Authorities arrest 13 people, recover $800K in stolen merchandise in Northern California
Thirteen people were arrested, and more than $800,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered following a multi-agency operation targeting an organized retail theft network operating across Northern California. On Dec. 11, a coordinated enforcement effort dubbed Operation Silent Night was conducted in Oakland, Richmond,...
San Francisco Resident Charged with Felony Theft After $7,000 Cosmetics Heist, Vallejo and San...
Last Sunday, officers from the Vallejo Police Department made an arrest following a retail theft involving cosmetics valued at over $7,000. According to a social media post by the Vallejo Police Department, a GPS tracking device, surreptitiously included within one of the stolen items, was key to quickly identifying...
Giant spheres in S.F.’s Union Square aren’t holiday decorations. They’re crime stoppers
Rows of the 3,000-pound balls line the curbs at Union Square, resembling boulders affixed to podiums that look like part of a Greek column.
Burglaries near Clear Lake result in arrests of suspects from Sacramento, Bay Area
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said three people from Sacramento and one from the Bay Area were arrested as suspects in burglaries that happened in Upper Lake, Nice and Ukiah.
Shakeup at Oakland Unified: Chief Business Officer Resigns, Chief of Staff Fired
Two top officials are out at Oakland Unified as the district grapples with a projected $102 million budget deficit for next year. On December 12, Chief Business Officer Lisa Grant-Dawson resigned her post, while Chief of Staff Dan Bellino was terminated by interim Superintendent Denise Saddler. Grant-Dawson told KQED...
Gunfire Erupts Near MacArthur: Four Wounded, Teen Suspects Nabbed
Four people were wounded in a shooting just before 4:30 PM last Saturday on 72nd Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, a busy corridor that has seen more than its share of police tape in recent weeks. Officers arriving at the scene found two victims and had them rushed to nearby hospitals, while two other...
California storm is raising a rare threat: long-lasting tornado risk
A tornado threat was forecast to extend from San Francisco to Los Angeles beginning Tuesday night. Conditions for tornadoes were expected to last in parts of the state through Friday.
San Francisco Police Nab 104 Suspects in Clampdown on Organized Retail Crime in SoMa...
In a concerted effort to tackle organized retail crime, the San Francisco Police Department announced a series of arrests and misdemeanor citations in the South of Market neighborhood after a spike in enforcement operations. From September to December, these actions culminated in the apprehension of 104 individuals,...
SF Sunset businesses rally after 40-hour PG&E outage coincides with winter solstice celebration
"Without power, how can you survive?" Some Sunset District businesses reported losing $40,000 - 60,000 as they had to empty out large inventory for Sunday's Winter Solstice celebration.
San Francisco’s Crime is Getting So Bad, Some Residents Are Hiring Their Own Cops
If you live in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, you might get a faster response from a private security guard than from the police. That’s the reality for residents who have watched their streets fill with homeless encampments, open-air drug use, and sidewalks blocked by people in crisis.
