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Man Killed While Robbing Legal Marijuana Grow House

One man is dead this morning after attempting to rob a legal Oakland medical marijuana house. According to KTVU, police responded the a call around 4:45 this morning to a location near

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Learn How To Cultivate Gourmet, Medicinal Mushrooms This Sunday

Want to grow mushrooms to get sparkly high? Then go someplace else, Timothy Leary. This class isn't for you. Those of you who want to know more about real mushroom cultivation, listen up:

Arts & Entertainment

Oaklander Laments, Celebrates, The Age-Old 'Oakland Diss'

Today over on Oakland North we have a little op-ed regarding The Oakland Diss. It's that thing where everyone who's never lived in Oakland or never set foot in Oakland immediately reacts to

Dramatic Standoff In East Oakland Ends With One Man Arrested, Another Still At Large

Oakland Police were engaged in a dramatic shootout in East Oakland Saturday night in which an attempted traffic stop turned chaotic and near deadly. Cops were trying to pull over a van (allegedly

Obama Welcomed To East Bay With 'I Hella [Heart] Oakland' T-Shirt

President Obama swung through the Bay Area on another one of his fundraising campaign stops yesterday. While he was met with medical marijuana demonstrations on the streets of Oakland yesterday afternoon, the President

Pot Advocates To Protest Obama's Oakland Visit Today

President Barack Obama will make an appearance at the Fox Theater today — located in the heart of Oaksterdam, the East Bay's cannabis community — for a fundraiser. While the president shills for dollars for

Oakland Man Pleads Guilty to Double Murder of Mother and Infant

Some of you may recall the gruesome discoveries of the bodies of 23-year-old Zoelina Toney of West Oakland and her 17-month-old son Jashon Williams back in November 2009, both of whom were found

Oakland Plagued With More Gunfire

Gunfire broke out near on Wednesday night near a vigil for slain 15-year-old Hadari Askari. Police have not evidence yet that the shooting was related to Askari, but it is yet another sign

19-Year-Old Woman Shot In The Face At East Oakland Motel

A 19-year-old woman with a criminal record was found lying dead in a pool of blood at Oakland's Starlite Motel early this morning. According to Oakland PD, the victim was shot in the

15-Year-Old Oakland Boy Shot, Killed

On Tuesday night, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Oakland near the Coliseum. Hadari Askari "was shot about 8:08 p.m. in the 6700 block of Leona Creek Drive in the

Three Shot During Separate Oakland Robberies

Violence in Oakland escalated after a particularly brutal weekend. Three men were shot during separate incidents on Monday night in different parts of East Oakland. At around 12:10 a.m. this morning,

Movie Theater Shooting Caps Off Especially Violent Weekend in Oakland; Four Homicides In Total

It was yet another violent weekend in Oakland, with three fatal shootings Friday and five people shot outside the Regal Cinemas Jack London Square on Sunday. This of course doesn't help the city's

Oakland Tribune Photog Robbed While On Assignment

An Oakland Tribune photographer was robbed of her equipment while on assignment on Monday. She wasn't hurt, but certainly shaken. The Tribune reports: "Laura Oda, a chief photographer for the Bay Area News

BART-Crippling Fire Officially Ruled As Arson

The four-alarm fire that stopped transbay service on BART for nearly 12 hours earlier this month has officially been ruled as arson, according to the team of ATF agents and local authorities tasked

Cyclist Robbed At Gunpoint In Oakland Hills [UPDATED]

SFist previously published a post on an alleged armed robbery that took place in the Oakland Hills, via an email sent to us from a Berkeley cycling mailing group. We now believe that,

Bomb Hoax Scares Downtown Oakland With Menacing Lunchbox

Four blocks around the police headquarters in downtown Oakland were evacuated earlier today after something looking like a bomb appeared on the loading dock of a Salvation Army location. According to the Salvation

Two Shot Near MacArthur BART During Evening Commute Wednesday

Around 5:20 p.m. yesterday evening, two men were shot while walking on Apgar street about a block and a half from the MacArthur BART Station in Oakland. According to police, two

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits She Screwed Up Something Else

Over in the East Bay, Oaklanders skittish from what we can only assume is the constant wee-ooo-wee-ooo-wee-ooo of Police sirens have been waiting patiently for updates on Mayor Quan's 100 Blocks Initiative. The

Big Rig Spontaneously Combusts On Oakland Off-Ramp

A big rig on its way to the Port of Oakland at 5 a.m. this morning, just arrived from Long Beach, suffered a sudden engine fire that basically reduced the truck to

Woman's Body Found By On-Ramp In Oakland Hills

A woman's body was discovered last night by people driving near an on-ramp on Highway 13 in the Oakland hills, at Joaquin Miller Road. Someone in a passing vehicle spotted the body in

Cops Follow Stolen iPhone To Cache Of Illegal Weapons, Oakland Pot Operation

While it's not quite as big as the iPad that led to the meth bust of the century down in San Jose, cops serving a search warrant for a stolen iPhone yesterday entered

3 People, Possibly Terrible Teenagers, Sought In BART Fire

Thursday morning's inferno that crippled BART service between Oakland and San Francisco might have been intentionally set, according to investigators. Police are now asking the public for help in finding three suspicious people

BART-Crippling Fire Deemed 'Suspicious,' PG&E Experienced More Gas Shutoff Problems

As BART continues to deal with the fallout from this morning's disastrous commute, investigators from the Oakland Fire Department have started to shed some light on the literal meltdown that occurred in West

Oakland Sees 50th Homicide of 2012, Multiple Sunday Shootings

Unfortunately, there are still a lot of shootings in Oakland. This past warm weekend saw a spate of seven separate incidents in different parts of East Oakland that left one 26-year-old Alameda resident

Oakland Hills Brushfire Breaks Out Near 580 [Updates]

A smokey brushfire broke out in the Oakland Hills around 1:45 p.m. this afternoon. The fire was apparently started by fallen power lines on an access road by the freeway. The