Mayor Barbara Lee says Oakland has ‘momentum’ at real estate industry event
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee touted “momentum” today, saying Oakland is “on the move” with improving public safety and new economic investments. Her comments were delivered to the San Francisco Business Times’ Oakland Structures conference, a gathering of real estate industry professionals held at the downtown Marriott.
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.
Former S.F. staffer pleads guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in city...
A 40-year-old former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in city funds and participating in another former city employee’s fraud scheme.
S.F. social worker in critical condition after hospital stabbing
Deputies recovered a 5-inch kitchen knife suspected of being used in the attack.
Inmate stabbed in stomach during fight at San Francisco jail, sheriff says
The San Francisco Sheriff's Office is investigating after an inmate at the county jail was stabbed today.
Cause of death revealed for Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator
Claude the iconic albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco died from liver cancer, according to a necropsy, which showed the cancer was extensive and caused liver failure.
Some California universities seeing decline in enrollment: Here’s why
Some CSUs and UCs have been seeing a steady decline in enrollment, while others are seeing an enrollment boom. So, what gives? We look into the factors affecting it.
Atmospheric rivers could bring 10 straight days of rain to these West Coast cities
Forecasts have already emerged for some areas in Western Washington ahead of next week's storms, indicating the likelihood of flooding conditions
