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
SF News Video: Watch Nelson Mandela Give Props To Oakland, Bay Area The death of inspirational anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela has prompted an international response as communities around the world remember his legacy. Here at home, Mandela forged a special relationship with the Bay Area,
SF News Drop In Murders In Oakland Attributed To Police Consultant The number of murders this year in Oakland is on track to be 25 percent lower than last year, and in the most violent part of East Oakland murders are down 50 percent.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photos: Oakland Fast Food Workers Go Full Ronald, Strike For Better Wages Earlier today, as part of a nationwide fast food workers' strike, employees from several East Bay fast food chains walked off the job. The strike convened on a McDonald's location on Jackson Street
SF News Agender Teen Burned On Oakland Bus Speaks Out For The First Time For the first time since the terrible incident in which Oakland teenager Sasha Fleishman had his clothing burned at the hands of another teenager in what appears, by all accounts, to be a
SF News East Oakland Shooting Marks Oakland's 84th Homicide Of 2013 An Oakland resident was shot outside his home on the 3100 block of Coolidge Avenue at about 10 p.m. Sunday night. The victim has not yet been identified. A suspect or suspects
SF News Elderly Oakland Man Who Spoke No English Arrested And Held Several Days For Collecting Recycling You would think Oakland cops had better things to do than arrest frail elderly people who are sorting through trash and trying to make a few nickels by collecting cans and bottles. But,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Penrose, Latest Venture From Oakland Chef Charlie Hallowell, Debuts Next Week The long-awaited third restaurant from Pizzaiolo/Boot & Shoe Service chef-owner Charlie Hallowell is finally set to open in the next week, and the name has been shortened to just Penrose (3311 Grand
SF News Father Of Teenage Hate Crime Victim In Oakland Writes Touching Open Letter The father of the agender teen whose skirt was lit on fire aboard an AC Transit bus last week has just penned a sweet open letter to his community and colleagues at Sequoia
SF News Classmates Wear Skirts In Solidarity For 'Agender' Oakland Teen Lit On Fire On City Bus We neglected to follow up on this story from last week, in which 18-year-old Luke "Sasha" Fleischman was lit on fire aboard an AC Transit bus*. He was in the habit of wearing
SF News Instagram Blocks Drug Search Terms To Avoid Becoming Another Silk Road Did you know that Instagram is being widely used as an open-air drug market? It is. Vice just covered the story of the vast Instagram trade of lean a.k.a sizzurp a.
SF News Shooting Near Oakland Coliseum BART Station Kills One Sunday afternoon, a man was shot to death near the Oakland Coliseum BART station. The fatal bout of gunplay happened at 72nd Avenue and Hawley Street near the station's parking lot. While some
Arts & Entertainment Joe Montana On Niners Santa Clara Move: 'It's Not Like They Went To Oakland' At a forum for European NFL fans, of which there are apparently some, legendary 49ers quarterback Joe Montana broke his silence on the team's move 40 miles south to Santa Clara. While he
SF News Five People Shot, More Shot At, In Oakland On Sunday; Two Year-Old Shot in Friday Drive-By In four separate incidents in different parts of Oakland on Sunday, five people were shot and injured and several more were injured in a vehicle accident in which they were being shot at
