At St. Columba Church, Oaklanders honor this year’s 102 victims of homicide
Oakland residents gathered outside St. Columba Catholic Church in the Golden Gate neighborhood on Friday to honor the 102 people who have died because of violence in the past year. Clergy from Oakland...
View ArticleOakland goes six weeks without a murder, the longest stretch in 15 years
For six weeks this summer, no one was murder in Oakland, the longest stretch without an unlawful killing since the 1990s. That streak was broken on Sunday, September 14.
View ArticleIs Oakland’s decline in homicide a predictor of violent trends?
Oakland’s homicide rate: we study it, write about it, talk about it, and in some devastating cases, experience it. News anchors report on it without even blinking — a string of words that, when...
View ArticleSlain rapper The Jacka leaves legacy in the Bay Area
Weeks after he was killed, the memorial continued to grow. The hip-hop community is mourning the loss of the Jacka, 37, whose given name was Dominic Newton. For many, the death of the rapper also means...
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