SF News Protestors Block Tech Shuttles With Actual Barf RT @revscript: 3 #techbus blockaded at MacArthur Bart, police on scene #googlebus pic.twitter.com/M46aczU3Q5— Casey Aldridge (@CaseyJAldridge) April 2, 2014 Taking a cue from Lady Gaga's latest performance piece/Doritos product
SF News $7,500 Reward For Capture Of Tattooed Man Who Sexually Assaulted Six-Year-Old A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of a man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl after luring her from an Oakland school. The Oakland Police Department
SF News Oakland Mulling Law To Protect Cyclists From Aggressive Drivers Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles and Berkeley, the Oakland City Council's public safety committee last night considered a new law that would give cyclists recourse to sue following incidents of road
SF News Oakland To Pay Out $4.5 Million To Occupy Protester Scott Olsen Iraq War veteran and Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen will receive a $4.5 million settlement from the city of Oakland after being hit and critically injured by a beanbag round to the
SF News Oakland Cyclist Wins $3.25 Million Pothole Payday The city of Oakland (and its insurance carrier) has agreed to payout $3.25 million to a woman who was seriously injured after she slammed into a pothole while riding her bike on
SF News One Of Two Convicted Gang Members Sentenced To Life In 2011 Jack London Square Restaurant Shooting 25-year-old Clem Thompkins, one of two convicted co-defendants in a highly publicized 2011 double-murder in an Oakland restaurant, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. He and fellow reputed gang member
Arts & Entertainment 'Real World: Ex-Plosion' Cast Gets Education On Trans Identities The cast of this final season of The Real World, which was shot last year in San Francisco, got schooled in the varieties of trans identity and what it means to be genderqueer,
SF News Have You Seen This Violent Sex Offender? Police are asking help finding Kevin Briggs, a convicted felon and registered sex offender, who violently assaulted a female and police officer in Montana. Briggs was seen in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland
SF News 'Mutilation And Mayhem' In Oakland After Man Allegedly Kills Roommate With Pick-Axe Last Friday was quite a night for professional recycler Jeff Girard. According to Oakland police, he began his evening with “a lot of alcoholic beverages," and ended it trying—and failing—to dismember
SF News HA! Amber Alert Canceled. Guy Totally Knew Those People He 'Kidnapped' It turns out that Tuesday's regional Amber Alert was all the result of a big misunderstanding. First of all, accused shoplifter Roy McCamey, 54, was known to employees at the Safeway on Redwood
SF News Amber Alert Issued After Oakland Carjacking On Tuesday just before 1 p.m., a man in his 40s who had just shoplifted lobsters and steak was seen entering a red or burgundy sedan in the parking lot of a
SF News Trial Begins For Crazed Right-Winger In 2010 Freeway Shootout Those who've been with us for a few years will recall the dramatic shootout with police that happened in the summer of 2010, around midnight on a July Saturday, in the middle of
SF News Former News Anchor, Noted Penis Sculptress Dana King To Run For Oakland City Council Though it sounded like she was retiring from her news career two years ago in order to pursue art full time, former KPIX news anchor Dana King wants back in the fast lane.
SF News 81-Year-Old Woman Shot In Home Invasion In Oakland's Dimond District Another story out of ever more burglarized Oakland: A would-be burglar busted down the door of an elderly woman's home in Oakland's Dimond District Tuesday morning and, upon seeing the woman at home,
SF News Raiderettes Sue Oakland Raiders For Looting Wages, Horrible Working Conditions The Oakland Raiders, a professional football team named after a pillaging band of seamen, are being sued by the Raiderette cheerleading squad for wage theft, unfair employment practices and other such pirate-like behavior.
SF News Driver Of Stolen SUV Leads CHP On Chase In Oakland, Gets Shot And Killed A car chase through the streets of East Oakland early Tuesday morning ended with the armed car thief getting shot and killed by CHP officers. It's unclear if the man posed a threat
SF News 22-Year-Old Oakland Man To Stand Trial In Murder Of 8-Year-Old At Sleepover 22-year-old Darnell Williams was ordered to stand trial Monday in the shooting death of an innocent 8-year-old girl and in injuring three other people, including two other children, last July. The murder occurred
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland: 'Die Techie Scum' I've lived in Oakland for 33 years and never seen this kind of hate. It doesn't help anyone. pic.twitter.com/lZE2JU2Omv— Bill Budge (@BillB) January 3, 2014 Video game programmer and designer
SF News 5th Anniversary Of Oscar Grant Shooting Marked By Occupy March, Vigil in Oakland It was early on New Year's Day in 2009 that Oscar Grant was shot and killed by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Station, and on Wednesday the fifth anniversary of
SF News Woman, 13-Year-Old Boy Killed In Two Separate Oakland New Year's Eve Shootings Last night in Oakland, two people were killed in two separate New Year's Eve shooting incidents, marking Oakland's last homicide of 2013 and its first of 2014. The first victim, a 13-year-old boy,
SF News Alameda County Is So Hot Right Now As everyone's neighbor, friend and coworker packs up and ships out, overwhelming anecdotal evidence that everyone is moving to Oakland is now confirmed by hard numbers. Alameda and Santa Clara counties gained more
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Might Get A Gay Bar Next Door To The Paramount A group headed by former Oakland City Council legislative director Richard Fuentes is trying to find investors for a gay bar in the Uptown neighborhood, next door to the Paramount Theater. Unfortunately, though,
SF News Oakland Girl Brain Dead After Routine Tonsil Surgery The parents of an Oakland girl are seeking answers after their daughter, 13-year-old Jahi McMath, underwent routine tonsil surgery last week but later was pronounced brain dead. According to reports, "hospital staff have
SF News City Of Oakland Settles With Iraq Vet Injured In Occupy Protests 34-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi will be getting $645,000 from the City of Oakland by way of apology for his being beaten by riot cops during a November 2, 2011 Occupy Oakland demonstration. As
SF News Oakland Gas Line Ruptures, Sets Street On Fire Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, an underground gas line in Oakland's Eastmont neighborhood ruptured, spilling gas and setting fire to a residential street. Aerial footage from NBC Bay Area shows the street
