SF News Hide Your Pets: Fighter Jets To Buzz Bay Area In Anticipation Of Super Bowl We've heard probably too much about street level security for the upcoming Super Bowl and Super Bowl City, but what about threats from above. Don't you worry, the government has thought it all
SF News Graphic Video Shows Handcuffed Oakland Man Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Prior To His Death In 2013 In a disturbing police body-cam video obtained by the Contra Costa Times this week, we witness the final moments of the life of 51-year-old Hernan Jaramillo play out in what has become a
SF News Gun-Wielding Man Kidnaps Cabbie Near Embarcadero Center A San Francisco taxi driver had his Monday night take a pretty crazy turn, after a fare pulled a gun on him and commandeered the cab. It was 9:20 p.m. Monday
SF News App Promises Faster Oakland 911 Service, For A Price According to the FCC, 70 percent of 911 calls are now placed from wireless phones. Understandably, that percentage is only growing. But whereas landlines can provide emergency services dispatchers with quick location details,
SF News Late-Night Crash Leaves One Dead, Splits Car In Half Police will be looking at surveillance vids from businesses along MacArthur Blvd. to find accident cause @kron4news pic.twitter.com/c4UNfUivGl— Averi Harper (@AveriHarper) January 21, 2016 How fast does a car have
SF News One Of The Last Remaining People Born In The 19th Century Just Died In Oakland (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=
SF News Body Found During MLK Day Cleanup Along Oakland Shoreline A "moderately decomposed" corpse was discovered Monday by a cleanup volunteer who was taking part in the eight annual Day of Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The discovery occurred along the
SF News Walmart Abruptly Shutters Oakland Store, Likely Over Minimum Wage The by-all-accounts busy Walmart location on Edgewater Drive in Oakland, near the Oakland Airport, will shut its doors Sunday evening along with a location in San Jose, and Oakland officials are sounding the
SF News BART Shooting Victim ID'd As Police Release More Suspect Photos BART Police this afternoon released the name of the previously unidentified victim in Saturday's shooting aboard a train car as it approached the West Oakland BART station. At the same time, BART officials
SF News $15,000 Bounty For Arrest Of Early-Morning Oakland Sexual Assailant An Oakland community organization is offering a reward of up to $15,000 to the person who helps bring a man who kidnapped, robbed and sexually assaulted a woman on an Oakland street
SF News Oakland Approves Law Banning High-Capacity Gun Magazines Following President Obama's Tuesday press conference announcing new executive action on gun control, Oakland city officials moved yesterday to pass new laws of their own with the goal of reducing gun violence. The
SF News Flax Can't Make SF Work Anymore, Will Move To Oakland Embodying the story of the artist that can't afford San Francisco but finds refuge in Oakland, owners of Market Street's Flax Art & Design have announced that the business will move to downtown
SF News Deplorable Teen Allegedly Pretends To Be Midwestern Adult, Trashes Oakland Airbnb Who could have seen this going so terribly, terribly wrong? An Oakland couple rented their home via Airbnb for New Year's Eve to someone they thought was a middle-aged man from Chicago, only
SF News Smoke OAK: Airport Security Official Busted For Drug Smuggling It seems that for at least one Oakland International Airport security officer the temptation to abuse her position of power was just too (ahem) high. Federal officials have charged the officer with using
SF News Oikos University Shooter One Goh Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial For Second Time Though it does not preclude the possibility of a trial in the future, accused and confessed Oikos University shooting suspect One Goh has once again been ruled mentally incompetent by an Alameda County
SF News Video: Rescue Crews Use 'Snout Mask' To Save Dog Pulled From Oakland Blaze #dogrescue OAK FF's save dog from house fire last night on 85th, perform rescue breathing. Check FB for more info pic.twitter.com/AU4YM2ha65— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 9, 2015 An Oakland dog
Arts & Entertainment Video: Oakland Man Makes Hundreds Renting Out Literal Shack Apartment Sadness arrives early this week! Sort of... This is less an apartment than it is a decrepit shack that may be a plywood-walled, converted garage. As part of a stunt of some
SF News Teen Killed By Snapped Tree Branch At Lake Merritt Friends of 16 yrOld Jack Lewis gather at lake Merritt where fallen tree limb killed him Fri. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/FJgEQXwLtZ— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) December 5, 2015 A 16-year-old boy was killed while
SF News Oakland Startup Pioneers Pot Breathalyzer Soon, pot-doing drivers will have something other than a joint, bong, or vape-thing to wrap their lips around. Oakland-based startup Hound Labs has announced its handheld marijuana breathalyzer, a product developed at UC
SF News Port Of Oakland Installing Bigger, Badder Cranes For Largest Ships Docking In US One prominent symbol of the power of Oakland, a pioneering city from the first days of the container-shipping era in the early '70s, will reach new heights and greater capacity next spring: Four
SF News Gun Used To Kill Oakland Muralist Was Stolen From Federal Officer's Car When 27-year-old Antonio Ramos was shot and killed in late September while painting a community anti-violence mural under an Interstate 580 overpass in West Oakland, the motive was totally, woefully unclear. Following the
Arts & Entertainment The Warriors Could Make History Tonight With 16th Straight Win The Golden State Warriors are having an incredible opening to their first season as NBA champs in 40 years, having already won their first 15 games in a row. They've also outscored their
SF News Oakland Police Make Arrest In The Killing Of Muralist Antonio Ramos The Oakland Police Department has announced that they've arrested a suspect in the September 29 slaying of 27-year-old Antonio Ramos, an artist who was helping complete a mural under a freeway overpass in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's Ambitious Grand Fare Market Closes After Just Six Weeks After less than two months in business, Grand Fare Market on Grand Avenue in Oakland has closed. It was a pet project of Town Hall/Salt House partner Doug Washington and his wife
SF News Oakland Speakeasy Raided After Months-Long Undercover Op After receiving many complaints from Oakland neighbors about illegal alcohol sales, drug use, and loud music played well beyond the mandated 2 a.m. last call, an unlicensed basement club at 36112th Street
