SF News Oakland Sex Worker Arrested For Abandoning Twins While Performing A suspected prostitue was busted in Oakland for felony child endangerment and soliciting an act of prostitution. The woman arrested on Wednesday afternoon during a police sting. "Officers saw the woman loitering in
SF News Richmond Mother Fatally Shot Near West Oakland Park Beatrice Burton, a 33-year-old mother of two, was involved in a fatal drive-by shooting in West Oakland last night near Poplar Park at 30th and Union streets at 9:45 p.m. Burton,
Arts & Entertainment Put a Pot Leaf On It: Oaksterdam University's New Oaklandish Mural Over at Oakland's groundbreaking weed university, Brooklyn based artists R.B. Morris III & Munir Munir have replaced the building's faux-collegiate logo with a (ahem) dope new 725-foot mural overlooking Broadway and 17th.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Otaez Mexicatessen Owner Shot To Death Jesus "Chuy" Campos, owner of Fruitvale's Otaez Mexicatessen, was shot to death a little after 5:30 a.m. Friday morning. He arrived early to help out with the breakfast service. He was
misc Relevant Twitter Update of the Day Via Ernie Hsiung of 8Asians: "Some dude at the food court went up to the Asian lady next to me and asked if she was the mayor of Oakland. Awkward!"
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink City of Oakland Shuts Down Novella Carpenter's Farmstand In certain gastronomic circles, Novella Carpenter is well known as one of the top urban farmers in the Bay Area. Having studied under Michael Pollen at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, she
SF News 14-Year-Old Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted in Oakland Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Oakland on Monday. She was taken against her will on Bancroft Avenue and Church Street at around
SF News Oakland Mayor Quan: Woman of the Year Yesterday in Sacramento, Mayor Jean Quan, ruler of Oakland, was honored as Woman of the Year for the 16th Assembly District. In an effort of shine light on "outstanding California women," the Legislative
SF News Oakland School Board Approves Hundreds of Pink Slips for Teachers Another blow for public education unfurled in the East Bay last night. The Oakland School Board approved 500 layoffs notices for Oakland teachers. Said notices will go to 231 elementary school teachers, 41
SF News Oakland/Emeryville Target Now Open for Business Oaklanders have a new place to shop for discount housewares and Justin Timberlake fashions as Target opens a new store on the Oakland/Emeryville border, at 1555 40th Street. The big ribbon cutting
SF News Man Beaten By Prince Fans After Catching Guitar Well, this is disgusting. At Wednesday night's Prince concert at Oakland Arena, a man was beaten by concert goers after catching the purple one's guitar. Prince typically tosses his guitar into the audience
SF News Oakland Man Seeks Stolen Prosthetic Leg If you come across a prosthetic leg featuring an Oakland Raiders design somewhere on the black market, it belongs to Oakland resident Darryl Turner. Turner filed a police report and wrote to KTVU
SF News It's Not OK For Shooters to Follow Gunshot Victims to the ER at Oakland Children's Hospital Cal-OSHA has fined Children's Hospital Oakland for not adequately protecting their employees against workplace violence -- namely, against the invasion of the hospital by gun-wielding criminals who have caused several dramatic incidents in
SF News Older Women Targeted In Oakland Safeway Robberies Police are warning the Oakland Hills neighborhood about a rash of frightening robberies starting at the Redwood Road Safeway. It seems "at least half a dozen shoppers have been targeted leaving a grocery
Arts & Entertainment Prince Performing Two Shows In Oakland Next Week Rumor has it that Prince will perform two Oakland shows later this month: Monday, Feb 21, and Wednesday, Feb 23. According to MoQuake, who scooped the story, "Tickets for the Oakland shows go
SF News Boy Sexually Assaulted In Bathroom of Oakland Boys and Girls Club Oakland Police are investigating "allegations that a young boy had been sexually assaulted by five other boys at a Boys & Girls Club facility in East Oakland." A seven-year-old boy alleges he was
SF News Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Takes Major Pay Cut Facing a $40 million-plus deficit that, among other things, will likely result in layoffs for city workers, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan took a 25% pay cut. She will rake in a mere $137,
SF News City of Oakland Warned By Feds About Marijuana Law It shouldn't come as a shock that Oakland's recently enacted ordinance allowing for large-scale medical marijuana grow-houses violates federal law, but now a U.S. attorney has written the City a strongly worded
SF News Oakland Museum of California Sets New Standard The Oakland Museum of California has been receiving lots of well-deserved critical praise (and endowment money [http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=44371]) since undergoing a major
Arts & Entertainment Waitlist for Dave Chappelle Oakland Show Still Open Just as soon as it was announced, Dave Chappelle's two shows tonight at The New Parish in Oakland sold out. Alas. However, if you want to get on the waitlist for the 11pm
SF News Millionaire Slum Lord Accused of Arson Plot Roach motel owner, millionaire, and Tiburon resident, Richard Singer, has been arrested and is facing a ten year prison sentence, a $125,000 fine, and arson charges for allegedly plotting to torch his
SF News Oakland Infant Killed In Car Accident Depressing news, folks. An infant was killed last night in an apparent car accident. According to reports, "Police told KTVU a family member was moving a car and the child somehow got out
SF News Jack London Inn Named 2nd Dirtiest Hotel In U.S. Using traveler ratings for cleanliness, TripAdvisor named the 10 dirtiest hotels in the country. Oakland's Jack London Inn was honored as the second most rank hotel, following behind the Grand Resort Hotel &
SF News Man, 60, Killed In Oakland To cap our morning blood bath, we report to you that a 60-year-old man was killed on Sunday night in Oakland. "At about 10:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1100
SF News Oakland 2nd Graders Allegedly Had Oral Sex In Class In a story that's sure to jolt you awake this morning, the Oakland Tribune reveals: "A second-grade teacher has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into a report that two of
