Oakland CA

HMPV (Human Metapneumovirus) is currently spiking in the United States, including Northern California cities like Sacramento, Davis, Vallejo and San Francisco. Human Metapneumovirus Circulating in the US: Human metapneumovirus—a seasonal respiratory virus in the same family as Respiratory syncytial virus—is currently...

Interim Police Chief James Beere has ordered significant changes to OPD’s overtime policies aimed at improving checks and balances. At a meeting of the City Council’s Finance and Management Committee on Tuesday, Beere said he issued a special order in mid-February, cancelling all discretionary overtime spending —...

Oakland’s warning period for its speed camera program is ending in mid March. KALW’s Rachel Longan has more. In mid-January the cameras were installed on 18 of the city’s most dangerous intersections. Speed limits in these locations range from 20 to 40 mph. Starting in mid-March the...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Police arrested a man Monday who they suspect has been creeping around people's homes and yards in East Oakland for months. Since mid-December, police fielded six reports of someone going into yards, peeping into homes and "engaging in inappropriate behavior." The suspect allegedly did this in...

Dean Urbanski, 51, the brother of pro wrestler and former WWE star Ashley Urbanski, went missing this week after a car crash in San Francisco U.S. Park Police The brother of professional wrestler and former WWE star Shotzi Blackheart has vanished in San Francisco after walking away from a car crash, prompting an...

San Lorenzo Valley residents are restoring a toy box memorial for two young brothers who died in the 1982 Love Creek landslide. A group of neighbors and community members, led by Ben Lomond resident Julianne Bonnet, created a Facebook group to “rebuild the toy box, restore the sign, and replenish the collection of...

A motorcycle rider sustained a significant leg injury during a collision in South Berkeley on Wednesday evening, authorities report. The crash was reported just before 5:15 p.m. at Sacramento Street and Dwight Way, Berkeley police said. The rider was reported to be conscious and breathing, but appeared to have a...

Tony Shervaughn Phillips' attorney accuses Mayor Lurie of inciting Tenderloin confrontation. ‘The mayor should be held accountable’: S.F. man who fought Lurie’s security appears in court

Broad Daylight Horror Unfolds (Image Credits: Nypost.com) San Francisco's Chinatown – A random knife attack at a crowded crosswalk exposed the violent tendencies of a local man whose prior crimes and family stature have now drawn intense scrutiny.[1][2] Broad Daylight Horror Unfolds Surveillance cameras captured the...

In the “about” section of Bolita Masa’s website, there is a hand-drawn image of a little boy and corn. Emmanuel Galvan, the chef and founder of Bolita Masa, says this little boy is an image of his younger self, grappling with the idea of corn. “I grew...