SF News Oakland Homicide No. 40: 18-Year-Old Man Shot 'Multiple Times' Coty Luster, an 18-year-old man, was shot "multiple times" near his home in West Oakland. The incident occurred Thursday in the 1100 block of 34th Street. Luster was pronounced dead at the scene
SF News Lake Merritt Treasure Finds Its Rightful Owner The sunken treasure found in Lake Merritt by a group of Oakland schoolchildren back in March has found its rightful owner. According to Oakland police, the two sacks of jewelry, coins, medallions and
SF News Oakland Mom Stabbed By Schizophrenic Son This morning police found an Oakland woman locked inside her home suffering from a stab wound. It seems the woman was stabbed by her schizophrenic son, who is still at large. The incident
SF News Man Killed In Oakland While Pushing His Son In A Stroller A man was shot and killed in broad daylight yesterday in East Oakland. The victim, identified as 24-year-old Tyrell Omar Smith, was pushing his 1-year-old son in a toy car around 3:15
SF News Four Men In Car Plunge Off Freeway In Oakland, All Survive Just after 5:30 a.m. this morning a car containing four men plunged 60 feet down an embankment off eastbound I-580 between Seminary and Keller Avenues. The crash was reported by a
SF News One Man Fatally Shot Inside Car in East Oakland; Another Man Shot In East Oakland Corner Store A man was found dead in the passenger seat of a crashed Chevy Camaro Monday afternoon, near Mills College in East Oakland. The man was killed while riding in the car near an
SF News Is Oakland Cooler Than San Francisco, Asks 'SF Bay Guardian' The cover of this week's San Francisco Bay Guardian bears the headline "Is Oakland Cooler Than San Francisco?" Not that we haven't heard this before, like, from our Oakland friends, but lots of
SF News Oaksterdam University Allegedly Targeted For Founder's Prop 19 Support Remember Proposition 19? The 2010 California ballot initiative would have legalized marijuana for anyone of drinking age and allowed local governments to regulate pot sales themselves. The initiative failed with support from only
SF News Oikos University Massacre: Mayor Quan Questions Gun Availability Oakland Mayor Jean Quan spoke out about the mass shooting at Oikos University on Monday. During a news conference, Quan questioned the link between mass shooting sprees and our country's readily available guns,
SF News Oikos University Shooter Killed Students For Making Fun Of His English-Language Skills The Oikos University shooting suspect has been identified as 43-year-old One L. Goh, a former Oikos student. According to reports, Goh shot 10, killing 7, because he felt picked on by other students
SF News Oakland Schoolchildren Discover Sunken Treasure In Lake Merritt A group of sixth graders from St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland experienced a little bit of magic and intrigue during a day of volunteer work yesterday. The students were out cleaning up
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Oakland Zoo's Overwhelmingly Adorable Baby Otters This is almost too much to take: Etu, Takoda and Rose, the one-month old baby otters at the Oakland Zoo, received a veterinary check up on Thursday. And just look at them. Look
SF News Occupy Oakland Re-occupies; Susie Cagle Wins (Well-Deserved) Journalism Award After Occupy Wall Street's six-month anniversary (more on that in a bit), the world has seen the start of an impressive and growing movement. While some (i.e., its detractors) demand instant results
SF News Photo: Oakland Cop Parks In Disabled Parking Spot While Getting Peet's Coffee An SFist tipster, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent us this photo of an Oakland police officer parking in a disabled parking space in Temescal on Monday while sipping some brew inside a
SF News Two Men Rape Woman Near Oakland City Hall A 25-year-old woman survived a kidnapping and rape by two men in Oakland on Sunday morning. The victim says she was "grabbed from behind about 1 a.m. near 14th Street and Broadway"
SF News Falling Tree Causes Wrecks, Man's Death On Highway 13 A multi-car crash on Highway 13 Thursday morning resulted in several car wrecks and the death of an 18-year-old Washington man. The tree crashed down onto southbound traffic near Park Boulevard in Oakland
SF News Oakland Shelter Swimming In Rabbits You know the old chestnut about "[copulating] like bunnies"? Yeah, well, an Oakland family whose developmentally disabled son was given two rabbits, believing both were female, was surprised by a litter of rabbits,
SF News Gunman (?) Locked Inside Oakland/Rockridge CVS [Updated] A man with a gun is trapped inside a CVS drugstore at 51st & Broadway as cops wait outside. The suspect was discovered inside the store before it opened, meaning that no employees
SF News Oakland Already Sees 24th Murder Of 2012 Only three months in and Oakland has played host to an astounding 24 homicides in 2012. A unidentified man was shot and killed inside his apartment over on the 2100 block of 10th
SF News Man Killed While Driving Bentley In East Oakland [Updated] A man was shot and killed last night while driving a Bentley in East Oakland, and his car proceeded to roll half a block and collide with at least two other cars head-on,
Arts & Entertainment GrafRank Ranks Global Graffiti Statistics In SF And Oakland... And Beyond! Created by Gothamist cofounder and noted street art aficionado Jake Dobkin, GrafRank shows which graffiti artists are going up in San Francisco and Oakland, and which areas are popular for their work. The
SF News Oakland School On Lockdown After Gunman Opens Fire Roosevelt Middle School (1926 East 19th Street) is on lockdown after somebody nearby carrying several guns fired shots at around 10:30 today. "The incident began about 10:30 a.m. in the
SF News Yet Again, More Oakland Shootings The crime-ridden state of Oakland continues unabated after two more shootings rocked the East Bay town overnight. First, a man walking on the 1300 block of Campbell Street in West Oakland "heard a
SF News Oakland Elementary School On Lockdown [Updated] Maxwell Park Elementary (4730 Fleming) in Oakland is on lockdown, with students being evacuated, after a neighbor reported seeing a man with a shotgun roaming around the area. No reports of any injuries
