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No connection to protest Police say about 30 suspects entered the Shiekh Shoes store near 34th and International Boulevard around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, just blocks from the Fruitvale Village where a peaceful protest against U.S. immigration raids had taken place earlier in the evening. Also nearby, one vehicle was set on fire and police say some people threw objects at police officers and damaged a police vehicle.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owner of Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House over two incidents in which he allegedly booted Jewish customers who wore baseball caps featuring the Star of David. Footage from an Oct. 26 confrontation shows owner Abdulrahim Harara, who is of Palestinian heritage, telling customer Jonathan Hirsch to “get out of my business” after spotting what he called Hirsch’s “violent hat.” “You can’t refuse service for a protected class,” Hirsch says in the heated confrontation. “Yes I can,” Harara says. “Are you a Zionist? Leave!” Harara did not comment for this story, but Hirsch’s attorney, Omer...

A battle is brewing over an Oakland neighborhood's do-it-yourself solution to stopping speeders and sideshows. Residents said they were fed up and fought back with their own speed bumps, but the city said that fix won't fly. Earlier this week, the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) tore up the homemade speed bumps at East 21st Street and 19th Avenue. Residents installed them out of desperation eight months ago after claiming they pled with the city for four years to address dangerous sideshows in the area and nothing was done. "We've had peace for the past eight months, a hard peace,"...

A downtown Oakland restaurant is planning on relocating after a Friday night shooting left two people injured. Chef Cleashaun Hill of Pierre Pierre, located in the Tribune Tower on 13th and Franklin, posted on GoFundMe that he is raising money to move to a “safer area.” The shooting occurred during dinner service, shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. Oakland police told the Bay Area News Group that a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were hit by gunfire and driven to separate hospitals; they are in stable condition. Photos taken outside Pierre Pierre show bullet holes in the windows; a graphic...

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) has won the special election for Oakland mayor in a close contest over “moderate” Loren Taylor, giving “progressives” hope and defying efforts by Democrats to shift their party to the center. Lee, 78, defeated Taylor, 47, thanks to late-arriving postal ballots, after Taylor led on Election Night. She will take the helm of a city suffering from poor left-wing governance in the wake of a corruption scandal involving former mayor Sheng Thao, also a “progressive.” Oakland had recently begun to emerge from the shadows of San Francisco — its wealthier, glitzier neighbor across the Bay —...

Who needs elections when the leftist always wins? In Oakland, Loren Taylor, a moderate Democrat, was on track to win the mayor's election by about five points on election night, after the last one, far-left Sheng Thao, was thrown out by recall following corruption charges. Seems the crime, the taxes, the losses of the major league ball team, the airport hotels, and the In-N-Out Burger, the homeless takeover, as well as the economic ruin in all-blue city was enough for even Oakland's residents. But well, with extended counting, all of a sudden, we learn that actually, Oakland residents would like...

Of all the one-party blue city disasters, Oakland is probably the biggest, a once-storied city full of beautiful old houses and a really great Chinatown, and is now farthest down the road to becoming Detroit. After all, when you're the only city to lose In-N-Out Burger and your airport hotels based on unenforced crime, the only city whose major league baseball team insists on playing in some other city, and the only big city whose mayor is under indictment for corruption up the wazoo, you know the city's got problems. Gangs, illegals (Oakland is a sanctuary city), drug dealers, and...

A high-ranking city official in Oakland, California, has been fired over a resurfaced note that showed her referring to black people as “tokens,” according to reports. Chief of staff Leigh Hanson was fired Sunday over the alleged note, which was released last week alongside other documents related to an FBI probe that prompted the indictment of the city’s previous mayor, Sheng Thao, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Hanson was hired by Thao as her chief of staff in 2023, and penned the note as part of her then-boss’s doomed bid to fight being recalled, KRON reported.

In an embarrassing public meltdown where she practically started shouting, far left Democrat mayor Sheng Thao blamed conservatives for the corruption scandal that ended her political career and led to her being recalled in the deep blue city of Oakland. She was kicked out of office in November 2024, with around 60% of voters supporting her removal due to rising crime, murder, and homelessness in Oakland. For context, in January of 2025, Thao and several co-conspirators were indicted on eight counts of conspiracy and bribery in a federal operation, and she faces almost 100 years of possible prison time for...

Details have emerged about two individuals at the heart of an FBI political corruption investigation in Oakland, California, which saw the raid of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home last week. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that FBI agents raided a home owned by Democrat Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. An FBI spokesperson told the press that agents were conducting “court-authorized law enforcement” at Thao’s property. The focus of the investigation is on David Duong, CEO of California Waste Solutions, and his son, Andy Duong. Both have deep-seated ties to Democratic politicians and businesses, NBC Bay Area reported. Their business dealings and...

Stephen Curry's wife, Ayesha, has been forced to shut down her store Sweet July in order to 'protect staff' after other companies have similarly fled the crime-riddled Oakland area. In an Instagram post on Saturday, the brand announced the 'difficult decision' to close the store to 'prioritize the safety' of customers and staff. 'We have loved being part of Oakland and are grateful for the community that has opened their arms and embraced us. It has been an honor to serve you,' the post said. 'While this chapter comes to a close, Sweet July has exciting new ventures on the...

The Philippine Coast Guard saying a Chinese Coast Guard "monstership" is operating... air raid alert in Kiev...Saturday morning...water supplies disputed following explosions in Kiev... Tonight, TikTok saying it will go dark Sunday...adding the shutdown won't happen if... Immigration enforcement by the Trump Administration planned... A Ukranian drone attack in Russia's Tula Region... The founder of the Telegram messaging app remains detained in France... Police in Hungary raiding offices of a corruption watchdog...follows imposition of US sanctions against a key official in the nationalist government... Former CIA analyst Asif Rahman...guilty plea over leaking classified information about Israel's... CNN found liable for...

The In-N-Out heiress whose grandparents founded the popular burger chain said that the company’s decision to close its sole Oakland location was due to the site being “absolutely dangerous.” “I mean, there was a lot,” Lynsi Snyder told Marissa Streit of the right-leaning video network PragerU on Monday. “There was actually — gunshots went through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.” Snyder, 42, said that the company shuttered the profitable outpost “for the safety of our associates” because “we just felt like, this is not OK.” Her comments were first reported by the news site SFGATE....

Oakland police had a very busy Sunday morning, responding to multiple sideshows, shootings, and a mob of people ransacking a gas station. This comes as the city is looking to shrink the police force and balance the budget. "It happens all the time, you hear gunshots," complained Oakland resident Debra Harper, who was not surprised by the Sunday incidents. "This is every weekend. Every single weekend, they do donuts out here, they fight." ... "All night long, we were chasing around, trying to deal with it. At one point, a police vehicle was damaged during that. There was also two...

I've written recently about the serious budget problems with San Francisco's schools and its public transit system. But things appear to be even worse in nearby Oakland. Last week the city accidentally published a budget report on its website which said the city was in danger of insolvency unless serious cuts were made immediately. One report, published early Friday morning in connection with a City Council agenda, warned Oakland must take immediate action to “maintain the solvency of the General Purpose Fund and avoid the Chapter 9 process.” The report, which had the signatures of the city’s top officials on...

Recall of Alameda DA Pamela Price: (100% reporting) Yes 65% No 35% Recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao: (100% reporting) Yes 65% No 35%

Oakland, birthplace of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and the city where she launched her ill-fated presidential campaign in 2019, now resembles a post-apocalyptic nightmare, its streets piled high with trash, burned-out vehicles and homeless encampments. Driving through its streets is a surreal and potentially dangerous experience. Many businesses have closed down and are boarded up. Those still operating are covered in graffiti, even on their windows, and many refuse to allow customers inside for fear of being robbed. Critics of Ms Harris, who began her legal career as a prosecutor in Oakland, across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco, argue...

Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci @cmarinucci For the SECOND time here in Oakland, thieves have drilled a hole in my husband's truck parked in driveway and drained the gas from the tank. Can someone explain: is this an Oakland thing? A CA thing? Is there anything you can do to prevent it? WTF @OaklandPoliceCA

"For many Bay Area residents who lived through it, the Loma Prieta earthquake was an unforgettable moment. The magnitude 6.9 temblor killed 63 people, 42 of them on the Cypress Freeway in Oakland when a large section of it collapsed. The quake injured 3,757 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. Dozens of buildings were destroyed in Santa Cruz, about 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter. A portion of the Bay Bridge collapsed, and in San Francisco, a fire broke out in the Marina district and several buildings collapsed. Approximately 16,000 homes were left uninhabitable. Game 3 of the...

A Palestinian-owned cafe in Oakland, California, has introduced a menu to celebrate its first anniversary that includes an item celebrating the leader of Hamas. Near the bottom of its menu, the Jerusalem Coffee House advertises the “Sweet Sinwar” orange, ginger, and carrot juice. The $10 drink shares a name with Yahya Sinwar, the terror group’s leader and architect of its Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel. The cafe released the menu on Monday, the first anniversary of the attack and a day that featured competing pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies across the United States, as well as expressions of communal...