One afternoon in January 2023, Fairfax resident Steve Shiotsu parked his car by Lake Merritt before meeting with a friend.
When he returned four hours later, his 1995 Honda Civic was gone.
Shiotsu thought it might have been towed but couldn’t find any tow-away signs nearby. “I went up and down the block a little bit, and I realized it had been stolen,” he told The Oaklandside. The next day, he filed a stolen vehicle report with the Oakland police…