SF News 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,
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Betti Ono Gallery Photo by Joanne Wong, shot at the Betti Ono Gallery.
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
Arts & Entertainment 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
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 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
SF News 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
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
SF News 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
Arts & Entertainment 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
SF News 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
SF News Oakland Terrorist Bank Bombing Thwarted By FBI A terrorist bombing didn't go according to plans over in Oakland on Thursday night. Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, of San Jose was taken into custody near a Bank of America building at 303
SF News Anti-Smoking Crusaders Seek To Ban Smoking Around Lake Merritt Some "chemically sensitive" and otherwise smoke-averse individuals in Oakland have just filed a petition with city councilperson Rebecca Kaplan to ban smoking around the perimeter of Lake Merritt. Once again, smokers, in case
SF News Suspect in Friday's Fatal Art Murmur Shooting Is In Custody The suspected gunman in Friday's despicable and tragic shooting during Art Murmur/First Fridays is now in custody. Oakland police arrested him on Saturday night but have not yet released his name, pending
SF News City In Crisis: Little Girl Shot In Oakland [Updated] Oakland crime problem shows no signs of abating. On Monday afternoon, an 8-year-old girl was shot in the leg, the victim of a drive-by shooting. According to Oakland Tribune, "The girl was standing
