SF News Occupy Oakland Has Its Own Newspaper Similar to Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland has its own paper now. It's called Occupy Oakland Tribune. The premier issue features such tidbits as today's general strike (which could the biggest East Bay
SF News Oh, Snap: Oakland Police Officer's Association Responds to Occupy Oakland, Mayor Quan The Oakland Police Association released a scathing statement aimed at both Occupy Oakland and Mayor Jean Quan. And they do not like Quan. "As your police officers, we are confused," they say. Representing
SF News Mayor Quan Booed Back to City Hall; Occupy Oakland Reclaims Frank Ogawa Plaza In a failed attempt to apologize to Occupy Oakland protesters for the city's response to Tuesday night's melee, Mayor Jean Quan was booed from the public comment portion of the camp's General Assembl
SF News Scott Olsen Attacked for Using First Amendment Rights, Says His Uncle As most of you know by now, Scott Olsen, 24, who has survived two tours in Iraq, was seriously injured on Wednesday after the city of Oakland turned on Occupy Oakland protesters. Specifically,
SF News Jon Stewart On City's Response to Occupy Oakland "What the fuck happened in Oakland?" Jon Stewart asked during last night's Daily Show. "Seems a little heavy handed... unless some of the protesters were Godzilla," he went on to quip. The comedian
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland... Workers clean Frank H. Ogawa plaza on Wednesday after the city of Oakland removed Occupy Oakland's encampment during an early Tuesday morning raid. After last night's melee with OPD, Occupy Oakland folks plan
SF News Scenes From the Occupy Oakland vs. OPD Tuesday Night Melee Oakland, dude. There's hella more angry, semi-organized, semi-maybe-unemployed, restless kids over there. Well, at least a couple hundred more than there have been in the daily occupation at Occupy SF. And last night
SF News City of Oakland Tear Gas Occupy Oakland Protesters Into Submission [Video] The city of Oakland sent billowy plumes of searing tear gas into the eyes and determination of Occupy Oakland protesters tonight. Alas, when the gas settles by late evening, conversation will turn to
SF News Oakland Amtrak Crash Injures at Least 16 At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, an Amtrak train traveling 15 to 20 mph collided with another train unloading passengers in Jack London Square at Webster Street and Embarcadero. At least 18
SF News Occupy Oakland Descends Upon Frank Ogawa Plaza Following the work of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy SF, hundreds of protesters angry about the disparity between the rich and the poor convened at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on Monday. The
SF News I-580 Shut Down in Oakland as Police Search for Shooting Suspect Details are few, but the westbound portion of I-580 was completely shut down by the CHP at 2:45 this afternoon as police are searching for a suspect in an attempted robbery and
SF News Feds Don't Condone Oakland Pot Dispensary, But Want $2.5M in Back Taxes The largest of the medical marijuana operations in Oakland one of the largest in the world, and the largest on the West Coast, in fact is Harborside Health Center, which posted $22 million
SF News Oakland's Fox Theater Is So Pretty Because It Went $58 Million Over Budget Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby has been in an ongoing battle with the Oakland City Council and city staff because she insists they didn't do a good enough job monitoring and scrutinizing cost
Arts & Entertainment 'Moneyball' Premiere Pics with Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, et al. In a startling twist, Oakland played host to both glitz and glamour Monday night when it screened the premiere of Brad Pitt's latest flick, Moneyball. It's all about A's general manager Billy Beane.
SF News Scene from 'Moneyball' Press Junket with Brad Pitt Why, look! It's Brad Pitt. As we mentioned earlier today, Pitt and his special lady friend, Angelina Jolie, are in Oakland today to attend the premiere of the former's latest cinematic effort, Moneyball.
Arts & Entertainment Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Oakland Tonight Benjamin Button and Salt will jack up your Monday commute in Oakland tonight. And we couldn't be happier. (Glitz! Glamour! Celebrities! A-list celebrities! Chiseled bone structure!) See, Brad Pitt's latest cinematic effort, Moneyball
SF News Bomb Threat Investigated at Oakland International A note threatening to blow up an Alaskan Airlines plane heading from Seattle to the Bay Area was removed form the tarmac at Oakland this morning. Passengers were checked and re-screened, and no
SF News Quote Du Jour: Tupac And The Oakland Police Department Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. His murder remains steeped in questions and controversy. However, while the Oakland artist was alive, he tossed off the following
Arts & Entertainment Drunk Break Dancing Comes To Oakland Rords of the Froor, a Seattle-based dance-battle event that requires all participants to do a shot before performing one-minute routines, came to Oakland for the first time on Sunday, at the New Parish.
SF News Two Bodies Found In Suspicious Fire In Oakland The bodies of two as-yet-unidentified victims were found dead Saturday night/early Sunday on the 3100 block of Coolidge Avenue in Oakland, in burning second-floor apartment above an acupuncture clinic. Investigators are now
SF News Was Oakland 3-Year-Old Carlos Nava Killed Because of the State's Penchant for Plea Bargaining? You may have heard that California's prisons are quite crowded. Well, now some folks are sounding alarm bells around last week's slaying of Carlos Nava, the three-year-old who was tragically shot in East
Arts & Entertainment Just Announced: Dave Chappelle at Yoshi's Oakland This Sunday Comedian Dave Chappelle just announced that he will perform two shows at Yoshi's Oakland on Sunday, August 14. Tickets for this show are available only through Eventbrite, and "ticket buyers who are dining
SF News Oakland Musician Allegedly Gay Bashed Speaking of hate crimes, local musician Brontez alleges that he was gay bashed last night while leaving Club Paradiso (2272 Telegraph) in Oakland. Via his Facebook page, he writes: Got gay bashed last
SF News In an Especially Deadly Year, Oakland Rehires 24 Laid Off Cops In the budget passed on June 30, the City of Oakland managed to find funding to rehire 24 of the 80 police officers it laid off last year. More officers have also been
SF News Oakland Man Shot While Helping Homeless Dies Paris Powell, the Oakland man shot just after midnight on Tuesday while trying to deliver a fish dinner to a homeless man with whom he'd formed a relationship, died late last night. He
