SF News Leo's Music Club of Oakland Temporarily Closed Following Bizarre Police Raid by Jack Morse Leo's Music Club, the barely-year-old venue in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, was forced to shut down over the weekend after a bizarre police raid left the club's owner and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink British Gastropub The Growlers' Arms Closing After Under A Year In Oakland It's disappointing news for a restaurant still finding its footing in Oakland's Glenview neighborhood, writes Inside Scoop. The Growlers' Arms, a British gastropub pouring english ales and churning out smoked pork bangers and
SF News Protests Close I-980 After Police Kill Armed 24-Year-Old Very large crime scene at 27th and MLK for OIS pic.twitter.com/NSfS2YP7kx— Alan McCann (@AlanSbcg) August 12, 2015 Protestors blocked off-ramps at Interstate 980, broke windows at an Oakland City Center
SF News 'Starving Students' Allegedly Dump Furniture Instead Of Moving It According to their motto, the LA-based Starving Students moving company in Oakland puts their heart into every move. But last Saturday, workers driving a company van were caught on tape dumping furniture along
SF News Shootout During Sexual Assault Investigation Leaves Oakland Cop Injured, Suspect Dead OPD recovers rifle from suspect who shot ofc. this morning. Ofc. is out of surgery/recovering. pic.twitter.com/RzXTcwEfZP— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) August 3, 2015 Oakland Police Department officers found themselves
SF News Step Inside Oakland's Illegal Dystopian Shipping Container Community, Containertopia "It's pretty much my dream post-apocalyptic cyberpunk setup," says Luke Iseman near his 160-square-foot box home. With a camp stove and a fridge "that's a really simple hack," his miniature shipping container nightmare
Arts & Entertainment Hunter Thompson Rides With The Hell's Angels In This Animated Interview "It had been a bad trip fast and wild in some moments, slow and dirty in others, but on balance it looked like a bummer." That's how Hunter Thompson concludes his time embedded
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland's La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen Closing This Week After 71 Years As the Oakland Tribune and the Chronicle report, 71-year-old stone-ground masa operation La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen is grinding to a halt at the end of this month. It's a sad goodbye to tamales “made
SF News Oakland 'Animal Rights Extremists' Facing Domestic Terrorism Charges Two Oakland "animal rights extremists" have been hit with charges of terrorism for an cross-country animal liberation spree. Joseph Buddenberg, 31, and Nicole Kissane, 28 of Oakland were arrested on Friday and charged
SF News Mysterious Benefactor Donates $34 Million To Oakland An anonymous East Bay benefactor has provided the city of Oakland with $34 million to be distributed among more than 15 nonprofits and public agencies by the San Francisco Foundation. The Foundation reports
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland Restaurants Protest Crazy High Fees For Composting, Will Throw Stuff In Trash Instead The City of Oakland has a contract for their waste removal and recycling that is being passed along to consumers at a far higher rate than other Bay Area cities. As the Chronicle
Arts & Entertainment Someone Needs To Turn This Former Oakland Bowling Alley Into Something Awesome The former Dimond Bowl, a long-ago eight-lane bowling alley that hasn't been in use for bowling since the 1970s or 80s, is up for sale, and it's kind of an amazing space. For
SF News Hide Your Fireworks, Pyros: $50K Worth Seized From Oakland Home, 1,000 Pounds From Chinatown Store Be careful out there, pyrotechnical enthusiasts. As is a July 4th leadup tradition, the police are on the lookout for illegal fireworks. Of course, you probably haven't hoarded as many explosive materials as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 40-Year-Old Oakland Restaurant Bay Wolf Closing In August An iconic fixture of Oakland's Piedmont Avenue since 1975, Bay Wolf is now set to close right after celebrating its 40th Anniversary this summer, as Inside Scoop is reporting. The restaurant is of
Arts & Entertainment Drone Captures Cranes Unloading Containers At The Port Of Oakland Ever wondered how those big Empire Strikes Back cranes work over at the Port of Oakland? Well, it's not often that civilians get to watch them up close, but here we have some
Arts & Entertainment Video: Artist D'Angelo And Co-Founding Black Panther Bobby Seale Drive Through Oakland Discussing Racial Injustice "Ain’t nobody talkin’ bout no real shit,” R&B artist D'Angelo, whose transcendent album Black Messiah was released last December, told his longtime activist idol Bobby Seale. Seale, along with Huey
Arts & Entertainment Oaklanders Break Longest Soul Train Record With 337 Dancers KTVU - Over the weekend and I'm shocked that I somehow didn't hear about this earlier a group of 337 Oaklanders broke the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous soul train. This
SF News Libby Schaaf Breaks Hand, Blames Oakland's 'Crumbling Infrastructure' And here's MC Hammer and the Mayor of Oakland riding a giant fire-breathing snail, just because. pic.twitter.com/mTO3cwKdHF— LOLKNBR (@LOLKNBR) June 19, 2015 When three people were shot near the Golden
SF News Video: Shots Ring Out At Oakland Sideshow It was another wild weekend of sideshows in Oakland—and one of them got a little scary for a journalist watching the whole scene. Early Saturday morning, a video journalist was on hand
SF News Buddhist Monk Stabs Buddhist Monk In East Oakland Oakland police are on the hunt for a Buddhist monk who stabbed the head monk of a monastery he had recently joined. The bizarre attack happened Tuesday evening at the Branch of International
SF News [Updated] Three People Shot Near Warriors Victory Rally Shooting scene @ Lakeshore & 18th after #gswparade in #Oakland. @warriors @oaklandpoliceca @insidebayarea pic.twitter.com/9JhfsemRBI— Tyska (@Tyska) June 19, 2015 Five blocks away from the end of the Warriors victory parade route
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Warriors' Draymond Green Super Wasted On Camera, Dissing Cavs, Likely Drinking Since Last Night Well, this is funny. In addition to all the Oaklanders who've been drinking since 7 or 8 this morning while waiting for the Warriors victory parade to start, Warriors team member Draymond Green
Arts & Entertainment Denied Chance To Greet Warriors At Airport, Fans To Celebrate NBA Champs Friday In Oakland Parade And Rally You'd better start couching/sneezing/running to the bathroom today, so your "sick" call to work is believable on Friday — that's the day the Golden State Warriors will be taking their victory lap
SF News Warriors Victory Celebrations Remain Mostly Peaceful, But Oakland Street Parties Lasted Into The Night The utter mayhem that many expected in the wake of a Warriors victory in the NBA Finals failed to materialize Tuesday night, despite thousands of fans drunk and partying in the streets on
SF News Police Prepare For Possible Warriors Championship Mayhem: 'This Isn't Our First Rodeo' IF the Warriors take the championship tonight in Cleveland, any number of things could happen in Oakland and San Francisco as revelers spill out into the streets and this might be a time
