Prostitution in plain sight prompts Oakland community condemnation
Residents of Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood are demanding the city do something about rampant prostitution and sex trafficking in the area.
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Residents of Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood are demanding the city do something about rampant prostitution and sex trafficking in the area.
Residents of one Oakland neighborhood are demanding the city do something about the prostitution and sex trafficking openly visible on the streets. Da Lin reports. (4-27-24)
A Menlo Park man wanted for alleged human trafficking was arrested last week by authorities, Monterey police said Tuesday.
Video of a recent brutal attack by a suspected sex worker on a homeless person in the middle of San Francisco's Mission District is raising questions about the city's efforts to crack down on prostitution in the neighborhood.
A 31-year-old man is facing eight years in prison for trafficking his partner and other crimes he did to her, Alameda County prosecutors said Monday.
Police in San Jose announced Friday the arrests of five people following the bust of an alleged illegal casino and brothel operation earlier this week.
Authorities in the South Bay have arrested nine suspects and rescued more than a dozen survivors following the bust of a sex trafficking ring last week.
A professor and former track coach at Diablo Valley College in Contra Costa County is facing multiple felony charges, including human trafficking and sexual assault, prosecutors said.
Police in San Francisco said dozens of people have been cited or arrested and sex workers have been given resources as part of ongoing prostitution crackdown along Capp Street in the city's Mission District.
Police in San Mateo have arrested the owner of a massage parlor on suspicion of prostitution and of running a brothel, authorities announced in a Tuesday news release.
The city of Oakland is installing traffic diverters near San Antonio Park to curb soliciting in the area.
The city of Oakland is installing traffic diverters near San Antonio Park to curb soliciting in the area. Da Lin reports. (2-25-23)
A San Francisco firefighters union is raising public safety concerns about new concrete barriers put up to deter sex work on Capp Street.
After complaints from residents, the city placed concrete barriers on Capp Street to deter sex workers and managed to spark a growing controversy. Betty Yu reports. (2-20-23)
A San Francisco sex worker agrees with supervisor Hillary Ronen that the city should legalize sex work. Kelsi Thorud reports. (2-20-23)
Human trafficking is something that remains hidden in our neighborhoods for the most part, but it is a crime that victimizes all communities and demographics. Interview with human trafficking survivor Lisa Diaz.
Enough is enough for one Oakland neighborhood where residents say they're tired of seeing prostitutes right in front of their homes.
Responding to community outrage over open-air solicitation, Oakland mayoral candidates promise action. Da Lin reports. (10-1-22)
A San Jose man who was convicted in a child sex trafficking scheme has been sentenced to more than 38 years in prison, federal officials said.
A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of sex trafficking a teenage girl in San Francisco and Oakland.
Gov. Newsom on Friday signed a new state law supported by San Francisco state senator Scott Wiener that will stop police from arresting anyone for loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution.
California lawmakers are finally sending to Gov. Gavin Newsom a hot potato of a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after the measure passed the Legislature.
Arrests were made in San Rafael on Friday in connection with a human trafficking crackdown, authorities in Marin County said.
Two people were arrested Sunday morning in South San Francisco following the discovery that a young woman had been kidnapped and trafficked, police said Monday.
Two people were arrested Sunday on human trafficking and other charges after police in South San Francisco said they kidnapped a 22-year-old woman and forced her into prostitution.
