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Video: Jimmy Kimmel Gently Rips Guy Running For Oakland Mayor Who Hates Bicycles, Gays

"Do you know that this guy is actually a troll?" one political insider asked after SFist ran this clearly (we hope) ironically intended report on Oakland mayoral candidate Peter Y. Liu. "It seems

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Cat Town Cafe Opens In Oakland, Marking America's First Cat-Play Coffeeshop

Try to muffle your squeals if you're at the office, cat people. Because it's here. Cat Town Café (2869 Broadway) is officially open over in Oakland, meaning that they beat out a similar

Activists Seeking Legal Action Against Racist Tour Guide

This of story the ranting, Chinatown-hating former City Sightseeing tour guide, and the overall public outcry against her, may have almost run its course. Late last week we got to hear her speak

Guy Running For Oakland Mayor Hates Bicycles, Gays, Thinks We Should All Carry Guns

The Oakland Mayor's race has, historically, been a bit of a circus. Back in July we noted the 21-candidate race included a dog named Einstein who was being put forward by the Occupy

The Raiders Really Might Move To San Antonio

The Oakland Raiders just might become the San Antonio Raiders if the team's recent survey of San Antonio resident opinion wasn't just a tactic in their ongoing negotiations with the City of Oakland.

Family Of Oakland Girl Pronounced Dead In 2013 Releases Video That They Say Shows Her Alive And Moving

Last week, we told you about efforts by the family of an Oakland girl who was pronounced brain dead in December, 2013, to have that pronouncement overturned. And now, the family has released

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DIY Brewhouse Diving Dog Opens In Oakland, Beer Nerds Rejoice

Around 3 p.m. on Friday, Oakland's Diving Dog Brewhouse posted indisputable proof that they have officially opened and are serving at least one customer. According to Diving Dog's Facebook, the lucky first

Family Of Oakland Girl Pronounced Dead In 2013 Wants Her To Be Declared Alive

After an Oakland girl was declared brain dead following a routine tonsil surgery at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital last December, her family, refusing to believe the diagnosis, had her moved to a

Oakland Murderers Took Six Weeks Off This Summer, And That's A Record

Not since the late 1990's has Oakland gone a full six-week stretch without a homicide, but it just happened. From August 2 to September 13, no one was killed in Oakland, a 43-day

Case Of Agender Teen Burned On AC Transit Bus May Go To Trial

The disturbing case of an agender Oakland teen who was allegedly burned on an AC Transit bus by another teenager — which is being treated as a homophobic hate crime — could go to trial

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Bill Murray Was In Oakland Last Week, Taking Over A Taxi So The Driver Could Play His Sax

There's an Oakland cab driver out there who has a pretty amazing Bill Murray story to tell his passengers. Last week, as the actor told an audience at the Toronto Film Festival, Murray

New Plan For Oakland's Coliseum Area Includes 5,750 Housing Units, New Venues For Football, Baseball, and Basketball

The City of Oakland just unveiled a detailed master plan for Coliseum City, a project they forsee spanning the next 20 years that would include the construction of a new stadiums for the

Transgender Students Admitted To All-Female Mills College For The First Time

For the first time in its 162 year history, Oakland's Mills College will welcome transgender students who identify as female into its all-women undergraduate program. It's also a first among the 119 single-sex

Oakland Ranks No. 2 (Again) On Dumb Magazine's 'Unfriendliest' U.S. Cities List

Alright, maybe it's mean-spirited to call Condé Nast's Traveler magazine "dumb," but for the second year it has published a readers' survey ranking Oakland as the No. 2 "unfriendliest" city in the U.

MLB Commissioner Unhappy With Oakland A's Stadium Situation

While the Oakland A's stadium drama isn't necessarily breaking news, now MLB commissioner Bud Selig has expressed discontent with the situation. As the AP reports, Selig is "frustrated" that the A's still don't

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With Shakewell, Onetime 'Top Chef' Contestants Jen Biesty and Tim Nugent May Be Starting A Mini Oakland Empire

With the announcement today of the Season 12 cast of Bravo's long-running Top Chef, it seems appropriate to take a moment to look in on a pair of former cheftestants from the Bay

'Orchestrated Multiple Sideshow Event' Sunday Ties Up Two Freeways In Oakland, Results In Motorcyclist Death

Several rolling sideshows involving as many as 100 cars took place Sunday evening around 7:30 p.m. simultaneously on Interstates 580 and 880 in Oakland, at the Port of Oakland, the Bay

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KronnerBurger Takes Over Longtime Piedmont Avenue Mainstay This October

Chef Chris Kronner's burger venture, KronnerBurger, which began life as a pop-up at Bruno's in 2012 and has since high-tailed to Oakland, will finally be getting a permanent home this fall, as Inside

Afternoon Palate Cleaner: Allegedly Drunk Lady Plows Into Oakland Fire Hydrant

What's that about the drought? An allegedly drunk woman piloting a vintage Mercedes crashed into a fire hydrant in Oakland a few days ago, and we have some citizen-uploaded video footage. It was

BART's Summer Of Bomb Threats Continues With West Oakland Scare Tuesday Night

It's been a wild month of bomb scares at East Bay BART stations! In the latest incident last night, their service was disrupted for about two hours while a bomb squad investigated a

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Oakland To Host Its First LGBT Pride Parade This Year

Oakland's traditional Labor Day Weekend Pride festivities will, for the first time this year, include an actual parade. As the Bay Area Reporter tells us via Oakland Pride's newsletter, the plan is to

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Your Friday Night Agenda: Hoodslam, Jack London Square, Bar And Bites Hopping

photo credit: Oakland Local What you're doing this weekend: Hoodslam, Friday, August 1, 9 p.m. Have you guys been to Hoodslam? Heard of it? Well, whatever your answer, it's exactly what you

Oakland Coliseum BART Station Reopens After Bomb Scare

The Oakland Coliseum BART Station has been reopened after a rush hour closure and evacuation due to concerns over a possible bomb threat to the station. According to BART spokesperson Jim Allison, an

Decomposing Body Sickens Fifteen At Alameda County Coroner

When staffers at the Alameda County Coroner's bureau fell ill Wednesday, the building was evacuated and a hazardous materials team was called to the scene. However, neither toxins or chemicals were to blame

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Was Not Texting During Car Accident, Say Police

Shortly after being shamed by Stanley Roberts last month for texting and using her cell phone without a headset while driving, Oakland Mayor Jean got in a fender bender on June 8 during