SF News Dozens Of SFPD Officers Were Connected To East Bay Sex Worker Celeste Guap On Facebook Though the SFPD has tried to suggest that only a couple of officers had any contact, sexual or otherwise, with the 18-year-old woman at the center of a broad-ranging sex scandal involving both
SF News And Now A Federal Officer Is Accused Of Trying To Pimp The Oakland Teen At Center Of OPD Scandal The sordid tale of a minor allegedly exploited for sex and trafficked by numerous members of East Bay law enforcement continues to deepen, as we learn today via the East Bay Express that
SF News Video: Go-Kart Police Chase On 880 Reminds Us What It Means To Be Free East Oakland ca 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZUjhW4VsJI— Tonka Dre (@Tonka_Boy_Dre) June 27, 2016 This past Sunday something amazing happened. A pack of go-karters, no doubt fed up with how depressing the
SF News Day Around The Bay: Two Oakland Police SUVs Burst Into Flames Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here San Francisco's vote count was finally, officially certified on
SF News Beset By Police Scandal, Oakland Hires Investigator To Stop Media Leaks With too many ongoing scandals to count, including the removal of three police chiefs in nine days, Oakland city officials are looking inward — just not perhaps in the manner we might expect. The
SF News Two SFPD Officers Now Implicated In Oakland Police Sex Trafficking Scandal An investigation into the alleged trafficking of an underage sex worker by members of the Oakland Police Department, perhaps with the knowledge of their superiors, has expanded to include a look at the
SF News Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent Resigns Amidst Officer Sex Scandal Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent tendered his resignation Thursday night, in the midst of a strange and sordid sex scandal allegedly involving his officers and a police dispatcher's young daughter. News of Whent's
SF News Oakland Police Find Kidnapped 14-Year-Old Girl In Possible Human Trafficking Case Oakland police are on scene of possible kidnapping. One victim located. Police surrounding house 1000 block 65th pic.twitter.com/dBloFqrWUh— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) June 8, 2016 Oakland Police today located a 14-year-old
SF News Headless, Limbless Torso Washes Up Near Bay Bridge Body taken by Alameda County Coroner pic.twitter.com/KklIkz8csq— Jenna Lyons (@JennaJourno) May 25, 2016 A gruesome story is developing out of Oakland this afternoon, with reports coming in that a construction
SF News From Rodney King To Oscar Grant To Mario Woods, Oakland Attorney John Burris On Taking Cases That Change Police Departments John Burris isn't a political activist. "Making speeches? Nobody can win that," he says ruefully over tea in his Oakland law offices. "You can say what you want, I can say what I
SF News Violent Crime On The Decline In Oakland As Murder Rate Drops The year is off to a slow start in Oakland, and in this case that's a very good thing. The city is experiencing a drop in violent crimes the likes of which it
SF News Oakland Police Department's Radios Keep Failing (Like, All Of Them At Once) In what most likely will be read as a metaphor for larger problems facing Oakland's beleaguered police force, the department last Friday temporarily lost the ability to communicate when a system-wide failure brought
SF News Family Sues Oakland Police Claiming Drunken Officer Tried To Break Into Their Home An Oakland family is suing the Oakland Police Department after a bizarre December incident allegedly involving two intoxicated OPD officers. The district attorney has yet to decide whether or not to file charges
SF News App Promises Faster Oakland 911 Service, For A Price According to the FCC, 70 percent of 911 calls are now placed from wireless phones. Understandably, that percentage is only growing. But whereas landlines can provide emergency services dispatchers with quick location details,
SF News $15,000 Bounty For Arrest Of Early-Morning Oakland Sexual Assailant An Oakland community organization is offering a reward of up to $15,000 to the person who helps bring a man who kidnapped, robbed and sexually assaulted a woman on an Oakland street
SF News Oakland Speakeasy Raided After Months-Long Undercover Op After receiving many complaints from Oakland neighbors about illegal alcohol sales, drug use, and loud music played well beyond the mandated 2 a.m. last call, an unlicensed basement club at 36112th Street
SF News Sunday Sideshows Lead To Oakland Officers Killing One Man Holding Replica Handgun There was some mayhem involving an army of vehicles and multiple separate sideshows in Oakland over the weekend. In addition to the police cars and helicopter that got shot at near a sideshow
SF News Protests Close I-980 After Police Kill Armed 24-Year-Old Very large crime scene at 27th and MLK for OIS pic.twitter.com/NSfS2YP7kx— Alan McCann (@AlanSbcg) August 12, 2015 Protestors blocked off-ramps at Interstate 980, broke windows at an Oakland City Center
SF News Second Night Of Ferguson Protests In Oakland Leads To More Looting, Fires, 43 Arrests For the second night, protesters canvassed different parts of Oakland Tuesday in response to Monday's grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, briefly disrupting traffic on two freeways, setting bonfires, looting, and generally harkening
SF News West Oakland Market Sends Posse Of Goons To Rough Up Thief Who Stole Liquor A tipster sent in this video of a group of men, identified as owners or employees of Ideal Market at 21st and Market Streets in West Oakland, chasing down and roughing up a
SF News More Oakland Neighborhoods Hiring Private Security Firms To Reduce Crime If the cops don't show up, what's a worried neighborhood to do? As cash-strapped, crime-challenged cities like Detroit, L.A., Atlanta, and Oakland face continually dwindling budgets and smaller police forces, there's been
SF News Oakland: Suspect, Victim Wounded In Home-Invasion Shoot Out A homeowner, 56, was injured after exchanging gunfire with an intruder, 23, on Wednesday night in Oakland. "The violent confrontation happened about 10:50 p.m. Wednesday at the home in the 3100
SF News Oakland Police Release Photos Of Protest Vandalism Suspects The search is on for several suspects wanted for vandalizing city streets and local businesses during last weekend's Justice for Trayvon rallies. Police have asked the public to help identify suspects and have
SF News Oakland Police Headquarters Literally In The Crapper All day Tuesday, the Oakland Police Department's headquarters on Seventh Street in downtown Oakland were closed to the public due to severe flooding from an overflowing toilet on the third floor. An employee
SF News Oakland Police Chief's 'Medical' Retirement Might Not Be So Medical The embattled, controversial, and less-than-effective Oakland Police Department made headlines again yesterday when Chief of Police Howard Jordan abruptly announced his retirement. The official word was that he is on medical leave, and
