SF News One Killed, Five Wounded in Multiple Oakland Shootings The holiday season appears to have brought with it a new wave of violence in Oakland, with "at least" six separate shootings occurring between Saturday and Sunday, injuring five and killing one man.
SF News More Arrests Made In Deadly Shooting Near Occupy Oakland You'll recall the dramatic incident in which a man was shot and killed near the Occupy Oakland encampment on November 10, after which protesters got really testy with camera crews and journalists believing
SF News Blue Collar Furious Over Occupy's Port Of Oakland Closure? It's no great shock that blue-collar workers falling outside the esteemed food service industry are as despised by the right as they are they left. They're poor. They lack iconic ¡todos somos! credibility.
SF News Aquapy Lake Merritt Underway A small yet jovial splinter group from the Occupy movement emerged in the glacial waters of Lake Merritt over the weekend. Calling themselves Aquapy Lake Merritt, the group built a large raft, armed
SF News Occupy Oakland Leads Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown Continuing with the momentum of last month's general strike, Occupy Oakland has organized a West Coast Shutdown to begin bright and early on Monday morning. The group has joined forces with Occupy groups
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Paints Over OWS Signage On House Without Permission [Updated] Occupy Oakland supporter Casey Dolan had been using the front door of her house, which her boyfriend owns, to advertise info about the Occupy protests, and apparently the City of Oakland wasn't liking
SF News Vacant Storefronts Become 'Popuphood' In Old Oakland Today Oakland hasn't exactly been a hotbed of retail activity in recent decades, and efforts to bring more retail downtown, and to revive the foundering Jack London Square have been mostly stalled (though Coi/
SF News 'Remove Jean Quan' Website Gives Mayor Green Lips The Remove Jean Quan site went live Thursday morning. Run by Gene Hazzard, an Oakland Post photog and member of the Oakland Black Caucus, he has for whatever reason given the Oakland Mayor
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Talks Occupy At Commonwealth Club, 12/15 Next Thursday, December 15, controversial Oakland mayor Jean Quan will come to our side of the pond to take part in a panel discussion at The Commonwealth Club called Occupy: What Now, What
SF News Occupy Oakland Erects Teepee Honoring Sioux Indians & AIDS Activists Zachary Runningwolf, the Occupy Oakland tree camper, burns sage after erecting a teepee on the North side of the plaza to honor Sioux Indians, homeless workers and AIDS activists. When Runningwolf and Oakland
SF News 8 Shot In Oakland, Including 1-Year-Old Baby [Video] A little after 6 p.m. on Monday night, eight people were shot in West Oakland, including a one-year-old baby. The shooting occurred on the 700 block of Willow Street when a group
SF News Thanksgiving Potty Police Riot Befalls Occupy Oakland After police turned away a truck driver delivering Porta-Potties to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, Occupy Oakland members and OPD erupt into a heated (albeit brief) scuffle. Police said that the truck
Arts & Entertainment Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot This one's bound to catch the attention of the anti-Occupy sect: Porn company Dirty Boy Video, which (we're guessing) specializes in videos of boys who are dirty, used a tent in the middle
Arts & Entertainment Scene from an Occupy Oakland Tender Moment A couple cuddled in front of City Hall during the Occupy Oakland general assembly on Monday, resulting in this delightful shot. While it lacks the chic coolness of the Vancouver riot's kissing couple,
SF News Occupy Oakland and Occupy Cal to Merge in 'Carnivalesque' Union After Monday morning's Occupy Oakland raid dismantled the encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza, the noted East Bay protesters, now without a headquarters, will merge with Occupy UC Berkeley protesters today. According to The
SF News Hundreds of Occupy Oakland Protesters Return to Frank Ogawa Plaza Protesters returned to a newly cleared Frank Ogawa Plaza to protest this morning's Oakland Police raid that wiped out the encampment. The scene, at least for now, remains relatively peaceful. Plainclothes police officers
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland... A very high Zachary Runningwolf remains up in a tree near Frank Ogawa Plaza where the Occupy Oakland encampment was evicted early Monday morning. Runningwolf, if you recall, has a history of running
SF News Occupy Oakland's Scott Olsen Releases First Statement Scott Olsen, the San Mateo marine and Iraq War veteran who was critically injured by a police projectile during the previous Occupy Oakland raid a few weeks back, released a statement this morning
SF News Quan's Top Legal Aide Quits Over Occupy Oakland Raid Furious over this morning's police raid of the Occupy Oakland encampment, Mayor Jean Quan's top legal advisor quit this morning. Dan Siegel, noted for being a critic of Oakland police, wished that the
SF News Man Shot, Killed Near Occupy Oakland Camp [UPDATED] An unidentified man was shot in the leg at around 4:45 p.m. tonight on the edge of Frank Ogawa Plaza, right near the Occupy Oakland encampment. It was not immediately known
SF News Another Showdown Afoot Between Occupy Oakland and Police It looks like Oakland mayor and incessant flip-flopper Jean Quan is once again about to try to oust the dirty hippies from her front yard, and we can promise you this isn't gonna
SF News Police Officer Busted for Covering Name Tag During Occupy Oakland Strike BLK PXLS captured this superb footage of an Oakland policer officer covering up his name tag during Wednesday's chaotic, tear gas-filled Occupy Oakland general strike. When asked about the black tap over his
SF News Oakland Braces for Occupy General Strike [UPDATED] The scene at 14th and Broadway, noted as the Occupy Oakland epicenter, has grown in numbers as the morning wears at today's general strike. With chants of "take the streets, take the streets"
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Oakland Businesses Go 'Cash-Only' In Support of General Strike Don Harbison, owner of B Restaurant and Bar (with locations in SF and Oakland), sent SFist a list of Oakland companies taking part in today's general strike by going cash-only and eschewing credit
