Activist sentenced to jail after stealing chickens from poultry plant
A California animal rights activist has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four live chickens from a Perdue Farms facility in 2023, prosecutors said. Zoe Rosenberg, 23, of Berkeley, California, was sentenced on Dec. 3 and ordered to turn herself in to the...
Oakland smoke shops face seizures after flavored tobacco ban
Since Californians voted to ban flavored tobacco products in 2022, law enforcement have seized at least 17,795 tobacco products from Oakland retailers, an Oakland Voices review of publicly available state seizure notices found. California voters banned most flavored tobacco products in 2022. The California Department...
This Oakland community is being terrorized by flurry of car break-ins every night
Oakland residents in Brooklyn Basin are asking for police intervention as they take turns surveilling numerous car burglaries routinely every night by masked and sometimes armed men.
Last day for OPD chief, roughly 100 officers on extended leave
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new report is raising questions about the Oakland Police Department’s finances as city leaders push to hire more officers despite a budget shortfall. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland hopes to add as many as 200 police officers. But the city lacks the funding to do so, in part...
Exclusive: A look inside the Bay Area’s newest Japanese supermarket
(KRON) — When Osaka Marketplace opened its first location in Fremont in 2021, there were questions about how well the community would receive the East Bay’s first Japanese supermarket. Four years later, Osaka Marketplace has become known in the Bay Area and satisfied the region’s appetite for a grocery store...
Car plows into doggy daycare on Webster Street in Alameda
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) — A car plowed into a business along Webster Street in Alameda on Thursday. The car, a four-door black sedan, crashed into the front window of Under One Woof, a pet daycare located at Webster and Pacific Avenue. KRON4.com spoke to someone at the front desk of the business who told us […]
Oakland Police Arrest Armed Suspect Wanted for Human Trafficking at Liquor Store
This article contains content summarized with GPT-4. Learn more. Police released body camera footage showing officers confronting an armed suspect in an Oakland liquor store. Officers responded to the scene to apprehend a man wanted in connection with human trafficking. During the arrest, the suspect tried to reach...
Bay Area motorcyclist dies in three-vehicle crash on Interstate 580
The fatal crash blocked two lanes during rush hour traffic, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Alameda County Sheriff Reopens 1973 Unsolved Double Homicide, Seeks Bay Area Community’s Help
In a recent appeal for public assistance, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office has reopened the wounds of an unsolved double homicide case. In December 1973, Michael Marie Shane and Kathy Sue Pethel lost their lives under tragic and mysterious circumstances. Their bodies were discovered on the west side of Fallon Road...
USGS says alerts for magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Nevada were a false alarm
An alert sent to people across California warning about a strong earthquake striking Northern Nevada on Thursday morning was sent in error, officials said.
