SF News Bay Area Now Has The Most Car Thefts In All Of The US While the Bay Area prides itself on being the best at a lot of things, having the most proficient car thieves is probably not something any of us are too excited about on
SF News 25-Year-Old Darnell Williams Found Guilty In Sleepover Murder Of Young Oakland Girl The double murder trial of Darnell Williams concluded Friday with guilty verdicts in the slayings of 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine in Oakland on July 17, 2013, and 22-year-old Anthony Medearis in Berkeley two months
SF News Video: Baby Otters Frolic At Oakland Zoo For your daily dose of cute, look no further than the Oakland Zoo — which just this morning released new video of the six, six-week-old otter pups now in the zoo's care. Bay City
SF News Federal Prosecutors Drop Lawsuit Against Oakland's Harborside Pot Dispensary After four years of fighting back and forth, with the City of Oakland, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and many others on the side of the dispensary, the federal government has apparently dropped its lawsuit
SF News Bicyclist Fatally Shot Next To Lake Merritt In Oakland A 29-year-old man was shot and killed while riding his bike around Oakland's Lake Merritt late Friday night/early Saturday. As the Chronicle reports, Oakland police responded to reports of gunshots at 12:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's Genova Delicatessen Closing After 90 Years Sad news for fans of one of the cornerstone businesses of Oakland's Temescal neighborhood: Genova Delicatessen is packing it in and closing up shop later this week, on April 30. The Italian deli
Arts & Entertainment The Most Famous American Actor In Chinese Cinema Lives In Oakland In China, fans shout to Jonathan Kos-Read: "Cao Cao!" they call him by his nickname, which he chose for himself to honor a member of the Han Dynasty. Kos-Read, 43, is a go-to
SF News Bay Area Dog Rescue Org Needs Help After Stolen Van Crashes Into Shelter Oakland-based Rocket Dog Rescue has saved over 7,500 pets over its 13 years in operation, but now they need your help, after the driver of a stolen van crashed into their shelter.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's Lake Chalet Offering 73-Cent Beers Today, For The Warriors As you should have heard by now, the Golden State Warriors broke what was thought to be an impossible-to-break record last night, winning 73 out of 82 games in their regular season and
Arts & Entertainment Seven Easy Date-Night Ideas Around SF, Oakland, And Berkeley Last year, SFist brought you a list of nine easy ideas for nights out on the town, with a friend or a date, organized by neighborhood so you don't have to be ordering
SF News It's Tax Season, And Some Jerk Just Stole A Full Mail Truck Stealing mail, in addition to being a federal offense, is just a plain old dick move. Stealing an entire mail truck, full of mail, the week before taxes are due, is so seriously
SF News Key Witness Takes Stand In Trial Of Man Accused In 2013 Killing Of 8-Year-Old Girl In Oakland A major murder trial is ongoing in Alameda County in the case of Darnell Williams Jr., 25, who stands accused of the fatal shooting of eight-year-old Alaysha Carradine in East Oakland in 2013
SF News Oakland City Council Approves 90-Day Pause On Rent Hikes In a move that sounds even more progressive and renter-friendly than San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, Oakland's City Council last night approved a 90-day moratorium on all rent hikes citywide. The vote came
SF News Thankfully It's Not The O.Co Coliseum Anymore; Naming Rights Up For Grabs Have a cool few million floating around and interested in seeing your name printed in really big letters on the side of something large? Well, here's your chance: Overstock.com exited its naming-rights
SF News East Bay's Claremont Hotel Proposes Condos On Landmark Site In news that developers hope will make wealthy, aging Boomers with Berkeley aspirations positively salivate, the Claremont Club & Spa, a historic hotel in the East Bay hills that straddles Berkeley and Oakland,
SF News Zebras Break Free From Circus For Brief Taste Of Freedom A couple of zebras, who were set to perform at O.co Coliseum over the weekend, managed to escape from UniverSoul Circus on Friday. The two presumably terrified creatures were spotted running north
SF News Violent Crime On The Decline In Oakland As Murder Rate Drops The year is off to a slow start in Oakland, and in this case that's a very good thing. The city is experiencing a drop in violent crimes the likes of which it
SF News Airline Marketing Oakland As 'The Wild Side Of San Francisco' Angers Residents It's well established that Oakland is San Francisco's Brooklyn, right? Well, maybe not according to international Australian airline Qantas, which is excitedly marketing the other city by the Bay to its many customers
SF News Tattooed Rescuer Places Oxygen Mask On Dog Saved From Oakland Fire FFs treated a dog found inside the mobile home fire on High st. last night. pic.twitter.com/GWrgpBFiMM— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) March 1, 2016 When a mobile home fire broke out in
SF News Family Sues Oakland Police Claiming Drunken Officer Tried To Break Into Their Home An Oakland family is suing the Oakland Police Department after a bizarre December incident allegedly involving two intoxicated OPD officers. The district attorney has yet to decide whether or not to file charges
Arts & Entertainment Prince Announces Surprise Shows At Oakland's Paramount Theater Sunday As he's done a bunch of times in recent years, Prince announced late Tuesday that he'd be doing some surprise concerts on very short notice this time the kickoff to a solo piano
SF News As Chicago Plan Stalls, Oakland Hints At Second Bid For Lucas Museum For several years now, filmmaker and extremely rich person George Lucas has been working to create a massive museum dedicated to showcasing his collection of movie memorabilia, illustrations, and graphic art. After his
SF News Guilty-Feeling Thief Returns Dog Abducted From East Bay SPCA Hooray! Daisymae, the dog who was snatched Sunday from a volunteer as she walked outside the East Bay SPCA, has been returned! Y'all dog lovers remember this one: Two-year-old black and white pit
SF News East Bay SPCA Seeks Public Help After Daisymae The Dog Snatched From Volunteer The East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is hoping the public will help them track down a dog named Daisymae, after she was stolen from a volunteer at their
Arts & Entertainment Look At This Ridiculous $50 'Super Bowl Sundae' From Fentons If all this talk about Super Bowl Sunday has you craving a different kind of sundae Fentons Creamery in Oakland has got you covered, and then some. They're offering a special 'Super Bowl
