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Community events and activities for the weekend of February 18-21. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
On Wednesday the Oakland Police Department released a bulletin announcing that an arrest has been made in connection with the February 5, 2010 beating and abduction of an unidentified 25-year-old woman on the 1000 block of Aileen Street in the Golden Gate neighborhood.
Oaklandish is on the hunt for its 2011 Innovators of the Year. Oaklandish, a non-profit organization that focuses on arts promotion and community building, gives out several grants each year to non-profit groups doing pioneering work in the community. Whether your non-profit focuses on art, education, technology, or business, this grant may be for you.
Community events and activities for the weekend of February 11-13. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
For the upcoming Valentine’s Day weekend, we’ve put together a special list of community events and activities throughout the Bay Area. Whether you celebrate with chocolate, tattoos, zoo animals, power ballads, kissing booths, scientific lectures, blacksmithing lessons, tales of doom or your kids, we’ve got an event for you!
A female victim reported being sexually assaulted and beaten as she returned home at 10 pm Tuesday night to her apartment complex located near the corner of Jackson and 8th Street. This is the fourth report the Oakland Police Department has received of a sexual assault of a female in the Lake Merritt area since September.
The Oakland Police Department released an alert this afternoon asking for the public’s help in spotting a car believed to have been used in the February 5 abduction of an adult woman.
As we reported Thursday, Oakland Tech went on lock-down briefly in the afternoon when reports came to them from police that an armed robber was suspected of roaming the nearby streets. The man police were chasing had robbed a bank in Livermore earlier in the afternoon and then fled to Oakland. Police quickly sounded the all clear for the blocks surrounding Tech and the lock-down was lifted. As of 7 p.m. Thursday night, police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said, the suspect…
Community events and activities for the weekend of February 4 – 6. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!