Safety
East Oakland neighbors packed the intersection of 64th Avenue and International Boulevard Tuesday evening to mourn the three-year-old boy who was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting on Monday.
According to the Oakland Police Department, a three-year-old boy shot this afternoon during a drive-by in East Oakland has died.
In October, The Oakland Museum of California will be displaying photos taken by Richard Misrach of the 1991 Oakland hills fire.
Across Oakland, residents gathered at 559 block parties, cookouts and get-togethers to mingle with their neighbors and promote public safety. Oakland North reporters and readers captured photos and and stories from the evening.
According to the Oakland Police Department, three separate shootings claimed the lives of three people during approximately three hours early Sunday morning.
Oakland police are asking for the public’s help in locating a turquoise mini-van that investigators believe may be linked to the July 27 murder of Paris Powell, the man shot while feeding the homeless in East Oakland.
One of the two men charged with murder in the death of Monica Rodas appeared in court Thursday morning but did not enter a plea.
The Oakland Police Department is reporting that at approximately 12:30 am on Wednesday, a man and a woman who were feeding the homeless on 47th Avenue in East Oakland were shot by an unknown person who pulled up alongside them in a car.
Two men have been charged with murder in the death of Monica Rodas, whose body was found burned on the 5800 block of Ivanhoe in North Oakland on July 14, the Oakland Police announced today.