered photograph, found in the National Archives among previously top-secret documents, may be a major new piece in the 80-year-old mystery of what happened to pioneering airwoman Amelia Earhart. The story
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Burger Boogaloo Blows Up Oakland's Mosswood Park by Nicole Gluckstern Though the biggest (to date) Burger Boogaloo did not go off without a single hitch (there security fence issues, and inadequate trash receptacles), we had a great time taking in
SF News Berkeley Chef Sentenced To 116 Years For Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter An East Bay man who was convicted in March in a case involving the years-long sexual abuse of his stepdaughter was sentenced Friday to 116 years to life in state prison. As Bay
SF News Yet Another Oakland Police Scandal Leads To Discovery Of Drug Stash The Oakland Police Department is nothing if not newsworthy, and this week we learn via the East Bay Express of a new story involving a sexual misconduct probe that led internal investigators to
Arts & Entertainment Do The Burger Boogaloo: Iggy Pop Headlines And John Waters Hosts This Scrappy Oakland Punk Fest by Nicole Gluckstern What would you do to convince Ur-punk icon Iggy Pop to come play your low-key garage rock festival, a stone's throw away from Oakland’s Temescal district? If you’re
Arts & Entertainment Video: Monkeys, Bears, Otters Play With Ice To Cool Down At Oakland Zoo During this week's heat, over at the Oakland Zoo, some of the animals got treated to some ice to frolic in and play with (and eat), including a mother black bear and her
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dosa To Bring Upscale Indian To Oakland's Uptown The latest of several announcements about new restaurant projects headed for Oakland's Uptown neighborhood comes from SF's Dosa, which is planning to open their third location there this fall. As Inside Scoop explains,
SF News The Man Killed In SoMa Over The Weekend Was A Beloved East Bay PE Teacher 31-year-old Oakland resident Carlo Tateo was shot during an argument on Folsom Street near 11th Street at approximately 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. Early reports indicated that Tateo and a group of
SF News New Oakland Fire Department Report Reveals Details Of Ghost Ship Victim Recovery A new, 50-page "Origin and Cause" report by the Oakland Fire Department has been released for the Ghost Ship disaster, though the report concludes, as the earlier investigation by the ATF did, that
Arts & Entertainment Behold Draymond Green's Trolling 'Quickie' T-Shirt The Cavs play in Quicken Loans Arena...Draymond Green, petty king. 😂 pic.twitter.com/sQEboB4GwC— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 15, 2017 Of course Draymond Green wasn't about to let his rivalry with
Arts & Entertainment Live Video: Watch Dub Nation Gather To Celebrate The Warriors In Oakland Your Golden State Warriors are, for the second time in two years, being feted on the streets of Oakland. Possibly a million people are expected to be lining the parade route, and ABC
Arts & Entertainment Everything You Need To Know About Thursday's Warriors Championship Parade The Champagne is beginning to dry, the hangovers are wearing off, and the Mission Street mayhem has subsided from Monday night’s Golden State Warriors NBA Finals championship win, which naturally means it's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pican Closing In Oakland, May Reopen As Smaller Restaurant A pair of large restaurant spaces that helped transform the Uptown neighborhood in Oakland in the last decade are about to get split into four smaller spaces, with the latest closure being Southern
SF News Ghost Ship Master Tenant Derick Almena Appears In Oakland Court, Arraignment Delayed Until June 15 Cameras ready to capture reaction at the Derick Almena arraignment. Families of Ghostship fire victims are in court as well. #GhostShip pic.twitter.com/IQjcY5bsz4— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) June 8, 2017 Following Monday's
SF News Bodycam Footage Analysis Shows Cops Are Nicer To White People Bodycam footage from police officers is typically used only to determine innocence or guilt in high-profile use-of-force incidents. But a new Stanford study puts big-data analysis to bodycam footage, analyzing 981 routine Oakland
SF News Second Ghost Ship Suspect Allegedly Planned Party, Blocked Second Stairway The second man arrested and charged in connection with the Ghost Ship fire on Monday after master tenant Derick Ion Almena was a name that had not been mentioned often in the media
SF News [Update] Ghost Ship Proprietor And Second Tenant Charged With Manslaughter In Deadly Oakland Fire #NEW: Derick Almena mugshot from Lake County jail after #GhostShip arrest https://t.co/V1t24zXUcB pic.twitter.com/4wRgQRK8xB— Matthias Gafni (@mgafni) June 5, 2017 Derick Almena, who also goes by the name
SF News Woman At Center Of Oakland Police Scandal Speaks After Accepting Settlement The case of the Richmond woman at the heart of a sex scandal that rocked several law enforcement agencies has reached its first stage of resolution. ABC7 reports that 19-year-old Jasmine Abuslin has
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tartine And Belcampo Meat Co. Both Opening Locations In Oakland's Jack London Square The long stagnant and/or transitioning food scene around Oakland's Jack London Square where a the 434,000-square-foot waterfront development was built almost a decade ago with a vision of Ferry Building grandeur
