Oakland Police Seize Illegal Weapons and Drugs in Unlicensed East Oakland Smoke Shop Raid
Following up on multiple tips from concerned citizens, the Oakland Police Department's Alcoholic Beverage Action Team (ABAT) cracked down on an unlicensed smoke shop in East Oakland. The operation last Tuesday, orchestrated in partnership with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, yielded a trove...
Racial disparities in officer discipline complicate OPD’s push to end federal oversight
The Oakland Police Department appears near the finish line in its 23-year federal court oversight program — but there’s still work left to do. That was U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick’s message to the city at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. During the hearing at San Francisco’s...
The Strange, True Story Behind Mount Diablo’s Name
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – If you spend any time in the East Bay, it’s always just kind of there. Mount Diablo looms above everything we do. At your kid’s soccer game? The mountain’s right above you. Stuck in traffic on 24? At least you have a pretty backdrop.
Video shows San Francisco mountain lion bounding into the wild after release
The 2-year-old lion that had toured San Francisco was found to be in excellent health. He was released him into the wild early Wednesday.
Chevron Plans to Clean Tar Waste at Alameda Point This Spring
At the urging of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) in 2021, Chevron agreed to return to Alameda Point and clean up the tar waste left behind when its refinery that produced kerosene was closed in 1903. The site was eventually filled with up to 10 feet of soil during construction...
16 cars seized from Oakland sideshows
(KRON) — Oakland Police Department officers have seized 16 vehicles so far this year in connection to illegal sideshows. Police said some of the cars were registered to drivers who live in Antioch, Manteca, and Solano County. The police department wrote, “OPD remains focused on preventing this dangerous and illegal...
Knudsen’s Ice Creamery to Close This Week
Knudsen’s Ice Creamery, a beloved Castro Valley institution, will close its doors at the end of January following more than 20 years on the Boulevard, owner Shay Knudsen said this past Saturday. Knudsen says she will be retiring and that running the Ice Creamery has been one of the...
Peet’s Coffee is closing outlets in Southern California
The Emeryville-based coffee chain is closing some locations by the end of January
Two Suspects Charged for 3 Murders Outside an Oakland Liquor Store
OAKLAND, CA — Homicide detectives arrested two suspects in connection with three fatal. shootings outside an Oakland liquor store. Angelo L. Pharr, 37 of Stockton, was arrested on January 27, and Darrell G. Tatmon, 40, of Oakland was arrested on January 22. Pharr and Tatmon are each charged with...
Ex-law student gets 7 year sentence for hitting man with car in Oakland
A former law student was sentenced to 7 years in state prison for striking and seriously injuring a man with her car on a street outside a bar near Lake Merritt in Oakland in 2013.
