Posts Tagged ‘oakland’
Residents across the Bay have a glass-half-empty view when it comes to how their city is being run.
Yolanda Smith is accused of donning a white lab coat to pose as a doctor at local hospitals, then swiping credit cards from nurses’ purses.
In Palestine, the media covers violent stories without dedicated security. Oakland, though, is another story.
Before envying Los Angeles’ new downtown stadium, consider that a similarly transformative stadium may still emerge in Oakland.
A brave woman helped save a man from a beating at 12th and Broadway in Oakland at the hands of a violent mob.
An accused bank robber was captured in Oakland after he allegedly tried to rob the same bank — and teller — he did a month ago.
Meager turnout for a gun buyback in Oakland didn’t dampen the spirits of supporters, who want to offer even more incentives to get guns off the streets.
Families in Oakland gathered last week to honor National Missing Children’s Day and seek ways to keep children safe online and outside the home.
Oakland has upped patrols and installed security cameras along International Boulevard in an attempt to curb prostitution and related crimes.
Groups are rushing to gather enough signatures to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan before their deadline approaches.
A public funeral will be held Wednesday for a transgender woman a witness says was the victim of a hate crime.
FoodPool helps backyard growers find needy homes for their overload of onions or plethora of potatoes.
Police say 24-year-old Tyrell Omar Smith was fatally shot yesterday while pushing his young son in a toy stroller in East Oakland.
Couches, uprooted marijuana plants, and a dead Chihuahua wrapped in plastic: Just an average day of trash on Oakland streets.
A former postal manager and his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding the Postal Service out of $4.4 million since 2005.
Paranoia may be a side effect of marijuana, but the concerns of medical cannabis dispensaries in the Bay Area extend beyond that.
