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
SF News Man Shot, KIlled Outside Oakland Church Outside St. Anthony's Church in Oakland, near East 15th Street and 16th Avenue, an unidentified 19-year-old man was shot and killed last night around 10 pm. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
SF News Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable Out Raiders coach Tom "I'm Going To Kill You" Cable is out. "The Raiders announced their decision not to exercise a two-year, $5 million option on Cable's contract for 2011 and '12, two days
SF News Child, Adults Killed In Oakland Fire Three people died two others were "forced to jump from a second-story window" after an East Oakland apartment fire this morning at around 2 a.m."Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Eleanor Bolin-Chew said
SF News Second Dead Woman Found in East Bay Park The nude body of a woman was found Friday near the entrance to a bike trail on Skyline Boulevard in the Oakland Hills. The woman appeared to have died several hours before, and
SF News Teen Boy Kidnapped In Haight, Released In Oakland Egads, this sure sounds scary: a 14-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped in the Haight last night, robbed, and then dropped off in Oakland. "According to police, the boy said he had just gotten
SF News Oakland Fining Hotels for Tolerating Prostitution, Sex Trafficking Whipping out a law that's been on the books since 1914, the City of Oakland is assessing penalties of up to $25,000 on the owners of three ghetto hotels -- the National
SF News Oakland City Council backs off plan for wholesale pot farms Apparently spooked by warnings from the Alameda County DA that city officials could face prosecution if they approved permits for possibly-illegal, "industrial-scale pot farms", the Oakland City Council voted 7-1 to put the
SF News Oakland Police Chase Ends in Wrecked Home, Shooting, Pow! Yesterday afternoon, undercover Oakland PD officers in East Oakland spotted two suspects from a "shooting in a vehicle" (so, a drive-by then?) incident that occurred in the same neighborhood last week. Uniformed cops
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Temescal NIMBYs Shun McDonald's Redo A few residents in all-that Oakland neighborhood Temescal have helped appeal a decision by the Oakland Planning Commission who approved the rebuilding of a McDonald's spore at 4514 Telegraph Avenue. According to Christopher
SF News Missing 12-Year-Old Girl Lies About Sexual Assault Oh dear. A 12-year-old Oakland girl who showed up at Oakland Children's Hospital on Sunday "after disappearing for several days admitted to authorities that she lied about being sexually assaulted." According to KTVU,
SF News Oakland Again Among Top 5 'Most Dangerous' Cities Everyone loves a ranking! In an annual ranking by the CQ Press (pdf), Oakland now stands as the fifth most dangerous city in the country for 2009, just below St. Louis (#1), Camden,
SF News Another Sex Abuse Lawsuit Hits Oakland Diocese In addition to "at least five other lawsuits stemming from allegations of abuse," the Oakland Diocese faces yet another lawsuit for sex abuse. A woman claims that she was abused by a monsignor
SF News Oakland Mayoral Race: Quan Takes Lead Over Perata Although they won't name a mayor until later this week, it seems likely that we'll be typing "Oakland Mayor Quan" for the next four years. According to reports, Oakland Councilwoman Jean Quan might
SF News Unruly Protesters Arrested In Oakland After Mehserle Sentencing After Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, as many as 500 people gathered outside Oakland City Hall to sing songs and present speeches in protest. However, according to
