Safety
In 2011, there were 103 reported homicides in Oakland. Most of the victims were young black males who were killed with firearms in East and West Oakland. This is a continuation of a pattern in Oakland that has been the case for years and is closely tied to the economic and social realities of young people living in the city’s poorest areas.
Howard Jordan, a longtime Oakland police officer, and former San Jose assistant fire chief Teresa Jordan, were officially named to the top posts in their departments at a ceremony at the city hall rotunda building on Thursday.
Cities like Oakland would like to see more residents commuting by bike. But urban biking is risky, and sometimes both drivers and cyclists aren’t sure how to keep things safe.
Twenty-five years ago, Norma Rodriguez went to a training session for the Child Assault Prevention Training Center. When she agreed to participate in the session, she didn’t realize that two weeks of learning how to prevent and recognize child abuse would change her life. She didn’t know that intense training would soon become her career.
The Oakland Police Department has released surveillance photos from an incident early Friday morning in which a man wearing a ski mask entered the CVS drugstore at 51st Street and Broadway and demanded to speak to the manager.
A SWAT team is preparing to search inside the CVS drugstore at Pleasant Valley Avenue and Broadway in the hunt for a suspect who attempted to rob the store early Friday morning.
A year ago possibilities meant nothing to Mari Hernandez. Possibilities were for American citizens—people who spoke English or had money. They certainly weren’t for undocumented immigrant women whose husbands beat them into a life of silence.
The Oakland Police Department has released a sketch of a man they are seeking in connection with a robbery and sexual assault that took place early Sunday morning in East Oakland.
Final arguments wrapped up in the case of the City of Oakland versus Hiral Patel, the owner of the National Lodge, an International Boulevard hotel accused of catering to prostitution.