Safety
The Oakland Police Department has released an advisory that at approximately 3 am this morning, a woman was sexually assaulted in her home on the 3800 block of Wilton Avenue in the Oakland hills area near Joaquin Miller Park.
Across from Highway 880, a non-descript five-story beige building with few windows sits on a corner in downtown Oakland. For years, this was the place where many foster children and their biological parents would have to meet if they wanted to visit each other. Now, there’s a new visitation center in Alameda County–called the Gathering Place–and it had its grand opening on Wednesday.
The city of Oakland wants to put its energy and climate action plan into practice, and you’re part of it. The plan aims to reduce Oakland’s greenhouse gas emissions 36 percent by 2020 and requires individuals’ help to get the job done.
This afternoon, the Oakland Police Department issued a press release stating that officers shot and killed two men late on the evening of Wednesday, May 18 during an attempt to prevent the occurrence of a violent, gang-related crime.
The Oakland City Council burned the midnight oil late last night and into Wednesday morning as they passed a measure that will continue to fund gang injunctions as a crime-fighting tool. By a 4-3 vote, the city council voted for the measure, which has cost the city about $1 million to date in court costs and police overtime.
In cooperation with the U.S. Secret Service, the Oakland Police Department has shut down a large-scale ID theft plant in Hayward, police officers announced at a press conference today. In the apartment, police said they found what seemed to be an ID, credit card and check-making plant, with personal information for up to 1,000 Californians and possibly also out of state residents.
What would happen to the water supply if a major earthquake struck the Bay Area? According to the East Bay Municipal District, which supplies water to most of the East Bay, there is a 32 percent chance of a magnitude 7 earthquake occurring along the Hayward Fault in the next 30 years. In a worst-case scenario, the Claremont Tunnel, which runs directly through the Hayward Fault and provides water for 800,000 of EBMUD’s customers, would be out of commission for 6 months.
The Oakland Police Department is looking for help finding two men who may have information about a 2009 murder case. The victim was 59-year-old Bounhom Manyvong, who was shot during his shift as a security guard at Auto Zone on 10111 International Blvd in Oakland. The men, whom OPD says are “people of interest,” are described as thin, African American, and in their twenties. One is approximately six feet tall, and was seen wearing a green fur-lined jacket, white t-shirt,…
A hearing about whether to impose a preliminary gang injunction against 40 alleged Norteño gang members in the Fruitvale neighborhood began nearly three months ago. On Friday afternoon, after weeks of exhibiting evidence and bringing forth witnesses, lawyers from both sides presented their final arguments to Judge Robert Freedman.