SF News Umpteenth Fire At Oakland's Wood Street Encampment Shuts Down Part of MacArthur Maze Another fire — at least the fourth in the last several months — has broken out at the Wood Street encampment in West Oakland, involving multiple RVs.
SF News Person Shot at Oakland's Wood Street Encampment, Dies A man was fatally shot Tuesday at the sprawling, multi-block Wood Street homeless encampment in West Oakland — and it's the second shooting to occur there in two months.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Body of Woman Missing Since 2004 Found In West Oakland The remains of Cynthia "Linda" Alonzo were accidentally uncovered by a construction crew in West Oakland, the SFMTA has announced the return of three bus lines gone since the pandemic began, and the Buchanan Street Mall in the Western Addition is getting renovated.
SF News Beleaguered Oakland Encampment Getting $4.7 Million Grant From State to Try ‘New Model’ West Oakland’s Wood Street encampment, which has suffered dozens of fires in the last year, will try a new community cabins model with a $4.7 million grant from the state.
SF News Another West Oakland Encampment Fire Kills Two Dogs, Destroys Three RVs A Thursday afternoon encampment fire claimed the lives of two dogs and displaced five people, less than a half-mile from the site of a separate encampment fire just ten days ago.
SF News Large Early Morning Encampment Fire Hits West Oakland, Several Propane Tanks Ignite There were fortunately no injuries and everyone made it out safely, but a number of propane tanks exploded in an Oakland encampment fire early this morning, and I-880 had to be shut down between 4 and 5 a.m. as the fire grew quite large.
SF News Retired Oakland Police Captain, Left With 22 Bullet Wounds From Gas Station Shooting, Tells His Story In First Interview Former Oakland PD captain Ersie Joyner still has lead in him for the day he suffered 22 bullet wounds at a Chevron station shakedown in West Oakland in October, but is back to full health and just gave his first interview describing what happened that day.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Huge Lines Mark Opening Weekend at Chef Matt Horn’s New Chicken Spot Kowbird People lined up as early as 7 a.m. on opening day and the lines continued through the weekend at chef Matt Horn’s ballyhooed new chicken sandwich spot Kowbird.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Matt Horn’s New Fried Chicken Joint Kowbird Opens Friday in West Oakland Barbecue superstar chef Matt Horn adds a fried chicken-focused addition to his emerging Oakland comfort food kingdom, with Friday’s opening of Kowbird at the former Pretty Lady diner space.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Early Morning Fire Damages Three West Oakland Homes The Bay Area dodged the dry lightning bullet and the Red Flag Warning has been lifted, a three-alarm fire broke out in an alleged squatter dwelling in West Oakland, and a U.S. women's team gymnast has tested positive for COVID.
SF News You Can Have This Oakland Victorian For Free — But You Have to Pay to Move It A Victorian house in Oakland in an unknown state of repair is being offered for free to any taker who will pay to have it relocated.
SF News Day Around the Bay: West Oakland's Only Grocery Store In Danger of Closing West Oakland's only grocery store says it may not be able to stay open without financial help, the SFPD has released an updated sketch of a toddler who went missing when her mother was killed in 2016, and Uber and Lyft are both spending big on incentives to bring drivers back.
SF News [Update] Moms 4 Housing Offered Relocation Help But They've Refused To make the transition easier, the real estate investment firm that owns the home has said it is willing to pay for the move and for the women's shelter for the next two months. The women call the offer "an insult."
SF News Judge Orders West Oakland Moms Squatting In Vacant Home To Be Evicted The saga of Moms 4 Housing appears to be coming to a close as a judge on Friday ordered that the women who have been occupying a vacant property in West Oakland must leave or be removed by the Sheriff. The decision is very likely to draw more protest.
SF News Moms 4 Housing Asked To Leave Squatted Residence By Owner To Make Way For Youth Center In a revolving carousel of quandaries, the owner of a vacant West Oakland home that was squatted by two mothers last month wants them out — so they can use the property to accommodate disadvantaged youth.
SF News Massive Junk Lot and Encampment In West Oakland Gets Cleaned Out, Evicting 100 Homeless A major project began Tuesday morning to transform a four-acre parcel of private land in West Oakland from a homeless encampment and automotive dumping ground into a city-sanctioned RV- and vehicle-parking area for the homeless.
SF News Massive New West Oakland Development With 32-Story Tower Moves Forward A huge new residential development encompassing an entire city block in West Oakland — with over 1,000 units and 35,000 square feet of retail — was unanimously approved by Oakland's Planning Commission on Thursday, with plenty of community support.
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Artist Had Elephant Sculptures and Truck Stolen In West Oakland Well known local artist and Burner Jack Champion says he's devastated to have lost a pair of elephant installations he's been working on for the past 10 months, which he intended to bring to Burning Man on Sunday.
SF News 16-Year-Old Arrested In Shooting Death Of Teen Girl At West Oakland BART A 16-year-old suspect has been apprehended in a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night outside the West Oakland BART station.
Arts & Entertainment Vinyl Pressing Plant To Open In Oakland For First Time Nearly A Century Second Line Vinyl is looking to bring a record pressing plant to West Oakland by early next year. As KQED reports, this would be the first plant producing vinyl records in the city
SF News West Oakland Man Charged With Trying To Join ISIS A federal grand jury indicted a West Oakland man Thursday on terrorism charges for allegedly creating social media accounts and planning an attack in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and
SF News West Oakland Landlord Hires PR Guy Sam Singer, Says He Is 'Heartbroken' Over Fire Deaths San Pablo Avenue open to traffic at the site of deadly apartment fire in Oakland @kron4news pic.twitter.com/168dgEKdbn— Haaziq Madyun (@KRON4HMadyun) March 29, 2017 Renowned local PR fixer Sam Singer has
SF News Emails Show Oakland Fire Officials Considered West Oakland Building A Known Fire Hazard With Oakland's second deadly fire in four months, new evidence shows that a fire captain called to have the building at 2551 San Pablo Avenue shut down for safety reasons as of January
SF News West Oakland Building That Burned Monday Was A Halfway House With A Troubled History A fourth victim has been confirmed in the deadly fire that burned down a three-story building on San Pablo Avenue in West Oakland on Monday, and as the investigation into the fire gets
SF News Arson Suspected In Deadly West Oakland Fire Where Landlord Was Trying To Evict Low-Income Tenants The four-alarm fire that broke out early Monday morning in a West Oakland building, killing at least three people and displacing over 80, may not have been accidental as a lawyer for a
