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Crime
Elderly Asian woman brutally attacked in Oakland
A pedestrian reported to be an elderly Asian woman was viciously attacked in Oakland, California, on Friday. The incident, which was caught ...
Carl Samson
Home
FBI raids Oakland mayor Sheng Thao’s home
Early Thursday morning, more than a dozen FBI agents raided Mayor Sheng Thao’s house on Maiden Lane in the Oakland Hills as part of a ...
Editorial Staff
Oakland to honor Bruce Lee with intersection renaming
Oakland to honor Bruce Lee with intersection renaming: Oakland, California, plans to rename the intersection of Garnet Street and Broadway a...
Culture
Asian, Black communities jointly celebrate Lunar New Year, Black History Month in Oakland
Asian and Black communities in Oakland, California, held their second annual joint Lunar New Year and Black History Month celebration over t...
Bryan Ke
Business
Oakland business owners hold strike to protest rising crime levels, inadequate protection
Businesses in Oakland organized a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest rising crime levels and the city’s inadequate response to publi...
Michelle De Pacina
Bay Area
Beloved Oakland Vietnamese restaurant to close after nearly 40 years due to crime
A beloved Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland, California, is closing its doors due to the rise in crime in the city over the past few years. A...
2 remaining shooters behind murder of toddler Jasper Wu get enhancement charges dropped
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price dropped the special circumstances of the murder charges against the two remaining shooters of ...
Murder charges dropped for 1, retained for 2 suspects in fatal shooting of Oakland toddler
One of the three men accused in the 2021 fatal shooting of 23-month-old Jasper Wu in Oakland, California, will no longer face murder charges...
Oakland Chinatown businesses demand more police presence after string of burglaries
Business owners in Oakland Chinatown, California, are calling for more police presence after a string of what they believe to have been targ...
100-year-old Asian American man dead after Oakland hit-and-run
A 100-year-old Asian American man was killed in an early morning hit-and-run in Oakland, California, over the weekend. Police are now search...
1 dead, several wounded during music video filming in California’s third mass shooting this month
One person died and several others were injured in a shooting at an Oakland gas station Monday. The incident, which marks the third mass sho...
3 gang members arrested, charged with murder in fatal shooting of Oakland toddler
Before you read: Distraught family of toddler killed in Oakland freeway shooting want suspects to surrender Photos of suspect vehicles in sh...
News
Sheng Thao makes history as first Hmong American mayor of Oakland
Oakland City Council member Sheng Thao has declared victory in Oakland’s mayoral race, making history as the first Hmong American woman to ...
California street renamed after county official killed while walking her dog
A street in Alameda, California, was renamed in honor of late Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan on Wednesday. Constitution Way, which c...
Boyfriend killed Oakland dentist to get her $12 million estate: police
Nelson Chia, 73, allegedly plotted the murder of his longtime girlfriend Lili Xu, 60, to take control of her $12-$14 million estate. Xu, a...
Boyfriend arrested for killing Oakland dentist dies by apparent suicide
Nelson Chia, 73, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder, apparently hung himself in his own cell hours after his arrest. Chia w...
Woman struck by stray bullets while sleeping in Oakland home; daughter calls for increased gun control
A woman in her 60s was sleeping alongside her husband in their Little Saigon, California, residence when she was hit three times by stray b...
Photos of suspect vehicles in shooting of Asian toddler in California released
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has identified two vehicles that may have been involved in the fatal shooting of 23-month-old Jasper Wu...
‘We are under siege’: 2 businesses owned by Asian family ransacked in latest Oakland burglary
In the latest string of burglaries in Oakland, California, two businesses owned by an Asian family were ransacked on Wednesday. Robert Ma, o...
Vigil and rally held for Lili Xu, beloved dentist shot to death in Oakland’s Little Saigon
Lili Xu, a 60-year-old dentist in Oakland’s Chinatown, was killed in an attempted robbery in Oakland, California, on Aug. 21. The incident...
Asian woman, 60, dies after being shot multiple times during attempted robbery in Oakland’s Little Saigon
A 60-year-old Asian woman was killed in an attempted robbery in Oakland, California, on Sunday afternoon. She was inside a parked vehicle ...
Police arrest 2 suspects, search for others in murder of Uber driver Kon Fung in Oakland’s Little Saigon
Police have identified and arrested two suspects, Major Willis and a juvenile, in the murder of 52-year-old Uber driver Patrick Fung in Oak...
At least 5 burglars wanted by police for targeting multiple shops in Oakland’s Little Saigon
Police in Oakland, California, are looking for at least five suspects responsible for ransacking seven shops at a mall in Little Saigon ear...
Slow police response time blamed after 7 businesses in Oakland’s Little Saigon burglarized in under 2 hours
Burglars in California ransacked seven businesses at a strip mall in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood on Monday. The burglars entered ...
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Oakland Chinatown Summer Festival celebrates community strength against COVID, anti-Asian hate
The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (OCIC) is organizing the Oakland Chinatown Summer Festival, a street fest meant to celebrate the ...
Asian community leaders in Oakland offer $20,000 reward for capture of Uber driver’s killers
Community leaders in Oakland Chinatown revealed that they are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal s...
Ryan General
Family of Uber driver killed in Oakland Little Saigon robbery call for solution to gun violence
The family of Kon Fung, the 52-year-old Uber driver who was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in Oakland, California, on Sunday, ...
Dashcam captures couple ‘literally dodging a bullet’ during shootout on Oakland freeway
Garrett Mason and his fiancée Tina Do were driving eastbound on Interstate 580 on June 14 when a bullet shot through their vehicle’s front ...
Nepali man brutally attacked from behind and left unconscious while grabbing food in Oakland
A Nepali man was brutally attacked, robbed and left unconscious while grabbing food after work in Oakland, California. Sagar Tamang, 25, sai...
Oakland Filipino restaurant co-owner is fatally shot in front of his 11-year-old son
Artgel “Jun” Anabo, the co-owner of a Filipino restaurant in Oakland, California, was fatally shot in front of his 11-year-old son on Wedne...
Witnesses film group of men attacking Oakland Asian victim during daylight robbery
A group of men robbed an Asian victim in Oakland, California, last Thursday. A video captured by a witness shows the victim struggling wit...
Asian couple robbed at gunpoint in daytime attack in Oakland’s Little Saigon
An Asian couple fell victim to a violent robbery in Oakland’s Little Saigon on Feb. 16. The incident, which was captured by CCTV, occurred ...
Sister of police recruit fatally shot on Oakland freeway calls on officials to ‘step up’ against gun violence
David V. Nguyen, 28, was shot while driving in Oakland, California, on Interstate 580 on Jan. 4, 2022. David was a recruit of the Alameda ...
Oakland Chinatown businesses switch to credit cards to curb attacks on Asians
Businesses in Oakland’s Chinatown have switched from enforcing a cash-only policy to accepting credit and debit card transactions to prevent...
Man arrested for shoving elderly Asian woman in unprovoked Oakland Chinatown attack
Authorities have arrested a man they say was the assailant in an unprovoked attack on an elderly Asian woman in Oakland’s Chinatown that oc...
Video showing witness of attack on Oakland Asian woman punching the attacker draws mostly support
New footage shows a man who witnessed an elderly Asian woman getting shoved to the ground in Oakland’s Chinatown retaliate by punching the ...
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