CRIME & SAFETY
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.
VIDEO: Dirt bikes participate in illegal sideshow in Oakland resulting in crash
(KRON) – Around 50 ATVs/dirt bikes participated in illegal sideshows in Oakland on Sunday, according to the Oakland Police Department. OPD was notified of dozens of dirt bikes in the area of Bellevue and Grand Avenues just after 1:15 p.m. on Sunday. Police said a short time after OPD received another call of 50 dirt […]
Acclaimed Oakland BBQ spot reopening in new location following fire, vandalism
(KRON) — An acclaimed Oakland barbecue restaurant that suffered a devastating fire and vandalism is reopening after earlier indicating it would be closing for good. Horn Barbecue will reopen this Friday as part of owner Matt Horn’s other restaurant Matty’s Old Fashioned in downtown Oakland, according to an announcement from the restaurant. “As part of […]
Tech Billionaire’s Teen Reported Missing in the Bay Area
The child of billionaire businessman Stewart Butterfield is missing, and authorities believe the teen may have run away to San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district.According to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Mint Butterfield, 16, was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday night in Bolinas, a coastal community of roughly 1,500 people. They were reported missing early the next morning by their mother, entrepreneur Caterina Fake.“Mint has brown/reddish curly hair and their eyebrows are pierced,” Deputy Jose Suarez posted to neighborhood networking site NextDoor. “They were last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots. They possibly had a...
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...
1 injured in shooting on Hegenberger Road in Oakland
(KRON) – A shooting occurred on Hegenberger Road in Oakland on Sunday, according to the Oakland Police Department. Oakland police officers were alerted of a shooting that occurred in the 500 block of Hegenberger Road around 2 p.m. on Sunday. Responding officers found evidence of a shooting, but not a victim. Soon after officers were […]
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