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ATV and dirt bike riders took over the Bay Bridge early Sunday evening, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Mark Andrews. The incident caused a traffic jam and lane closures on the bridge. As of Monday afternoon, a total of nine people have been arrested by the Oakland Police Department. Approximately 50 to 60 suspects were riding either an ATV or a dirt bike, Andrews said. They first made their way into San Francisco from Oakland. Once they arrived in San Francisco, Andrews said they spent around 45 minutes to an hour there. The number of ATV and...

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue for an earthquake, potentially threatening millions of people across California, per an alarming study in the journal Seismological Research Letters. This terrifying tremor could “cause extensive damage to such a dense population zone,” wrote the team from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in a statement. Part of the massive San Andreas Fault Line, the Hayward Fault Line extends 74 miles through major Bay Area hubs, including Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont, an area...

From a "Day On The Green" concert promoted by Bill Graham, 2 July 1977. A brilliant live performance, they also played "Sweet Home Alabama". I was able to replace the audio as this performance was used in "Freebird - The Movie" of which a soundtrack album was issued. Unfortunately there is no track for "Sweet Home Alabama". MtnClimber: I saw the band on October 18, 1977 at the Lakeland (FL) civic center on the next to the last performance before the plane crash. It was the 5th time I had seen them. The devastating Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash near Gillsburg,...

Yvette Flunder, the lesbian leader of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, California, who is also the presiding prelate of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, has drawn criticism for questioning parts of the Bible she finds “problematic” and suggesting that they be removed. The frustrated 70-year-old, who is married to her same-sex partner Shirley Miller, also suggested that the Bible needs a third Testament. “This is a very dangerous thing that I’m about to say now, ... a bit dangerous. I’m of the opinion that we need a third testament because the Bible has become problematic,”...

Yvette Flunder is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ (UCC) in Oakland, California, as well as the Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries. An avowed “womanist” and proponent of liberation theology, she is “gay-married” to another woman and is about as progressive and liberal as they come. During a recent message for the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy, Flunder shared: “This a very dangerous thing that I’m about to say now… a bit dangerous. I’m of the opinion that we need a Third Testament. because the Bible has become problematic....

Oakland workers are ready to be paid a lot more. Worker advocates in Oakland are pressing for a $30 minimum wage, mirroring a similar goal from socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from across the country. A worker’s organization, One Fair Wage, is hoping to put forward a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in the area. The organization believes the wage increase will help workers with the expensive cost of living in the Bay Area, especially with the affordability crisis. The push comes as Oakland continues grappling with a deep structural budget shortfall and ongoing fiscal instability,...

A California man was federally charged after allegedly attacking two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and seriously injuring a Dallas police officer at Dallas Love Field Airport, officials said. Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California, faces up to 20 years in prison after being accused of assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury. According to a federal complaint filed Wednesday, Solomon had a ticket for a Southwest Airlines flight to Oakland International Airport March 10. Prosecutors said Solomon approached the airport security checkpoint without identification and was directed by a TSA officer to a different lane to be...

A flying taxi took a spin over San Francisco Thursday — and the Bay Area’s tech crowd was there to watch. The small electric aircraft from Joby Aviation flew across San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge during a demonstration flight that drew reporters and industry guests to the St. Francis Yacht Club. The flight is part of the company’s push to launch electric air taxis — small vertical takeoff planes designed to carry passengers on short trips of roughly 10 to 50 miles. Joby’s aircraft seats four passengers and uses six propellers. The company says rides could cost...

WHITE LAKE, Mich. (FOX 2) - More details came out in court Thursday after a White Lake Township man shot and killed a burglar he caught breaking into his garage last year. Dayton Knapton, 24, is charged with manslaughter, assault with intent to murder, and several weapons offenses for the shooting last summer that killed a 17-year-old. Video was shown in court on Thursday of what appeared to be Knapton opening fire on several burglars - shooting as they ran away. The backstory: Police said Knapton spotted seven people entering his detached garage in the 9000 block of Mandon Drive...

An SUV used by the security detail for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee was stolen after a thief found the keys for the vehicle in her office, sources tell KTVU.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s vehicle was stolen Monday after someone broke into her office, according to the Oakland Police Officers Association (OPOA). The police union confirmed that someone tampered with the door of Lee’s office and stole the keys to her city-issued vehicle. The suspect drove away in Lee’s vehicle, the OPOA said. A day later, on Tuesday, the stolen vehicle was recovered in Vallejo. The Oakland Police Department (OPD) confirmed that a city-owned vehicle was stolen from Oakland City Hall on Monday and recovered “hours later.” Neither OPD nor the OPOA specified the location of where in Vallejo it...

Cedric Irving Jr., 27, was taken into custody early Friday morning after allegedly shooting the 66-year-old athletic director dead at Laney College in Oakland. Lee added: 'Gun violence has stolen the life of a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city.'

OAKLAND, Calif. - FBI agents were seen swarming an Oakland apartment early Wednesday morning, and hours later, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the federal grand jury indictment of nine men on charges of racketeering conspiracy in connection with two murders, three attempted murders, narcotics and firearms distribution, and other related crimes allegedly committed for two Oakland-based Sureño street gangs.

A planned immigration crackdown by federal agents has been canceled for the entire Bay Area for now, Mayor Barbara Lee of Oakland said Friday. "I spoke with Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who confirmed through her communications with ICE that Border Patrol operations are cancelled for the greater Bay Area - which includes Oakland - at this time," Lee said in a statement obtained by CBS News Bay Area. A spokesperson with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told CBS News Bay Area that Sanchez spoke with ICE Thursday afternoon, who stated that the operations were cancelled at this time.

At least theoretically, because of open competition, democracies are supposed to choose their “best” members to be in charge of the public sector. For some reason, however, that doesn’t often happen.Examples of this defect abound. About thirty years ago, here in Oakland, CA, the city’s moms and pops were clutching their pearls over the rampant crime along the near-bayside corridor defined by East 14th Street. Having worked right there for the previous fifteen years, the situation was quite familiar to me.Really conspicuous street crime began when the Barcelona bar closed. Having been mostly a front for the procurement of prostitutes,...

Jon Gruden said Tuesday he is eager to discover the truth in a Nevada courtroom about whether commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL leaked emails to the media before Gruden was forced to resign as Las Vegas Raiders coach in 2021. "I'm looking forward to having the truth come out and I want to make sure what happened to me doesn't happen to anyone else," he said in a statement provided to ESPN. Gruden said he blames the NFL for leaking the emails, which led the league to pressure the Raiders to force him out when the team was 3-1....

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland city officials say they're prepared for the Juneteenth celebration Thursday after sideshows and a wild shootout marred last year's festivities. "We're certainly not looking for a repeat of activity. We're far more prepared this year than last year," said City Administrator Justin Johnson.

Oakland was once again turned into a dystopian Mad Max-style hellscape as cars and fireworks exploded during multiple street takeovers in the Democrat-run city.At least one person was left critically injured as several major intersections were shut down by street 'sideshows' in the early hours of Sunday morning. Numerous cars were set ablaze, fireworks were thrown and businesses were vandalized as at least three unsanctioned car shows took over the California city.Hundreds of feral onlookers cheered and screamed as the city descended into lawlessness in scenes reminiscent of the post-apocalyptic movies starring Mel Gibson. 'It's crazy,' Oakland resident Santana Beltran...

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...