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
Arts & Entertainment Tori Amos Announces Tour; Coming to Oakland in December Oh, Tori. She is coming. The wounded yet talented orchid petal sprayed with cayenne pepper will croon for her rabid fans in Oakland later this year. Her North American tour was just announced,
SF News San Francisco and Oakland (?) Both Rank in List of Top 10 Walkable Cities An annual ranking by this site called WalkScore, which provides detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood scores of various cities based on their walkability and access to public transit, has put San Francisco as the second most
Arts & Entertainment Contest Asks Participants Why They Choose to Live in Oakland A photo/video contest called "Why I Choose Oakland" will award the grand prize winners two round-trip tickets and lodging if they can deftly and cleverly captured why they choose to live in
SF News A's to Host M.C. Hammer Bobblehead Night Huh. It looks like the Oakland A's do in fact have one thing going for them that the Giants don't: M.C. Hammer bobbleeheads. The A's will be the first MLB team ever
SF News Oakland Library Safe For Time Being Thanks to a huge outcry from the Oakland community, its libraries and many other invaluable public services have been saved for the time being. If you recall, the Oakland City Council was looking
SF News Pet Python Lost in Oakland Sweet Jesus, somebody lost their pet python in Oakland, and put up this frightening "lost snake" sign to warn neighbors. The ball python, described as "4 feet long, black & brown, will be
SF News Falcon Shooter Sought by Game Wardens State game wardens are offering $1,000 for any information leading to the arrest of the person(s) who shot and injured two peregrine falcons in Oakland. Both protected under the California endangered
SF News East Bay Youth Group Help Police Sex-Shame Prostitute Customers The East Bay Asian Youth Center started a new program this week to stop sex workers from doing business in their neighborhood. According to KTVU, "Neighbors along International Boulevard in Oakland have long
Arts & Entertainment Monday, 6/20: 14-Hour Save Oakland Library Read-In Like many cities, Oakland is currently faced with a major budget crisis, and many community organizations are at risk, including Oakland Public Library. Under one of Mayor Quan's three proposed scenarios, the library
SF News Videotaped Rape Suspect Caught Hiding in a Doghouse Dion McDaniel, a parolee from Oakland caught on film by his 28-year-old victim last week, was arrested after the widespread media coverage brought in a slew of tips from the public. McDaniel, who
SF News Johannes Mehserle Released from Jail Early this morning, former BART cop Johannes Mehserle was released from the Los Angeles County Men's Jail. He served just over 11 months of a two-year sentence for the death of Oscar Grant,
SF News Victim Captures Video of Oakland Rapist [Updated] A woman who was raped in her home on Tuesday managed to snap footage of her attacker before he fled the scene. According to the Oakland Tribune, the man broke into her home
SF News Johannes Mehserle to Leave Jail Soon Controversial killer Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who fatally shot and killed unarmed passenger Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009, will be released from jail in a couple of weeks, reports the
SF News Oakland Block Party/Sideshow Leaves Two Dead A block party in East Oakland Sunday night, which turned into a sideshow with cars doing donuts, etc., turned deadly when an unknown assailant (or multiple assailants) began shooting into the crowd, critically
SF News Oakland Makes 'Top 10 Dangerous Cities' List A mind-bending five other cities are considered more violent than Oakland, according to 2010 FBI crime data. A 24/7 Wall Street review of said data revealed that, to the shock of no
SF News Transgender Clownfish Raises a Stink at Oakland Elementary School At Oakland's Redwood Heights Elementary school, a cute and seemingly harmless lesson on gender diversity has provoked the religious right in to action. The hour-long lesson, part of a requirement that all state
SF News MacArthur BART Transit Village Project Finally Gets Underway 17 years in the making, the MacArthur Transit Village project has finally broken ground, making way for what will be a huge and potentially transformative development in a fairly desolate part of Oakland.
SF News Rapture Rescheduled for October 21, Says Harold Camping Due to a technical glitch of sorts, Harold Camping has revised his rapture date to October 21, 2011. If you recall, the Family Radio minister's prediction of a ruinous May 21 rapture never
SF News In Oakland: An Entire Parklet Goes Missing Actual Cafe in Oakland appears to have fallen victim to what might be the first reported case of parklet theft in the Bay Area. After the cafe built, installed and celebrated their new
SF News Family Radio Employees Don't Believe In Saturday's Rapture East Bay false prophet Harold Camping, who claims that the rapture will occur on 5/21, has an organization, Family Radio, that has bilked listeners out of $80 million in contributions between 2005
SF News Man Booted Off BART After Talking About Weapons of Mass Destruction A man was escorted off a BART train this morning after loudly and wildly talking to passengers about weapons of mass destruction. Egads. "BART officers responded at about 9:20 a.m. to
misc Happy Birthday, Oakland! Oaklandish reports that on this day, May 4, in 1852, the California state legislature incorporated the town of Oakland. Previously, according to Oaklandnet,com, the "hamlet" was previously known as Contra Costa and
SF News Oakland Coliseum Becomes Overstock.com Coliseum According to the Chronicle's intrepid reporting duo Matier & Ross, Utah-based discount clearance site Overstock.com has taken over the naming rights to the home of the Raiders and the Athletics. Appropriately enough,
SF News 2 Dead, 5 Wounded After Oakland Nightclub Shootings Two people were killed and four wounded early Monday morning outside Sweet Jimmie's near Jack London Square. The deadly shootings, it seems, were sparked by the bouncer refusing to admit several patrons. "Several
