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One person detained after Oakland home invasion
Police are investigating a home invasion and assault with a deadly weapon on Wednesday, according to the Oakland Police Department. Police were called to the 800 block of Milton Street in West Oakland just before 10:30 a.m. after being informed that a suspect had entered a residence and assaulted one victim.
Oakland Grand Ave. businesses worried new project will take away parking spaces
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Oakland small business owners are concerned about a road project that would remove dozens of parking spaces. The Oakland Department of Transportation is hoping to make Grand Avenue safer with a repaving project, but businesses along the corridor say more input is needed before moving ahead. Grand Avenue is a busy […]
Security guard helps rescue construction worker from structure fire in Oakland
Heroism was on display Wednesday as an Oakland apartment fire sent an entire construction crew to the hospital. It happened at 61st and Martin Luther King Way around 10:30 a.m. Video shows the moments EMS and Oakland fire crews rush to help a fire victim who had been pulled from...
Costumed apes ride on horseback near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
It’s not unusual to see a strange costumed character on the streets of San Francisco, but it’s not every day that they’re riding a horse. At about noon Wednesday, a trio of menacing-looking apes were seen trotting along the West Bluff Picnic Area at Crissy Field. The three simians did not speak to passersby as they headed toward the Fort Point National Historic Site at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge followed by a small camera crew. A few people on rental bikes were so surprised that they almost fell over, and several nearby dogs were alarmed by the presence of the riders, likely startled by the unfamiliar stink of their paws.
Oakland’s dangerous High Street has been repaved and redesigned. Is it safer?
One of Oakland’s biggest paving projects in recent years is nearly complete: the 21-block resurfacing of High Street. The city’s transportation department took advantage of the repaving to add numerous other traffic safety infrastructure improvements to the road, including concrete medians at intersections, new curb ramps for sidewalks, and pedestrian crossing beacons to encourage drivers to slow down.
Affordable housing breaks ground by Lake Merritt after a decade of ‘twists and turns’
Relief and excitement reverberated at the groundbreaking for an affordable housing project near Lake Merritt on Tuesday. Nonprofit developer East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, or EBALDC, is beginning construction on a 91-unit building for low-income residents, including 23 apartments reserved for formerly homeless residents. Officials plunged ceremonial shovels into...
Oakland fire crews knock down apartment fire; 3 injured, including 1 critically
Crews in Oakland knocked down a fire at an apartment building near the intersection of 60th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way Wednesday morning that left three construction workers injured including one critically, according to fire officials.The Oakland Fire Department Twitter account posted that multiple units were responding to the incident at around 10:45 a.m. Assistance from the Oakland Police Department was requested for traffic control.Fire officials confirmed that the fire was under control just before 11 a.m. Fire crews requested ambulance assistance to transport at two patients to area hospitals with unspecified injuries. In an update Wednesday...
Men brandish gun while taking catalytic converter in Berkeley
Two men stealing a catalytic converter in the Berkeley Hills early Wednesday morning pointed a gun at a resident who interrupted them, authorities report. The incident took place around 3:50 a.m. in the 900 block of Regal Road near Marin Avenue, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.
Retired Oakland kindergarten teacher likely paralyzed after crash
(KRON) — An Oakland pastor and retired kindergarten teacher is facing mounting medical bills after a crash left him possibly paralyzed, the Oakland Unified School District said. Rickie Hannah’s car was stopped when he was rear-ended by a speeding truck on Feb. 14, OUSD said. He suffered a severe spinal injury in the crash. Since […]
Missing 15-year-old girl found dead in SF driveway. Her family wants answers
Family and friends want answers from police after the tragic death of 15-year-old Jázmin Pellegrini, who was found dead on a driveway in San Francisco after her release from a hospital last Wednesday. Her body was discovered Saturday in a driveway near Lobos Street and Plymouth Avenue in Ingleside,...
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