Some Occupy Oakland Protesters Told To Stay Away From Plaza
Eleven people who were arrested during the weekend's turbulent Occupy Oakland protests have been ordered to stay away from the plaza outside Oakland City Hall.
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Eleven people who were arrested during the weekend's turbulent Occupy Oakland protests have been ordered to stay away from the plaza outside Oakland City Hall.
The demolition of the old portion of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge is going to take several years longer than was originally estimated.
Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Oakland boy as an adult in the killings of his adoptive mother and father, a San Francisco jail psychologist, whose bodies were found stuffed in the trunk of the family car.
A federal judge in California has ruled that an Oakland police officer who covered his nameplate during a November Occupy protest seriously violated court-approved conduct standards for the city's police department.
Friends and coworkers left bouquets of flowers in front of the Oakland home of Susan Poff and Robert Kamin and continued to mourn three days after their murder.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said she has had it with a small, violent fringe element within the Occupy Oakland protests and claimed it is using the city as a "playground."
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle near Oakland International Airport early Monday morning, police said.
The images of the flag-burning went viral in the hours after Saturday's demonstrations on Oakland's streets, with Occupy supporters denouncing the act as unpatriotic and a black mark on the movement. Others called it justified.
Occupy Oakland activists will conduct a day of action next Monday to protest the response by Oakland police to a demonstration on Saturday that resulted in nearly 400 arrests.
Oakland City Hall reopened Monday after municipal employees worked to clean up damage they said was caused over the weekend by Occupy protesters, about 400 of whom were arrested following clashes with police.
Six homicides have been reported in the city since Friday.
Oakland police were investigating a double homicide that left a man and woman dead Friday night.
Oakland police said Friday that they are asking for the public's help in finding a man who allegedly attempted to sexually assault a woman on a busy street in the city's Fruitvale District in the middle of the day on Thursday.
In a statement Friday, Oakland City Administrator Deanna Santana said the city would not be "bullied by threats of violence or illegal activity."
Occupy Oakland activists said they plan to take over a vacant building at an undisclosed location somewhere in the city on Saturday to establish a new home.
Occupy protesters shut down an Oakland City Council meeting Wednesday where lawmakers were supposed to hear public comment on plans to consolidate departments and lay off city workers.
Oakland police Wednesday asked for the public's help in finding a suspect who's wanted for the murder of a 19-year-old man on Jan. 4, which was the city's first homicide of the year.
A pilot study in the East Bay is focusing on small children whose parents live near two industrial factories. Participants will voluntarily be tested for heavy metals in the bloodstream.
The latest round of spending cuts in Oakland will include major hits to two of the city's most popular family attractions: the Oakland Zoo and Children's Fairyland.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan proposed laying off at least 105 city employees Monday to help the city balance its budget in order to cope with the state's decision to eliminate redevelopment agencies statewide.
A police standoff involving a barricaded suspect with a child in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood ended peacefully Monday morning, according to authorities.
Three were injured in three separate shootings in East Oakland between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, police said.
Oakland fire officials are investigating why two fires broke out in the same apartment unit in less than four hours Friday, a fire spokesman said.
Officials at the Golden Gate Bridge expect a spike in traffic over Presidents Day weekend, when the upper deck of the Bay Bridge will be closed for construction.
A 14-year-old Oakland boy appeared in Alameda County juvenile court Thursday on four felony counts for allegedly robbing and sexually assaulting two 28-year-old women earlier this month.
