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
SF News Grant Family Attorney Gives a Statement on Mehserle Sentence John Burris, the Grant family's civil attorney, gave a lengthy statement for the press following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle. Burris, who has been present at the trial along with the Grant family,
SF News (UPDATED) Oakland Prepares After Mehserle Sentencing After today's (light?) two-year-sentencing of former BART cop Johannes Mehserle, Oakland is preparing itself for any possible melee. The scene outside Oakland City hall is growing in numbers, but, as of this afternoon,
SF News Scenes After Johannes Mehserle Sentencing As many of you know by now, Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, with time-served credit attached. In all, the former BART cop, convicted of killing Oscar Grant
SF News Mehserle Sentencing On Friday BART cop Johannes Mehserle, convicted of killing Oscar Grant on a Fruitvale platform on New Year's Day2009, will finally hear his sentence on Friday. "The sentence could range from 14 years in prison
SF News 9 Shot In Halloween Party Mess In Oakland Just after midnight Saturday, a gunman opened fire on the crowd at a big costume party at this historic Sweet's Ballroom in downtown Oakland. Nine people were hit in all, and all are
SF News Two Gold Teeth Thieves, Two Graffiti Artists Sued by City of Oakland Relating to Mehserle Verdict Night Remember how we all thought Oakland was going to burn the night Johannes Mehserle got convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant? And the press got super excited and all
SF News CNN Discovers Just How Easy It Is to Get a Medical Marijuana Card Oh, this is amusing: CNN does some hard-hitting reporting today on the topic of how easy it is get a medical marijuana card, and whether we should all be outraged that "90 to
SF News Late Night Blaze Erupts at Oakland Tiki Bar by Andrew Dalton Tiki bar aficionados lost a watering hole late last night as a fire at Tiki Tom's in Oakland quickly erupted from one-alarm to a three-alarm status. About 80 firefighters with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Three Vegan Dishes Worth (Temporarily) Ditching Meat/Dairy Over No Worries (1442 Franklin) It's VEGAN FILIPINO FOOD. Veganism and Filipino food go together like Sonny and Cher and Cher divorced Sonny and then he skied into a tree (RIP), you feel us?
SF News Federal Jury Believes Oakland Police Planted Gun on Rapper A federal jury awarded $175,000 to a parolee who spent 22 months in the clink after police found him illegally in possession of a handgun. Local rap star Lorenzo Hall has maintained
misc Take a Virtual Tour of Oakland's Pot Manufacturing Future by Andrew Dalton A month ago, we took you inside the Apple store of Pot Dispensaries, now The Atlantic brings us a preview of something more like the Ikea of weed growers. Behold,
SF News Six-Year-Old Oakland Girl Shot In Bed Oakland police responded to a report of gunfire on the 1600 block of Seminary Avenue a little after 2 a.m. today. Upon arrival, they found a six-year-old child hit with stray gunfire.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Speaking With Isabel Wilkerson About <em>The Warmth of Other Suns</em> Isabel Wilkerson's new book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story Of America’s Great Migration (Random House) tells the story of the African-American migration from the South to the North and
SF News Clorox Relocates Jobs from Oakland to Pleasanton, Sells Auto Care Business The Clorox Co., one of the largest employers in Oakland, announced this week that they're relocating their research and development operation to Pleasanton, thereby moving between 500 and 700 workers out of the
SF News Two Women Sexually Assaulted Near Lake Merritt Oakland police are warning women around Lake Merritt about two recent assaults. On Sunday evening, two women were robbed and sexually assaulted "in relatively secluded areas." Both attacks happened within hours of each
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Gay Pride, 9/5 Oakland Pride, forgotten mousy cousin of San Francisco Pride? Maybe a little. But this year's LGBT Pride celebration on the other side of the bridge promises to be worth a BART trip under
SF News Fremont Undercover Officer Shot In Oakland A manhunt is underway for a felon who allegedly shot and wounded a Fremont undercover police officer outside a liquor store in Oakland this afternoon. According to Oakland Tribune, "After shooting the officer,
SF News Catching Up With Jose Canseco Former A's great Jose Canseco went from a Madonna-dating star to rat-fink bastard within a few years. "Ever since the more caliente half of the Bash Brothers blew his baseball stake on bad
SF News Oakland's City Walk, Abandoned by the Developer in 2007, Resumes Construction City Walk, the big, unfinished white elephant in downtown Oakland perhaps the most visible development casualty in the inner Bay Area of the recent credit crisis looks like it's finally getting a second
SF News Byron Williams, the Crazed I-580 Shooter, Pleads Not Guilty Byron Williams, that Tuolumne County right-wing lunatic who spent a lot of time watching Glenn Beck and decided to head to SF to shoot up the ACLU, pleaded not guilty in Alameda County
SF News Gunman Storms Children's Hospital in Oakland A man is in custody today after storming the Oakland Children's Hospital's emergency room around 3 a.,m. this morning. The unidentified man brandished a gun and took a female hostage before being
