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
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
