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A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday in the busy area of South Van Ness and Mission Street, which led to a large police response and the disruption vehicle and transit traffic. Mission Local reports from the scene that the victim was possibly unhoused, and the...

The death appears to be San Francisco's ninth traffic fatality of 2026, 12 years after the city promised to eliminate road deaths. Truck hits, kills man in South of Market on Monday afternoon

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Officers from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) responded to a residence on the 2100 block of Larkin Street on February 15, 2026, following reports of a person calling for assistance. Upon arrival at approximately 4:14 p.m., officers located an adult female at the scene.

"Ideally, it would be someone who could keep the doors open."

Last Thursday, Oakland police and their federal and local partners moved in on what they say was a suspected illegal gambling operation in East Oakland, serving a search warrant on a property in the 1400 block of 17th Avenue that investigators had linked to a recent shooting. The enforcement action...

Around 3 a.m. on a Saturday in July 2024, a resident of an apartment building in Oakland’s Koreatown Northgate neighborhood woke up to commotion outside. The resident, who asked not to be named due to fears of retaliation, walked out and began recording the early-morning chaos on their phone. The video, reviewed by The Oaklandside, showed several people lined up in front of...

NOVATO,CA — Police responding to a vehicle theft in progress arrested Eric Ramirez, 20, of. Oakland, following a high-speed pursuit on April 4. Three other male suspects involved (ages. 18 to 22) remain at large, pending identification of fingerprints evidence recovered from the. stolen vehicle. Ramirez was apprehended at...

Vinnie’s Bar and Grill Brentwood is set to open a second location this summer, called Vinnie's Emporium

Actor and comic Jamie Foxx is returning to Oakland, where he launched his career, to film an upcoming Hulu special over two nights of stand-up.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police on Monday announced they busted an illegal gambling operation in the East Peralta area last week. The Oakland Police Department said officers, in cooperation with federal authorities, executed a search warrant at the alleged gambling operation in the 1400 block of 17th Avenue on Thursday, according to a department statement.