U.S. / Tags / Oakland

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 12, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A man was killed and a woman critically injured during a shooting in East Oakland early Sunday, police said. The victims of the 2:53 a.m. shooting on the 1800 block of 89th Avenue, who were each struck multiple times by bullets, were not immediately id.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- A 12-year-old San Francisco girl who disappeared Monday has been found safe with a friend in Oakland, authorities said today. Billie McGee had last been seen Monday, and her family posted flyers and looked for her in and around her neighborhood near Ci.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:04am neoform

SF Gate -- The owner of an Oakland factory that produced marijuana candy with names like Buddafinga and Mr. Greenbud has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana. Michael Martin, 33, of El Sobrante entered a guilty plea at a hearing We.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 4, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The Alameda County sheriff's office released a picture today of a man who they say may help them solve the 1991 slaying of an Oakland woman. Israel Zelaya, 43, is not a suspect in the beating death of 24-year-old Vicenta Sanchez-Orellana but may have i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- A man was shot and killed and two people were wounded in three separate shootings early today in Oakland, police said. The man who was killed was shot about 2 a.m. near the corner of 56th Avenue and East 16th Street in East Oakland. The slaying brings.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Oakland police were investigating two shootings, one of them fatal, that occurred within minutes of one another in different parts of the city. At about 6 p.m., a young man was shot and injured at the corner of Whitney and 59th Streets in a drive-by at.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- A second arrest has been made in connection with the takeover robbery of an Oakland restaurant, one in a series of such holdups that have plagued the East Bay, police said Thursday. Laron Williams, 18, was arrested about 6 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged as an adult in connection with the takeover robbery of an Oakland restaurant, one of eight such holdups at East Bay establishments over the past month, authorities said Tuesday. Tanom Dominique, who lives.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- After citizens shot and wounded three suspected criminals in the past week, Oakland police acknowledged Tuesday that residents are fed up with crime and expressed understanding for two shopkeepers and a resident who they say fought back in self-defense... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- An Oakland woman who was shot in the head by a stray bullet Monday night died Wednesday, authorities said. Shanice Davis, 22, was hit as she slept in her bedroom around midnight. Police and neighbors said the shooting occurred during a street memorial.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Oakland police raided a former auto-body shop that had been converted into an indoor marijuana farm on Wednesday, seizing 2,100 plants and arresting one suspected grower, authorities said today. The business at 945 East 11th St. in the city's San Anton.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- Two men died in a house fire in East Oakland early today, authorities said. The victims were found in the back of a home at 2640 74th Ave. Their names weren't immediately released. Five occupants managed to escape from the blaze, which was reported.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 1, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A 20-year-old man is dead and another man is recovering after being shot on the street near the MacArthur BART station, police said today. Nathan Taylor and Donte Davis, 18, both of Oakland, were found around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday near Apgar Street and M.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 24, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- An Oakland police criminalist acknowledged at Hans Reiser's murder trial Wednesday that she had made a mistake while collecting a sample of blood found on a pillar in the computer programmer's home. Under questioning by defense attorney Richard Tamor,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

SF Gate -- PST OAKLAND - A worker at the Port of Oakland was crushed to death by a truck Monday night, authorities said today. Edward Hall, 47, of San Francisco, was killed about 8 p.m. by a semi-tractor trailer maneuvering into position to have a container place.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- A 2-year-old Vallejo girl is clinging to life at Children's Hospital in Oakland after she was shot in the head allegedly by her father, Vernon Val Watson, who, police say, killed her mother and then shot himself late Friday night. Watson, 42, who had a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 17, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- All lanes of northbound Interstate 880 near High Street in Oakland are now open, though traffic remains slow because two lanes were blocked for more than six hours while workers repaired a sinkhole. The sinkhole was reported about 9:20 a.m. in the two.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Two men were shot to death in Oakland Tuesday evening, police said. Police responded to 911 calls that multiple shots had been fired on the 4500 block of Bancroft Avenue around 7:50 p.m. and found two men lying in the street. Both men had been shot and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- A man was shot to death in Oakland late Wednesday, police said. Officers responding to the 4500 block of East 12th Street a little after 11:30 p.m. found the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No other information was immediately available... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Percy Honniball, an Oakland carpenter with a fondness for working in the buff, was acquitted today of misdemeanor indecent exposure. "I wanted to go to trial to prove that the charge could not stick, that it was an over-reaction," said the 51-year-old.. Read More