SF News 9 Arrested in Oakland Zimmerman Protests It was the third consecutive night of unrest, vandalism, and protest in Oakland over the verdict in the Zimmerman trial, and this time nine people were arrested for various offenses including assault with
SF News Justice For Trayvon: Rallies In S.F. And Oakland To Protest Zimmerman Verdict After George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, several rallies sparked up shortly after the not-guilty verdict was read. In San Francisco, authorities temporarily shut down
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On The New Bay Bridge Span... Although the new eastern span has its fair share of snafus going on at the moment, today its roads were give a microdermabrasion scrub. On Friday, workers pave the new deck. The bridge
SF News Vallejo, Oakland Named Among Most Diverse Cities In U.S. We always knew that the demographics of Oakland made it one of the most diverse cities in the country, but we did not know that Vallejo is, by the numbers, even more evenly
SF News Oakland Police Release Suspect Description In Toddler's Abduction, Arrest Father An update in the search for 21-month-old Daphne Viola Webb, who was abducted from her father's car outside of a liquor store on Oakland's International Boulevard yesterday: Oakland Police believe the girl was
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Google Google Apps Apps' Yes, it's less a palate cleanser than a main course of anti-gentrification, but Esta Noche drag star Persia's (probably NSFW) video "Google Google Apps Apps" might be just the afternoon brain tickler you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Umami Burger Oakland's Queso Fundido Burger Umami Burger Oakland will have its soft opening starting today at 11 AM. So get over there right now. Why? Oh, we'll tell you why: the Queso Fundido Burger. In addition to Umami
SF News Oakland Settles With Injured Occupy Protesters For $1.17M In a high-profile case dealing with police misconduct, the City of Oakland has decided to settle lawsuits brought by a dozen protesters from Occupy Oakland, all to the tune of $1.17 million.
SF News Bart Strike: Scenes From A Public Transit Meltdown Today's BART strike, announced at midnight, snarled traffic and forced denizens into finding alternate routes. Trains were packed, buses, jammed, and lines grew long. Here are some images from today's BART meltdown. Unless
SF News Oakland City Workers Also On Strike [UPDATED] Coincidentally, or not, two unions representing 2,470 city employees in Oakland are staging a one-day walkout today, the same day as the BART strike, in protest of what they say are stagnant
SF News Car Crashes into Oakland Church After S.F. Gunplay, Epic Chase It was an eventful day in the Civic Center area last night. Around 8:30 p.m., shots were fired around Leavenworth and McAllister Streets. Police gave chase to a silver Mercedes containing
SF News An Update On Possible New Oakland A's Stadium, In Oakland Since the Oakland A's first announced in 2009 that they might consider a move south, to San Jose, Oakland has been desperately trying to hold on to the team. Now there's some movement
SF News Cyclist Shot, Killed In East Oakland An unidentified man riding his bike early this morning in East Oakland was shot and killed. Responding to Shot Spotter, police received calls from residents at around 5:30 a.m. on the
SF News Raw Sewage At Oakland Coliseum Forces Teams To Shower Together On the heels of an overflow that had Oakland Police Headquarters quite literally in the crapper, another venerable Oakland institution has gone to sh*t. On Sunday, a raw sewage leak flooded both
SF News Child Shot While Home Sleeping in West Oakland Drive-By An 11-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet while at home sleeping in his bed around 5 a.m. Sunday morning in Oakland. The shot came from a passing car on the 1100
SF News Oakland Teen Who Confessed To Pulling Trigger In Paramedic Shooting Pleads Not Guilty A 16-year-old Oakland High School student who previously admitted to the April 2 shooting of 34-year-old Quinn Boyer has entered a not guilty plea in the case, and his father is telling media
SF News Oakland Police Headquarters Literally In The Crapper All day Tuesday, the Oakland Police Department's headquarters on Seventh Street in downtown Oakland were closed to the public due to severe flooding from an overflowing toilet on the third floor. An employee
SF News Oakland Strip Mall Perforated With Bullet Holes More gunfire hit Oakland this week. Early Wednesday morning in the city's Dimond District, a robbery attempt outside a Oakland strip mall left one man injured, as well as said mall riddled with
SF News Oakland: Couple Shot While Sitting In Car Violence continues to plague parts of Oakland. Two people, a man and a woman, were shot Monday morning while sitting in a car. The shooting happened just after midnight in the 9100 block
SF News Two Warriors Fans Shot, Killed On I-880 Two men, reportedly on their way home from the Golden State Warriors playoff game, were killed last night after a gunman riddled their Porsche with bullets along the 880 in Oakland. When police
SF News Major BART Delays After Man Climbs Train At MacArthur [PHOTO] A man who climbed the roof of a BART train has caused a huge mess this morning for traffic in the East Bay. At around 5:30 a.m., the unidentified man was
SF News Oakland Woman Sentenced For String Of Violent 2010 Robberies 36-year-old Althea Housley was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison today for four armed robberies in Oakland that left one man dead. In a plea deal in which she testified
SF News 'Fruitvale Station' Trailer Released -- Watch It Fruitvale Station released the first trailer today. The indie movie, which picked up the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year, is based on the moments leading up to the murder of Oscar
