Arts & Entertainment 'New York Times' Names Oakland Number-Five Place To Visit In 2012 Don't get us wrong: We hella love Oakland, in all its urban, slightly dangerous, Brooklyn-in-the-90s sort of glory. But excuse us if we chuckle a little finding it on a list of places
SF News Carry-On Knife Results In Man's Arrest at Oakland Airport Oops. After discovering a 4-inch butterfly knife in a carry-on bag, a 38-year-old Chicago man was arrested at Oakland International Airport on Thursday. "The man, who was headed to Las Vegas on a
SF News $25,000 Reward Offered In Fatal Shooting Of 5-Year-Old Oakland Boy A five-year-old Oakland boy died at Children's Hospital late Friday night after being struck in the neck by shots fired from a car passing by his family's taco truck on International Boulevard. Gabriel
SF News Occupy Tree-Sitters Return To Frank Ogawa Plaza And just like that, a smattering of Occupy Oakland protesters have returned to Frank Ogawa. But this time they've taken to the trees. OakFoSho has recorded footage he shot live at the scene
SF News Police Sweep Out Nascent Occupy Oakland Encampment Just as soon as it came—on Tuesday, to be exact—last night police evicted residents of the new Occupy Oakland encampment on the 2000 block of Peralta Street near Mandela Parkway. Set
SF News Woman Sexually Assaulted On Oakland Street A woman walking in the 9000 block of Holly Street a little before 7 a.m. was mugged and sexually assaulted on Monday. According to BCN, "The suspect held the victim at knifepoint
SF News New Occupy Encampment Springs Up In West Oakland Just when you thought they might be hibernating, more than a dozen tents went up last night at a new Occupy Oakland encampment on the 2000 block of Peralta Street near Mandela Parkway.
SF News Local Astrologist Predicts Bad Vibes For Mayor Quan's Post-Occupy Career Occupiers, political pundits, twitter humorists and TV talking heads have all been speculating on what the post-Occupy future holds for embattled Oakland mayor Jean Quan. While the general consensus seems to be "she
SF News Shooting Near Fruitvale BART An unidentified man was taken to the hospital last night after being shot near the Frutivale BART station at International & 39th Avenue. The man "appears to be in stable condition," notes BCN.
Arts & Entertainment Kreayshawn Almost Became A Janitor, Once Worked At IKEA Oakland-born rapper Kreayshawn is headlining a New Year's Eve show at the Regency Ballroom (tickets still available), winding a year in which a single YouTube video landed her a record deal and a
SF News East Bay Foundation Gives Christmas Gifts To Murder Victims' Children Christmas came early for a group of 48 families touched by violence in Oakland. An organization called the Nemo Foundation, along with a battered women’s program, A Safe Place, threw a special
SF News Occupy SFers Still Being Arrested; Oakland Wants Occupier Shenanigans Stopped at All Costs [Updated] You and the rest of the planet are tired of reading Occupy headlines, but you might like to know that the SFPD arrested yet another person, under the Sit/Lie law, for plopping
SF News One Killed, Five Wounded in Multiple Oakland Shootings The holiday season appears to have brought with it a new wave of violence in Oakland, with "at least" six separate shootings occurring between Saturday and Sunday, injuring five and killing one man.
SF News More Arrests Made In Deadly Shooting Near Occupy Oakland You'll recall the dramatic incident in which a man was shot and killed near the Occupy Oakland encampment on November 10, after which protesters got really testy with camera crews and journalists believing
SF News Blue Collar Furious Over Occupy's Port Of Oakland Closure? It's no great shock that blue-collar workers falling outside the esteemed food service industry are as despised by the right as they are they left. They're poor. They lack iconic ¡todos somos! credibility.
SF News Aquapy Lake Merritt Underway A small yet jovial splinter group from the Occupy movement emerged in the glacial waters of Lake Merritt over the weekend. Calling themselves Aquapy Lake Merritt, the group built a large raft, armed
SF News Occupy Oakland Leads Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown Continuing with the momentum of last month's general strike, Occupy Oakland has organized a West Coast Shutdown to begin bright and early on Monday morning. The group has joined forces with Occupy groups
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Paints Over OWS Signage On House Without Permission [Updated] Occupy Oakland supporter Casey Dolan had been using the front door of her house, which her boyfriend owns, to advertise info about the Occupy protests, and apparently the City of Oakland wasn't liking
SF News Vacant Storefronts Become 'Popuphood' In Old Oakland Today Oakland hasn't exactly been a hotbed of retail activity in recent decades, and efforts to bring more retail downtown, and to revive the foundering Jack London Square have been mostly stalled (though Coi/
SF News 'Remove Jean Quan' Website Gives Mayor Green Lips The Remove Jean Quan site went live Thursday morning. Run by Gene Hazzard, an Oakland Post photog and member of the Oakland Black Caucus, he has for whatever reason given the Oakland Mayor
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Talks Occupy At Commonwealth Club, 12/15 Next Thursday, December 15, controversial Oakland mayor Jean Quan will come to our side of the pond to take part in a panel discussion at The Commonwealth Club called Occupy: What Now, What
SF News Occupy Oakland Erects Teepee Honoring Sioux Indians & AIDS Activists Zachary Runningwolf, the Occupy Oakland tree camper, burns sage after erecting a teepee on the North side of the plaza to honor Sioux Indians, homeless workers and AIDS activists. When Runningwolf and Oakland
SF News 8 Shot In Oakland, Including 1-Year-Old Baby [Video] A little after 6 p.m. on Monday night, eight people were shot in West Oakland, including a one-year-old baby. The shooting occurred on the 700 block of Willow Street when a group
SF News Thanksgiving Potty Police Riot Befalls Occupy Oakland After police turned away a truck driver delivering Porta-Potties to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, Occupy Oakland members and OPD erupt into a heated (albeit brief) scuffle. Police said that the truck
Arts & Entertainment Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot This one's bound to catch the attention of the anti-Occupy sect: Porn company Dirty Boy Video, which (we're guessing) specializes in videos of boys who are dirty, used a tent in the middle
