SF News Shootout With Heavily Armed, Crazed Right-Winger Shuts Down I-580 for Most of Sunday A parolee hellbent on killing San Francisco, or something, began a shootout with CHP officers Saturday night in Oakland that shut down I-580 through most of Sunday. The freeway was shut down in
SF News Oakland Police Offer $1K Reward for Looter IDs The Oakland Police Department is offering an reward up to $1,000 for anyone helping identify these suspects accused of looting several downtown Oakland businesses (Foot Locker, Sears, sushi restaurant, etc.) following the
SF News Did Police Use Excessive Force at Merhserle Verdict Protest? Some members of the National Lawyers Guild and a smattering of community activists claim the Oakland Police Department "used excessive force in responding to a large protest after the verdict in the trial
SF News Mother Sides With Father Who (Allegedly) Tossed Child Into Traffic The mother of the toddler who was allegedly tossed into traffic on Saturday insists that the father would never do such a thing. Although a police officer and several eyewitnesses stated otherwise, Elena
SF News Man Throws Toddler Into Traffic An off-duty police officer witnessed 21-year-old John Taylor Jr. of Oakland toss his toddler into traffic on Saturday. It's a jarring, sensational story. Depressing too. See, the officer saw Taylor yelling in the
SF News 78 Protesters Arrested After Mehserle Verdict, 25% From Oakland During last night's Mehserle verdict coverage, one sharp SF Appeal commenter suspected that many rapscallion rioters in Oakland might not be from Oakland. And? She was right. The Appeal has numbers: Sgt. JD
SF News Dumpsters Burn, Foot Locker Looted, Not Much Else Goes Down In Oakland Here's some raw footage, shot by ABC 7, intended to make you believe Oakland was just a big chaotic bonfire following the Mehserle verdict. In actuality, these were just a few fiery dumpsters
SF News Scenes from Oakland After Mehserle Verdict Images from Oakland shortly after the Johannes Mehserle verdict was announced. Reactions ranged from calm and peaceful to violent and abrasive, including several small incidents of looting and arson. Read SFist's continuing coverage
SF News Man Loses Left Hand After Illegal Fireworks Ignite In Pocket A 19-year-old Oakland man lost his left hand on July 4 after two M-100s (!) in his pocket exploded. The two machine bottle rockets in his pocket, according to CBS 5, started from nearby
SF News UPDATED: Mehserle Trial Deliberations Might End Today, Might Not Jurors in the Johannes Mehserle trial down in L.A. deliberated for a just few hours on Thursday before being set free for a four-day holiday weekend. They begin again this morning, however
SF News Scenes from Oakland Amid Johannes Mehserle Verdict Hoopla While we wait for the Johannes Mehserle case to conclude--for those of you who recently rose from a coma, the BART cop is on trial for the shooting death of Oscar Grant on
SF News Oakland Riot Speculation Swirls as Mehserle Verdict Looms Oakland riots, will they or won't they happen? Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop accused of killing Oscar Grant at the Frutivale station, could face 2nd degree murder (15 years - life), voluntary manslaughter
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jeremy Fox and Daniel Patterson Do It Inside Scoop's Paolo Lucchesi has word that former Ubuntu superstar chef Jeremy Fox "has found a new home: Daniel Patterson’s upcoming Oakland restaurant, Plum." Promising to be more casual than the now-sacred
SF News Oakland Teens Plead 'Not Guilty' In Beating Death Lavonte Drummer and Dominic Davis, the 18-year-old Oakland residents accused of beating to death 59-year-old Tian Sheng Yu of San Francisco, pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Monday. Yu and his son,
SF News Oakland A.M. Fire Reveals Pot House A house fire was reported a little before 7 a.m. this morning at a house on the 3900 block of Angelo Avenue in Oakland. During the blaze, neighbors and firefighters learned that
SF News Nancy Pelosi to Speak at Mills College Speaking of commencement speeches, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver the main address at Mills College in Oakland on Saturday. According to BCN (via CBS 5), "Pelosi, the first female speaker of the
SF News Oakland to Lift Ban On Cross-Dressing Oakland went ahead and finally banned one of the city'/s most bizarre and benign laws: cross-dressing. Today, the Oakland council voted 7-0 to remove the ban from the city's municipal code. CBS
SF News Oakland to Join Arizona Boycott Oakland will join San Francisco in boycotting Arizona over anti-immigration/anti-illegal alien law SB 1070. Oakland Council President Jane Brunner, Vice Mayor Jean Quan and Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente will "join clergy
SF News Father Beaten in Random Downtown Oakland Attack Dies Tian Sheng Yu, 59, was badly beaten on Friday right near the Fox Theater, in broad daylight, on the 1800 block of Telegraph Avenue. There was no apparent motive for the attack, and
misc Why Aren't You Visiting Your Friends In Oakland? So. Your friends decided to buy property in Oakland. Great. And, you promised you'd visit often. In fact, you swore to it well over a year ago. But? You never made the 10
SF News Parents Picket Outside Oakland School In Teacher Protest Parents picketed outside Lazear Elementary School in Oakland yesterday over an allegedly unfit teacher. Parents claim the teacher in question "took a smoking break during class, leaving his students unattended; that he locked
SF News 4 Dead In 2 Days In Oakland Last night at around 10:40 p.m., a 57-year-old was shot and killed during an argument over a woman. An unidentified 57-year-old man has been arrested in connection with his murder. The
SF News Missing Oakland Rock Climber Found Dead Oakland climber Thomas Bennett, 26, was found dead Thursday on Mt. Shasta. Area rangers discovered his body inside a snow cave "where his friend had left him before going for help." CBS 5
SF News Racist Street Art Found at Oakland Church The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension on Lincoln Avenue in Oakland was vandalized with hateful graffiti over the weekend. A giant swastika, dirty words and "other racial epithets" were, according to CBS
SF News Two Sought In Kidnapping, Robbery In Oakland Over in Oakland yesterday, two men are wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping and robbery. According to reports: "Two men, one who had a handgun, approached another man in the 4200 block
