Oakland Youth Center Sits Empty After $8 Million Renovation
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has said repeatedly that the kids of Oakland need things to do that keep them off the street, so why is a brand-new youth center is sitting empty?
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has said repeatedly that the kids of Oakland need things to do that keep them off the street, so why is a brand-new youth center is sitting empty?
While daily headlines may not reflect it, crime in Oakland is down, including the murder rate and armed robberies, according to Oakland Interim Police Chief Sean Whent - who credits the department's focus on the city's worst offenders.
A good samaritan who rushed to help a high-school student who was set on fire aboard an AC Transit bus earlier this month told his side of the story Wednesday at a "Transgender Day Of Remembrance" in Oakland.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Police Chief Sean Whent and community leaders said Wednesday that they hope a gun buyback event planned for next month will take a significant number of guns off of the city's streets.
Two reputed gang members were each convicted Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder for a shooting at a restaurant near Jack London Square in April 2011 that left two people dead and five others wounded.
One robbery suspect has been arrested and a second was being sought by police Wednesday after a robbery and standoff inside an Oakland church.
The owner of a Chinese buffet in Oakland has been charged in Alameda County Superior Court with 16 labor violations, including failing to pay minimum wages to his workers and committing payroll tax and workers' compensation fraud.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with armed robbery for allegedly using a pellet gun to steal $5 from an 11-year-old boy in Oakland on Nov. 1, police said Tuesday.
Investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the death of a worker at the Port of Oakland on Monday afternoon.
An Oakland Unified School District board member has vowed to vote against any new charter schools despite the fact that, technically, she's unable to.
Two reputed gang members who are suspects in the shooting death of 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine in East Oakland in July pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and attempted murder charges stemming from the incident.
A worker was killed in an accident at the Port of Oakland Monday afternoon, Oakland police said.
Two people died in a high-speed crash on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland early Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Port of Oakland Truckers Association announced on Monday that drivers will walk off the job as early as next week if they don't get financial help meeting new clean-air standards.
Police in Oakland were investigating a shooting near a middle school and youth center Sunday night.
Union officials slammed BART management today, calling a move to scuttle a tentative contract deal and go back to the bargaining table over a disputed family leave policy the "height of incompetence."
The new westbound fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel in Orinda has officially opened to the public Saturday morning.
The new fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel will open by Saturday morning, a Caltrans director said Friday.
The attorney for a 16-year-old Oakland boy accused of setting another teen on fire aboard an AC Transit bus earlier this month said it was not a hate crime during a court appearance on Friday.
Two women have been charged with identity theft for allegedly stealing personal information and mail from patients at a breast cancer center in Alameda County.
They have been popping up in strip malls all over the Bay Area: Internet cafes that look a lot like mini casinos. While local authorities are trying to shut them down, a gray area of the law is proving hard to tackle.
The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee decided not to proceed with a controversial proposal for a city-wide youth curfew on Wednesday night. It was the third time that such a measure has been defeated in the last several years.
A 16-year-old boy charged with a hate crime for setting another teen on fire aboard an AC Transit bus in Oakland is expected to enter a plea on Friday. The teen is also expected to be represented by a high-profile attorney.
One person was arrested and two others remained at large after a vehicle hit a patrol car and fled the scene in Oakland early Saturday morning.
