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Five Teens Arrested In Killing of Paramedic in Oakland

In case you had not caught the story on the local news, Dublin resident Quinn Boyer, a 34-year-old paramedic, was shot and killed at point blank range while driving in Oakland on April

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Oakland Is Getting The Biggest Blue Bottle Location Yet

Additional proof that Oakland has more hip cred (or at least more available square footage) than San Francisco at this point: the East Bay will soon get the largest Blue Bottle Coffee outpost

Fake Plumber Molests 7-Year-Old Girl Near Lake Merritt

Police are searching for a white man in his fifties who allegedly posed as a plumber Saturday afternoon to gain access to an apartment near Lake Merritt in Oakland's Chinatown. According to OPD,

Gov. Brown Announces $1.5 Billion Chinese Investment For Oakland's Waterfront

From the American Embassy in Beijing today, Governor Jerry Brown announced a $1.5 billion deal from a Chinese investment group to fund development of Oakland's 65-acre Brooklyn Basin project. The project sits

Oakland Police Shoot Unarmed Teen

This is odd. While responding to a call regarding an armed robbery, Oakland police shot a teen who, it seems, had nothing to do with the robbery. While not seriously injured, the teen,

BART Train Hits Person At 12th Street Station

Egads. A BART train hurled into a person during this morning's commute. The incident happened at the 12th Street station in Oakland. Contra Costa Times reports: "BART officials were notified about 9:10

One Year After Raid, Oaksterdam University Still Not Charged With Anything

A year ago today, Oakland's pioneering Oaksterdam University was raided by DEA agents. Its vocal founder, millionaire activist Richard Lee, also saw his home raided, and subsequently he stepped down as leader of

Three Men Dead in Separate East Oakland Shootings on Easter

The violent weekend here in S.F. was matched with violence across the Bay on Easter Sunday. Three men were fatally shot in three separate incidents yesterday, between 10 a.m. and 8

Woman Reportedly Shot In The Face Five Times In West Oakland

A 29-year-old woman was found shot dead outside a small corner store at 12th and Peralta Streets in West Oakland around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Although details are scarce at the

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Photo Du Jour: Betti Ono Gallery

Photo by Joanne Wong, shot at the Betti Ono Gallery.

Two Oakland City Council Members Accused In Auditor Probe

Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby is out for blood, it seems, or perhaps just widespread reforms in the corrupt "culture" she sees in Oakland's city government. In a scathing new report, Ruby alleges

Middle Class Man Admits: 'I Am Scared To Live In Oakland'

Mark Cohen, a criminal defense/civil litigation lawyer and Oakland resident, penned an op-ed piece for Oakland Tribune today. Simply titled "I live a middle class life and I am scared to live

Oakland Police Brag About Nabbing 'Most Wanted' Criminal Who Wasn't A Criminal At All

Not that the Oakland Police Department needs any more bad press at this point we have to assume they don't even give a rat's ass what anyone says but a fellow by the

31-Year-Old Oakland Woman Goes Missing After Morning Run

Erica Maskaleris, 31, of Oakland has been missing now for four and a half days, and her family and friends are becoming understandably anxious. Maskaleris was last seen in running clothes on her

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Sutro Sam Hasn't Been Spotted In Weeks, Probably Moved To Oakland

Sutro Sam, the young river otter who captivated a city when he first showed up in the Sutro Baths to sun himself last October, has not been spotted around his personal lap pool

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Eat This Tonight: Yonsei Ramen

Yonsei Ramen Shop is the savory after-hours shadow of Hopscotch in Uptown Oakland. Chef Kyle Itani (Yoshi’s, SF/Oakland, The Meatball Shop, NYC) started Yonsei last November with the idea of catching

Meanwhile, On Mayor Jean Quan's iPhone...

She has a pink plastic iPhone case! How about that. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan snaps a shot a Gold Rush-era jewelry box after a news conference announcing its recovery at the Oakland Museum

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Go Eat This Tonight: Juhu Beach Club

What started as Top Chef alum Preeti Mistry’s Indian street food Mission pop-up a couple years ago is crossing the bridge and settling in to a permanent home in Oakland’s Temescal

TV Journalists Now Bringing Armed Security With Them to Cover Oakland

You may recall the story from last November in which KPIX cameraman Gregg Welk was assaulted and had his camera stolen, still running, just as he and reporter Anne Makovec were covering a

Missing Twentysomethings In Peru Are Fine, Just Couldn't Get on Facebook [Updated]

We can't help but be amused by this: The family and friends of "missing" backpackers Jamie Neal, 25, and Garrett Hand, 27, of Oakland are relieved to hear from the U.S. State

Oakland's Lake Merritt: Less Urine-y, Still Plagued By Fowl Defecation Problem

Over in Oakland the often-smelly Lake Merritt has been experiencing a renaissance thanks to $47 million worth of improvements over the past 10 years. Last week, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan opened up another

Oakland Rapper Kenny Clutch Killed In Las Vegas Strip Shootout

Kenneth Cherry Jr., a rapper from Oakland who goes by the name Kenny Clutch, has been identified as one of the victims of rolling shooting down the Las Vegas strip. Cherry, who had

Oakland A's Maybe One Step Closer to San Jose

The owners of the Oakland Athletics, who back in 2009 announced that they were saying "See ya" to Oakland and moving down to San Jose, might be one step closer to making that

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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Nunca' by Trails And Ways

Oakland indie quartet Trails & Ways was featured this week among the SF Bay Guardian's 'Bands on the Rise,' and we've got to say we love them so far. They were much

Young Man Shot, Killed In East Oakland

Police are trying to determine the name and age (believed to be somewhere around 19) of a man who was shot and killed in East Oakland's Laurel neighborhood on Saturday night. The unidentified