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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

Arts & Entertainment

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

Arts & Entertainment

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

Arts & Entertainment

Sorry Stoners, Oakland's Weed Scavenger Hunt Has Been Canceled [Updated]

Update: After authorities stepped in, Saturday’s weed scavenger hunt in Oakland has been canceled. Organizers Bay Area Quest Hunt stated on its website that it was contacted by the City of Oakland/

Oakland A's Staying In Oakland For Another Ten Years [Updated]

After some last-minute negotiations and a threatening email late last night from Lew Wolff, it looks like the City of Oakland has caved and the A's are now definitively staying in Oakland through

Men In Stolen BMW Die In Fiery Off-Ramp Crash During Police Pursuit

Two men were killed in a fiery crash in San Francisco this morning, following a high-speed chase across the Bay Bridge in a stolen BMW. The crash, and the subsequent investigation, will leave

Oakland Home Sales Prices Growing Far Faster Than San Francisco's

While the median home sales price for the city of Oakland is far lower than many of its neighboring areas, it might not be that way for long: an analysis of MLS data

22-Year-Old Shot In Oakland Marks City's 40th Homicide; S.F. at 11

Oakland's homicide rate is creeping up for 2014 but remains lower, and slower to grow, than at this time last year. Four separate shooting incidents yesterday resulted in four injured men, one of

Two Toddlers Hit By Bullets In Separate Shootings In Oakland

Marking two more in a series of disturbing incidents involving innocent kids in the East Bay, a two-year-old and a three-year-old were wounded by gunfire in separate incidents on Monday in Oakland. The

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Involved In Car Accident; It's Unclear If She Was Texting

Coincidentally and unfortunately, in the same week in which she was publicly shamed for texting while driving by Stanley Roberts, Oakland mayor Jean Quan had a car accident on Sunday. Early reports suggest

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Can't Stop Using Her Phone While Driving

Despite a public shaming on KRON4, Oakland Mayor and Brooklyn fan Jean Quan apparently can't put down her pink iPhone long enough to make it through the week. When it comes to using

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Busted Texting While Driving, Shamed By Stanley Roberts [Update]

Oakland Mayor and vending machine mourner Jean Quan was caught using her smartphone while driving on Friday night. As we've seen before, the punishment for breaking California's distracted driving law is to be