Walter Marino

Shopkeepers call on city leaders to stop break-ins, burglaries plaguing businesses

Small business owners say Oakland’s city officials are failing to address a serious crime wave.  In September, the city did not submit a completed application that would have secured Oakland a portion of a $256 million state grant for police funding. Now, several small business owners in Oakland are asking whether city officials are doing their part.  “I just want the people who are given the job to lead Oakland to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves…