Tag Archives: crime

Those legs under your car? Might be a converter thief 0

In California, catalytic converters are now more prized than souped-up sound systems and custom rims.

Cyclist mugged, threatened on Locksley 0

A bicyclist was mugged and threatened four doors from her Locksley Avenue home in what may have been the second attack on a local cyclist in recent weeks.

New prosecution team aims at “gateway crimes” 0

Against the backdrop of Oakland’s highly publicized homicide rate, the city attorney a new crime-fighting team charged with investigating quality of life crimes like disorderly conduct, graffiti and cockfights.

Missing mom case unsolved 0

As dusk fell over Emerson last Tuesday, what started as a hopeful day took a decidedly somber turn. Two-hundred and fifty law enforcement personnel and community volunteers who had spent 12 hours scouring a 375-acre swath of land for a missing woman, exited the woods shoulder-to-shoulder and empty handed. With nothing to show for their efforts, police declared the local search over.